diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 16c43d76..3024a777 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,12 +28,16 @@ enable_language(CXX)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/cmake/Modules/" ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH})
 
-set(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}" CACHE PATH "Install prefix" FORCE)
+if (CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX_INITIALIZED_TO_DEFAULT)
+  set(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}" CACHE PATH "Install prefix" FORCE)
+endif()
+
 set(INSTALL_BIN_DIR      "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}" CACHE PATH "Path where exe and dll will be installed")
 set(INSTALL_LIB_DIR      "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}" CACHE PATH "Path where lib will be installed")
 set(INSTALL_INCLUDE_DIR  "include/darknet"           CACHE PATH "Path where headers will be installed")
 set(INSTALL_CMAKE_DIR    "share/darknet"             CACHE PATH "Path where cmake configs will be installed")
 
+set(ENABLE_OPENCV "TRUE" CACHE BOOL "Enable OpenCV integration")
 set(ENABLE_CUDA "FALSE" CACHE BOOL "Enable CUDA support")
 set(ENABLE_CUDNN "FALSE" CACHE BOOL "Enable CUDNN")
 set(ENABLE_CUDNN_HALF "FALSE" CACHE BOOL "Enable CUDNN Half precision")
@@ -74,10 +78,12 @@ find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
 if(MSVC)
   find_package(PThreads_windows REQUIRED)
 endif()
-find_package(OpenCV)
+if(ENABLE_OPENCV)
+  find_package(OpenCV)
+endif()
 find_package(Stb REQUIRED)
-if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS "3.9.0")
-  message(WARNING "To build with OpenMP support you need CMake 3.9.0+")
+if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS "3.11.0")
+  message(WARNING "To build with OpenMP support you need CMake 3.11.0+")
 else()
   find_package(OpenMP)
 endif()
@@ -274,7 +280,7 @@ if(OpenCV_FOUND)
   target_compile_definitions(dark PUBLIC -DOPENCV)
 endif()
 
-if(WIN32 AND OPENMP_FOUND)
+if(OPENMP_FOUND)
   target_link_libraries(darknet PUBLIC OpenMP::OpenMP_CXX)
   target_link_libraries(darknet PUBLIC OpenMP::OpenMP_C)
   target_link_libraries(dark PUBLIC OpenMP::OpenMP_CXX)
@@ -296,9 +302,8 @@ if(MSVC)
   target_compile_definitions(uselib PRIVATE -D_CRT_RAND_S -DNOMINMAX -D_USE_MATH_DEFINES)
 endif()
 
-target_link_libraries(darknet PRIVATE Threads::Threads)
-target_link_libraries(dark PRIVATE Threads::Threads)
-target_link_libraries(uselib PRIVATE Threads::Threads)
+target_link_libraries(darknet PUBLIC Threads::Threads)
+target_link_libraries(dark PUBLIC Threads::Threads)
 
 if(ENABLE_ZED_CAMERA)
   target_link_libraries(darknet PRIVATE ${ZED_LIBRARIES})
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 52df1199..5a5c493c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -197,9 +197,7 @@ PS \>                  cd $env:VCPKG_ROOT
 PS Code\vcpkg>         .\vcpkg install pthreads opencv[ffmpeg] #replace with opencv[cuda,ffmpeg] in case you want to use cuda-accelerated openCV
 ```
 
-8. [necessary only with CUDA] Customize the `build.ps1` script enabling the appropriate `my_cuda_compute_model` line. If not manually defined, CMake toolchain will automatically use the very low 3.0 CUDA compute model
-
-9.  Open Powershell, go to the `darknet` folder and build with the command `.\build.ps1`. If you want to use Visual Studio, you will find two custom solutions created for you by CMake after the build, one in `build_win_debug` and the other in `build_win_release`, containing all the appropriate config flags for your system.
+8.  Open Powershell, go to the `darknet` folder and build with the command `.\build.ps1`. If you want to use Visual Studio, you will find two custom solutions created for you by CMake after the build, one in `build_win_debug` and the other in `build_win_release`, containing all the appropriate config flags for your system.
 
 ### How to compile on Windows (legacy way)
 
diff --git a/build.ps1 b/build.ps1
index b36d3054..8030ca99 100755
--- a/build.ps1
+++ b/build.ps1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env pwsh
 
 $number_of_build_workers=8
-$force_using_include_libs=$false
+$use_vcpkg=$true
 
 function getProgramFiles32bit() {
   $out = ${env:PROGRAMFILES(X86)}
@@ -72,27 +72,27 @@ function getLatestVisualStudioWithDesktopWorkloadVersion() {
 }
 
 
-if ((Test-Path env:VCPKG_ROOT) -and -not $force_using_include_libs) {
+if ((Test-Path env:VCPKG_ROOT) -and $use_vcpkg) {
   $vcpkg_path = "$env:VCPKG_ROOT"
   Write-Host "Found vcpkg in VCPKG_ROOT: $vcpkg_path"
 }
-elseif ((Test-Path "${env:WORKSPACE}\vcpkg") -and -not $force_using_include_libs) {
+elseif ((Test-Path "${env:WORKSPACE}\vcpkg") -and $use_vcpkg) {
   $vcpkg_path = "${env:WORKSPACE}\vcpkg"
   Write-Host "Found vcpkg in WORKSPACE\vcpkg: $vcpkg_path"
 }
 else {
-  Write-Host "Skipping vcpkg-enabled builds because the VCPKG_ROOT environment variable is not defined, using self-distributed libs`n" -ForegroundColor Yellow
+  Write-Host "Skipping vcpkg-enabled builds because the VCPKG_ROOT environment variable is not defined or you requested to avoid VCPKG, using self-distributed libs`n" -ForegroundColor Yellow
 }
 
-if ($null -eq $env:VCPKG_DEFAULT_TRIPLET) {
+if ($null -eq $env:VCPKG_DEFAULT_TRIPLET -and $use_vcpkg) {
   Write-Host "No default triplet has been set-up for vcpkg. Defaulting to x64-windows" -ForegroundColor Yellow
   $vcpkg_triplet = "x64-windows"
 }
-else {
+elseif ($use_vcpkg) {
   $vcpkg_triplet = $env:VCPKG_DEFAULT_TRIPLET
 }
 
-if ($vcpkg_triplet -Match "x86") {
+if ($vcpkg_triplet -Match "x86" -and $use_vcpkg) {
   Throw "darknet is supported only in x64 builds!"
 }
 
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ if (Test-Path env:CUDA_PATH) {
 }
 
 
-if ($vcpkg_path) {
+if ($use_vcpkg) {
   ## DEBUG
   #New-Item -Path .\build_win_debug -ItemType directory -Force
   #Set-Location build_win_debug
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ if ($vcpkg_path) {
   ##cmake --build . --config Debug --parallel ${number_of_build_workers} --target install  #valid only for CMake 3.12+
   #Remove-Item DarknetConfig.cmake
   #Remove-Item DarknetConfigVersion.cmake
+  #Copy-Item Debug\*.dll ..
   #Set-Location ..
   #Copy-Item cmake\Modules\*.cmake share\darknet\
 
@@ -164,7 +165,7 @@ if ($vcpkg_path) {
   #cmake --build . --config Release --parallel ${number_of_build_workers} --target install  #valid only for CMake 3.12+
   Remove-Item DarknetConfig.cmake
   Remove-Item DarknetConfigVersion.cmake
-  Copy-Item *.dll ..
+  Copy-Item Release\*.dll ..
   Set-Location ..
   Copy-Item cmake\Modules\*.cmake share\darknet\
 }
diff --git a/src/detector.c b/src/detector.c
index 9501d105..074365fb 100644
--- a/src/detector.c
+++ b/src/detector.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ typedef __compar_fn_t comparison_fn_t;
 
 #include "http_stream.h"
 
-int check_mistakes;
+int check_mistakes = 0;
 
 static int coco_ids[] = { 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,27,28,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,67,70,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82,84,85,86,87,88,89,90 };
 
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ float validate_detector_map(char *datacfg, char *cfgfile, char *weightfile, floa
 
         // MS COCO - uses 101-Recall-points on PR-chart.
         // PascalVOC2007 - uses 11-Recall-points on PR-chart.
-        // PascalVOC2010–2012 - uses Area-Under-Curve on PR-chart.
+        // PascalVOC2010-2012 - uses Area-Under-Curve on PR-chart.
         // ImageNet - uses Area-Under-Curve on PR-chart.
 
         // correct mAP calculation: ImageNet, PascalVOC 2010-2012