diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d7d4599d47adc998a0d92afd718804f56edbfb3b..6ac51d269432087fdfab3abb5904b5e52fb8275a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+
+# IDE specific files
 .project
 .cproject
 .vs/
@@ -5,6 +7,12 @@
 .idea/
 .editorconfig
 
+# build directories
 build/
 cmake-build-debug/
 cmake-build-release/
+
+# VS build files and binaries
+.exe
+.ilk
+.pdb
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b18bdd33c54a3316a94ff7476ebc640279940672..d05e83679c16d0c5e7e9aa7344e96656b8f8edb8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,11 +46,12 @@ include(${vkcv_config}/Sources.cmake)
 # configure everything to use the required dependencies
 include(${vkcv_config}/Libraries.cmake)
 
+message("-- Libraries: [ ${vkcv_libraries} ]")
+message("-- Flags: [ ${vkcv_flags} ]")
+
 # set the compiler flags for the framework
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS ${vkcv_flags})
 
-message("-- Flags: [ ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ]")
-
 # set the compile definitions aka preprocessor variables
 add_compile_definitions(${vkcv_definitions})