diff --git a/.circleci/continue_config.yml b/.circleci/continue_config.yml
index 76c363ad..1ca88030 100644
--- a/.circleci/continue_config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/continue_config.yml
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ jobs:
             export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/Qt/Tools/QtInstallerFramework/4.8/bin
             ~/Qt/Tools/CMake/CMake.app/Contents/bin/cmake \
               -S ../gpt4all-chat -B . -G Ninja \
-              -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=~/install \
               -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
               -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH:PATH=~/Qt/6.5.1/macos/lib/cmake \
               -DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM:FILEPATH=~/Qt/Tools/Ninja/ninja \
diff --git a/gpt4all-chat/CMakeLists.txt b/gpt4all-chat/CMakeLists.txt
index 257338b9..b763f491 100644
--- a/gpt4all-chat/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gpt4all-chat/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ message(STATUS "Qt 6 root directory: ${Qt6_ROOT_DIR}")
 
 set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin)
 
+if(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX_INITIALIZED_TO_DEFAULT)
+  set(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/install CACHE PATH "..." FORCE)
+endif()
+
 add_subdirectory(deps)
 add_subdirectory(../gpt4all-backend llmodel)
 
@@ -398,10 +402,6 @@ endif()
 
 set(COMPONENT_NAME_MAIN ${PROJECT_NAME})
 
-if(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX_INITIALIZED_TO_DEFAULT)
-  set(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/install CACHE PATH "..." FORCE)
-endif()
-
 install(TARGETS chat DESTINATION bin COMPONENT ${COMPONENT_NAME_MAIN})
 
 install(