diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index af1bb41..bacc0e7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@
 *.a
 *.o
 *.dSYM
+minimap2
+minimap2.c
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 853da1f..acb3101 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include "mmpriv.h"
 #include "getopt.h"
 
-#define MM_VERSION "2.1.1-r369-dirty"
+#define MM_VERSION "2.1.1-r372-dirty"
 
 #ifdef __linux__
 #include <sys/resource.h>
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	mm_idx_reader_t *idx_rdr;
 	mm_idx_t *mi;
 
+	mm_verbose = 3;
 	liftrlimit();
 	mm_realtime0 = realtime();
 	mm_set_opt(0, &ipt, &opt);
diff --git a/misc.c b/misc.c
index d7dd1e4..f7b13d3 100644
--- a/misc.c
+++ b/misc.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #include "minimap.h"
 
-int mm_verbose = 3;
+int mm_verbose = 1;
 int mm_dbg_flag = 0;
 double mm_realtime0;
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a5afbd9..3627c85 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-from setuptools import setup, Extension
+try:
+	from setuptools import setup, Extension
+except ImportError:
+	from distutils.core import setup
+	from distutils.extension import Extension
+
 from Cython.Build import cythonize
 import sys
 
@@ -16,6 +21,6 @@ setup(
 		['python/minimap2.pyx', 'align.c', 'bseq.c', 'chain.c', 'format.c', 'hit.c', 'index.c', 'kalloc.c',
 		 'ksw2_extd2_sse.c', 'ksw2_exts2_sse.c', 'ksw2_extz2_sse.c', 'ksw2_ll_sse.c', 'kthread.c', 'map.c',
 		 'misc.c', 'sdust.c', 'sketch.c'],
-		extra_compile_args = ['-msse4'],
+		extra_compile_args = ['-msse4'], # WARNING: ancient x86_64 CPUs don't have SSE4
 		include_dirs = ['.'])])
 )