diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b5ac4b48e6856cd9b93b4cc0484f463308bbd1b0..4da69e8fd1d0837e27af0eebc11e1b896994ee0f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Log of backward compatibility changes and critical bugs
 
+
+## 2022-06-24 Test in configure.sh for Lapack and BLAS
+
+Author : J.S.E. Portela <br>
+Merge request !145
+
+## 2022-MM-DD Write parameters to HDF5 file
+
 ## 2022-06-13 Work-around for (likely) preprocessor bug
 
 Author : J.Schwab <br>
diff --git a/configure.sh b/configure.sh
index dd4380fe5f10e65901aa5d7208a84143b3c088d6..03b0a008aa744179074bdeca7a9de828f2697508 100755
--- a/configure.sh
+++ b/configure.sh
@@ -67,17 +67,21 @@ set_hdf5_flags()
 check_libs()
 {
     FC="$1" LIBS="$2"
-    COMPILE="$FC check_libs.f90 $LIBS -o check_libs.out"
-    if command -v "$FC" > /dev/null; then   # Calling the compiler is successful
-	if $COMPILE; then                   # Compiling with $LIBS is successful
-	    ./check_libs.out
-	else
-	    printf "${RED}\n==== Error: Linear algebra libraries <%s> not found. ====${NC}\n\n" "$LIBS"
-	    return 1
-	fi
+    if command -v "$FC" > /dev/null; then       # Compiler binary found
+        sh -c "$FC check_libs.f90 $LIBS -o check_libs.out"
+        if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then                   # Compiling with $LIBS is successful
+            ./check_libs.out || (
+              printf "${RED}\n==== Error: Execution of test program using compiler <%s> ====${NC}\n" "$FC"
+              printf "${RED}==== and linear algebra libraries <%s> not successful. ====${NC}\n\n" "$LIBS"
+              return 1
+              )
+        else
+            printf "${RED}\n==== Error: Linear algebra libraries <%s> not found. ====${NC}\n\n" "$LIBS"
+            return 1
+        fi
     else
-	printf "${RED}\n==== Error: Compiler <%s> not found. ====${NC}\n\n" "$FC"
-	return 1
+        printf "${RED}\n==== Error: Compiler <%s> not found. ====${NC}\n\n" "$FC"
+        return 1
     fi
 }
 
@@ -327,7 +331,7 @@ case $MACHINE in
   ;;
 esac
 
-# check_libs "$ALF_FC" "${LIB_BLAS_LAPACK}" || return 1
+check_libs "$ALF_FC" "${LIB_BLAS_LAPACK}" || return 1
 
 check_python || return 1