diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a5b1b81304..4d9538d71b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ https://github.com/igfuw/libcloudphxx
 
 Build instructions can be found in [build_instructions.md](https://github.com/igfuw/UWLCM/blob/master/build_instructions.md) (model dependencies can be manually installed, installed with Spack or the model can be ran in a Singularity image).
 
-Scripts for building and running the model on specific clusters can be found in https://github.com/iguw/UWLCM-recipies
+Scripts for building and running the model on specific clusters can be found in https://github.com/igfuw/UWLCM-recipies
diff --git a/build_instructions.md b/build_instructions.md
index 76dd0ac1d1..c564666e9e 100644
--- a/build_instructions.md
+++ b/build_instructions.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ $ git clone https://github.com/igfuw/libmpdataxx.git
 - in the build direcory issue:
 
 ```bash
-$ cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=gcc -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${INSTALL_DIR} .. ; make install
+$ cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=g++ -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${INSTALL_DIR} .. ; make install
 ```
 
 4. Build and install libcloudph++, e.g.:
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ $ cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=gcc -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREF
 - in the build direcory issue:
 
 ```bash
-$ cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=gcc -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${INSTALL_DIR} -DLIBCLOUDPHXX_FORCE_MULTI_CUDA=True .. ; make -j4 install
+$ cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=g++ -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${INSTALL_DIR} -DLIBCLOUDPHXX_FORCE_MULTI_CUDA=True .. ; make -j4 install
 ```
 
 5. Build and install UWLCM using the Singularity image:
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ $ cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=gcc -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREF
 - in the build direcory issue:
 
 ```bash
-$ cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=gcc
+$ cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=g++
 -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${INSTALL_DIR}
 -Dlibmpdata++_DIR=${INSTALL_DIR}/share/libmpdata++
 -Dlibcloudph++_DIR=${INSTALL_DIR}/share/libcloudph++ .. ; make -j4 install