diff --git a/sit b/sit
index cb6ff8c..665302f 100755
--- a/sit
+++ b/sit
@@ -92,9 +92,12 @@ if [ ! -z "${COMPILER}" ] ; then
 fi
 # make the compiler variables CC, CXX, FC and F77 available
 if [ ! -z "$COMPILER_OPTS" ] ; then  
+	echo "Compiler env: ${COMPILER_OPTS}"
     export ${COMPILER_OPTS}
 fi
-echo "Using compiler: $COMPILER version: $COMPILER_VERSION"
+if [ ! -z $COMPILER ] ; then
+	echo "Using compiler: $COMPILER version: $COMPILER_VERSION"
+fi
 
 if [ ! -z "$MPI" ] ; then 
     MPI_MODULE="mpi/$MPI"