diff --git a/include/transport/CMakeLists.txt b/include/transport/CMakeLists.txt
index 2868190dfb6ab93daa023eb0ef48e6c0661cfada..104a2206b3b112699e7eafb022e557c504bb3b79 100644
--- a/include/transport/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/include/transport/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 if (PROTOBUF_FOUND)
     ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(
-        OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/protocol.pb.cc ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/protocol.pb.h
-        COMMAND ${PROTOBUF_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE} --cpp_out  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} --proto_path ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/protocol.proto
+        OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/protocol.pb.cc ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/protocol.pb.h
+        COMMAND ${PROTOBUF_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE} --cpp_out  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} --proto_path ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/protocol.proto
         COMMENT "Running C++ protocol buffer compiler on protocol.proto"
-        DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/protocol.proto
+        DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/protocol.proto
     )
-    ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(pb DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/protocol.pb.cc)
+    ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(pb DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/protocol.pb.cc)
 endif()
 
 FILE(GLOB HEADERS *.h protocol.h)
diff --git a/plugin/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/plugin/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index b41b3453bb54be6341eb3ef138a6816c2240ead3..ddb49358720ba3eef8a75072add9ad15dffb3fb5 100644
--- a/plugin/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugin/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)
 FILE(GLOB SRC *.cpp *.h)
 FILE(GLOB HEADERS ../include/transport/*.h)
 
-set(EXTRA_SOURCES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../../src/memoryusage.cpp)
-set(EXTRA_SOURCES ${EXTRA_SOURCES} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../../src/logging.cpp)
-set(EXTRA_SOURCES ${EXTRA_SOURCES} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../../src/config.cpp)
-set(EXTRA_SOURCES ${EXTRA_SOURCES} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../../include/transport/protocol.pb.cc)
+set(EXTRA_SOURCES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../src/memoryusage.cpp)
+set(EXTRA_SOURCES ${EXTRA_SOURCES} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../src/logging.cpp)
+set(EXTRA_SOURCES ${EXTRA_SOURCES} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../src/config.cpp)
+set(EXTRA_SOURCES ${EXTRA_SOURCES} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../include/transport/protocol.pb.cc)
 
 if (NOT WIN32)
 	ADD_LIBRARY(transport-plugin SHARED ${HEADERS} ${SRC} ${PROTOBUF_SRC} ${PROTOBUF_HDRS} ${EXTRA_SOURCES})
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ else()
 	ADD_LIBRARY(transport-plugin STATIC ${HEADERS} ${SRC} ${PROTOBUF_SRC} ${PROTOBUF_HDRS} ${EXTRA_SOURCES})
 endif()
 ADD_DEPENDENCIES(transport-plugin pb)
-SET_SOURCE_FILES_PROPERTIES(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../../include/transport/protocol.pb.cc PROPERTIES GENERATED 1)
+SET_SOURCE_FILES_PROPERTIES(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../include/transport/protocol.pb.cc PROPERTIES GENERATED 1)
 
 if (CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
 	ADD_DEFINITIONS(-fPIC)
@@ -31,5 +31,5 @@ SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(transport-plugin PROPERTIES
 
 INSTALL(TARGETS transport-plugin LIBRARY DESTINATION lib ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib COMPONENT libraries)
 
-#CONFIGURE_FILE(transport.pc.in "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/transport.pc")
-#INSTALL(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/transport.pc" DESTINATION lib/pkgconfig)
+#CONFIGURE_FILE(transport.pc.in "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/transport.pc")
+#INSTALL(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/transport.pc" DESTINATION lib/pkgconfig)
diff --git a/spectrum/src/sample.cfg b/spectrum/src/sample.cfg
index d3b4f31747d08c98c6efe9b11f18691e1ff9afb8..88ec12c87c6ef3fd878d148e0f04095619f473ab 100644
--- a/spectrum/src/sample.cfg
+++ b/spectrum/src/sample.cfg
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ admin_password=test
 #cert=server.pfx #patch to PKCS#12 certificate
 #cert_password=test #password to that certificate if any
 users_per_backend=10
-backend=../..//backends/libpurple/spectrum2_libpurple_backend
+#backend=../..//backends/libpurple/spectrum2_libpurple_backend
+backend=../../backends/template/spectrum2_template_backend
 protocol=prpl-xmpp
 #protocol=prpl-msn
 #protocol=any