diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3d9c3e4..87b919e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 .DS_Store
 node_modules
 /dist
+/build
 /coverage
 
 # local env files
diff --git a/src/KgmWasm/build-wasm b/src/KgmWasm/build-wasm
index 7a9c12d..85f5658 100755
--- a/src/KgmWasm/build-wasm
+++ b/src/KgmWasm/build-wasm
@@ -12,16 +12,16 @@ if [ -z "$BUILD_TYPE" ]; then
 fi
 
 mkdir -p build/wasm
-if [ ! -d build/emsdk ]; then
-	git clone https://github.com/emscripten-core/emsdk.git build/emsdk
+if [ ! -d ../../build/emsdk ]; then
+	git clone https://github.com/emscripten-core/emsdk.git ../../build/emsdk
 fi
 
-pushd build/emsdk
+pushd ../../build/emsdk
 #git pull
 ./emsdk install 3.0.0
 ./emsdk activate 3.0.0
 source ./emsdk_env.sh
-popd # build/emsdk
+popd # ../../build/emsdk
 
 pushd build/wasm
 emcmake cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE="$BUILD_TYPE" ../..
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ TARGET_FILES="
 	KgmWasmBundle.js
 "
 
-#mkdir -p "${CURR_DIR}/npm"
-#cp $TARGET_FILES "${CURR_DIR}/npm/"
 cp $TARGET_FILES "${CURR_DIR}/"
 popd # build/wasm
 
diff --git a/src/QmcWasm/build-wasm b/src/QmcWasm/build-wasm
index 8a9a1f3..c906fae 100755
--- a/src/QmcWasm/build-wasm
+++ b/src/QmcWasm/build-wasm
@@ -12,16 +12,15 @@ if [ -z "$BUILD_TYPE" ]; then
 fi
 
 mkdir -p build/wasm
-if [ ! -d build/emsdk ]; then
-	git clone https://github.com/emscripten-core/emsdk.git build/emsdk
+if [ ! -d ../../build/emsdk ]; then
+	git clone https://github.com/emscripten-core/emsdk.git ../../build/emsdk
 fi
 
-pushd build/emsdk
-#git pull
+pushd ../../build/emsdk
 ./emsdk install 3.0.0
 ./emsdk activate 3.0.0
 source ./emsdk_env.sh
-popd # build/emsdk
+popd # ../../build/emsdk
 
 pushd build/wasm
 emcmake cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE="$BUILD_TYPE" ../..
@@ -33,8 +32,6 @@ TARGET_FILES="
 	QmcWasmBundle.js
 "
 
-#mkdir -p "${CURR_DIR}/npm"
-#cp $TARGET_FILES "${CURR_DIR}/npm/"
 cp $TARGET_FILES "${CURR_DIR}/"
 popd # build/wasm