diff --git a/.github/scripts/.Aptfile b/.github/scripts/.Aptfile
index 09efc11..285d03a 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/.Aptfile
+++ b/.github/scripts/.Aptfile
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ package 'git'
 package 'jq'
 package 'ninja-build', bin: 'ninja'
 package 'pkg-config'
+package 'libopenblas-dev'
diff --git a/cmake/BuildWhispercpp.cmake b/cmake/BuildWhispercpp.cmake
index 80977b7..aa09027 100644
--- a/cmake/BuildWhispercpp.cmake
+++ b/cmake/BuildWhispercpp.cmake
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ endif()
 # On linux add the `-fPIC` flag to the compiler
 if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
   set(WHISPER_EXTRA_CXX_FLAGS "-fPIC")
+  set(WHISPER_ADDITIONAL_CMAKE_ARGS -DWHISPER_BLAS=ON -DWHISPER_CUBLAS=OFF -DWHISPER_BLAS_VENDOR=OpenBLAS)  
 endif()
 
-# if on Windows - download OpenBLAS prebuilt binaries
 if(WIN32)
   if(LOCALVOCAL_WITH_CUDA)
     # Build with CUDA Check that CUDA_TOOLKIT_ROOT_DIR is set
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ if(WIN32)
 
     set(WHISPER_ADDITIONAL_ENV "CUDAToolkit_ROOT=${CUDA_TOOLKIT_ROOT_DIR}")
     set(WHISPER_ADDITIONAL_CMAKE_ARGS -DWHISPER_CUBLAS=ON -DCMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET=cuda=${CUDA_TOOLKIT_ROOT_DIR})
-  else(LOCALVOCAL_WITH_CUDA)
+  else()
     # Build with OpenBLAS
     set(OpenBLAS_URL "https://github.com/xianyi/OpenBLAS/releases/download/v0.3.24/OpenBLAS-0.3.24-x64.zip")
     set(OpenBLAS_SHA256 "6335128ee7117ea2dd2f5f96f76dafc17256c85992637189a2d5f6da0c608163")
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ if(WIN32)
     ExternalProject_Get_Property(OpenBLAS INSTALL_DIR)
     set(OpenBLAS_DIR ${INSTALL_DIR})
     set(WHISPER_ADDITIONAL_ENV "OPENBLAS_PATH=${OpenBLAS_DIR}")
-    set(WHISPER_ADDITIONAL_CMAKE_ARGS -DWHISPER_BLAS=ON -DWHISPER_CUBLAS=OFF)
-  endif(LOCALVOCAL_WITH_CUDA)
+    set(WHISPER_ADDITIONAL_CMAKE_ARGS -DWHISPER_BLAS=ON -DWHISPER_CUBLAS=OFF)  
+  endif()
 
   ExternalProject_Add(
     Whispercpp_Build
@@ -78,12 +78,12 @@ else()
     CMAKE_GENERATOR ${CMAKE_GENERATOR}
     INSTALL_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --install <BINARY_DIR> --config ${Whispercpp_BUILD_TYPE}
     CONFIGURE_COMMAND
-      ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E env OPENBLAS_PATH=${OpenBLAS_DIR} ${CMAKE_COMMAND} <SOURCE_DIR> -B <BINARY_DIR> -G
+      ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E env ${WHISPER_ADDITIONAL_ENV} ${CMAKE_COMMAND} <SOURCE_DIR> -B <BINARY_DIR> -G
       ${CMAKE_GENERATOR} -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<INSTALL_DIR> -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${Whispercpp_BUILD_TYPE}
       -DCMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM=${CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM} -DCMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.13
       -DCMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES=${CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES_} -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=${WHISPER_EXTRA_CXX_FLAGS}
       -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS=${WHISPER_EXTRA_CXX_FLAGS} -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DWHISPER_BUILD_TESTS=OFF
-      -DWHISPER_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF -DWHISPER_BLAS=OFF)
+      -DWHISPER_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF ${WHISPER_ADDITIONAL_CMAKE_ARGS})
 endif(WIN32)
 
 ExternalProject_Get_Property(Whispercpp_Build INSTALL_DIR)