diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 35ad7c851589e5d3ad8fbd15e7a0309f6a1d5a40..929c24f28ef20c0ab645d79ea885c8e788cef7d0 100755
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ CXXFLAGS+=" --std=c++11 -march=native -mtune=native -Wno-unused-local-typedefs -
 NVCCFLAGS=" "
 INCLUDES_PATH=" -Iconfig "
 
+# set default prefix
+if test "$prefix" = "NONE"; then
+   prefix="/usr/local"
+fi
+
 # Add openfpm_io to prefix forlder (if prefix end if openfpm_pdata remove that path)
 if [ echo "$prefix" | grep -qE "/openfpm_pdata$" ]; then
   prefix=$(echo "$prefix" | sed 's/\(.*\)\/openfpm_pdata$/\1/g')
diff --git a/m4/ax_cuda.m4 b/m4/ax_cuda.m4
index e16e1e363c4cfc70d280f5094c456899e85b4c86..d69713384ff13cb24c13018bc1a2db0e366bf97c 100644
--- a/m4/ax_cuda.m4
+++ b/m4/ax_cuda.m4
@@ -56,16 +56,25 @@ AS_IF([test "x$NVCC_EXIST" = "xno"],[],[
 
           # If $build_cpu contains "_64", append "64" to CUDA_LIBS
           AS_IF([echo $build_cpu | grep -q "_64"],
-                [CUDA_LIBS+="64"])
-                
+                [
+                 AS_IF([ test -d {CUDA_LIBS}lib64 ], [ CUDA_LIBS+="64" ])
+                 AS_IF([ ! command -v bumblebee >/dev/null  ], [ 
+                                                               CUDA_LIBS+=" -L/usr/lib64/nvidia-bumblebee/ "
+                                                             ])
+                 AS_IF([ test -d /usr/local/cuda/lib64  ], [ CUDA_LIBS+=" -L/usr/local/cuda/lib64 "  ],
+                       [
+                        AS_IF([ test -d /usr/local/cuda/lib ],[ CUDA_LIBS+=" -L/usr/local/cuda/lib  "  ])
+                       ])
+                ])
+
           # Append " -lcuda -lcudart" to CUDA_LIBS
           CUDA_LIBS+=" -lcuda -lcudart"
 
           # Make variables available in Makefile.am
-          AC_SUBST(CUDA_CFLAGS)
-          AC_SUBST(CUDA_LIBS)
+          AC_SUBST([CUDA_CFLAGS])
+          AC_SUBST([CUDA_LIBS])
           echo $NVCC
-          AC_SUBST(NVCC)
+          AC_SUBST([NVCC])
           AC_DEFINE([NVCC],[],[NVCC compiling])
 ])dnl