diff --git a/bin/qp_test b/bin/qp_test
index 67b3ea02..288b7291 100755
--- a/bin/qp_test
+++ b/bin/qp_test
@@ -60,19 +60,14 @@ def main(arguments):
         print("Running tests for %s"%(bats_file))
         print("")
         if arguments["-v"]:
-            p = None
             if arguments["TEST"]:
                 test = "export TEST=%s ; "%arguments["TEST"]
             else:
                 test = ""
-            try:
-                os.system(test+" python3 bats_to_sh.py "+bats_file+
+            os.system(test+" python3 bats_to_sh.py "+bats_file+
                                     "| bash")
-            except:
-                if p:
-                    p.terminate()
         else:
-            subprocess.check_call(["bats", bats_file], env=os.environ)
+            subprocess.check_call(["bats", "--verbose-run", "--trace", bats_file], env=os.environ)
 
 
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e70820fe..abccbc0e 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ PACKAGES=$(echo $PACKAGES | xargs)
 
 echo "export QP_ROOT=\"$QP_ROOT\"" > ${QP_ROOT}/etc/00.qp_root.rc
 
-source quantum_package.rc
+source ${QP_ROOT}/quantum_package.rc
 
 
 
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ EOF
             execute << EOF
               cd "\${QP_ROOT}"/external
               tar --gunzip --extract --file qp2-dependencies/bse-v0.8.11.tar.gz
-              pip install -e basis_set_exchange-*
+              python3 -m pip install -e basis_set_exchange-*
 EOF
 
     elif [[ ${PACKAGE} = zlib ]] ; then
@@ -281,8 +281,8 @@ EOF
 
             execute << EOF
               cd "\${QP_ROOT}"/external
-              tar -zxf qp2-dependencies/bats-v1.1.0.tar.gz
-              ( cd bats-core-1.1.0/ ; ./install.sh \${QP_ROOT})
+              tar -zxf qp2-dependencies/bats-v1.7.0.tar.gz
+              ( cd bats-core-1.7.0/ ; ./install.sh \${QP_ROOT})
 EOF
 
     else
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ EOF
 
 done
 
-source quantum_package.rc
+source ${QP_ROOT}/quantum_package.rc
 
 NINJA=$(find_exe ninja)
 if [[ ${NINJA} = $(not_found) ]] ; then
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ else
       echo ""
       echo "${QP_ROOT}/build.ninja does not exist,"
       echo "you need to specify the COMPILATION configuration file."
-      echo "See  ./configure --help  for more details."
+      echo "See  ./configure -h  for more details."
       echo ""
 fi