diff --git a/scripts/build_rln.sh b/scripts/build_rln.sh
index bbbbe1e51..44d4c0e11 100755
--- a/scripts/build_rln.sh
+++ b/scripts/build_rln.sh
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ then
     tar -xzf "${tarball}" -C "$tmpdir"
     mv "$tmpdir/release/librln.a" "${output_filename}"
     rm -rf "${tarball}" "$tmpdir"
+    echo "finished building ${output_filename}"
 else
     echo "Failed to download ${tarball}"
     # Build rln instead
diff --git a/waku.nimble b/waku.nimble
index b7e0b8eb2..4d0ac9efd 100644
--- a/waku.nimble
+++ b/waku.nimble
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ proc buildBinary(name: string, srcDir = "./", params = "", lang = "c") =
     mkDir "build"
 
   ensureRln()
-  exec "nim " & lang & " --out:build/" & name & " --mm:refc " & " --passL:build/librln.a " & params & " " &
+  exec "nim " & lang & " --out:build/" & name & " --mm:refc " & " --passL:build/librln.a --passL:-L" & getCurrentDir() & " " & params & " " &
     srcDir & name & ".nim"
 
 proc buildLibrary(name: string, srcDir = "./", params = "", `type` = "static") =