diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 92702d72..4da0a03a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ SET(JFJOCH_USE_CUDA              ON CACHE BOOL "Compile Jungfraujoch with CUDA")
 SET(JFJOCH_VIEWER_BUILD          OFF CACHE BOOL "Compile Jungfraujoch viewer")
 SET(JFJOCH_VIEWER_ONLY           OFF CACHE BOOL "Compile only jfjoch_viewer and its dependencies")
 
-FIND_PACKAGE(ZLIB REQUIRED)
-
 SET (ZLIB_USE_STATIC_LIBS TRUE)
 
+FIND_PACKAGE(ZLIB REQUIRED)
+
 OPTION(SLS9 "Build with sls_detector_package v9.2.0" OFF)
 
 SET(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF)