diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 8f2d7dc..c5093b1 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@
 Sony Group Corporation
 Michael Lamers (info@devmil.de)
 Andrea Daoud (andreadaoud6@gmail.com)
+Taha Firoz (mtahafiroz@gmail.com)
diff --git a/templates/app/CMakeLists.txt.tmpl b/templates/app/CMakeLists.txt.tmpl
index 72807e3..fafa1ae 100644
--- a/templates/app/CMakeLists.txt.tmpl
+++ b/templates/app/CMakeLists.txt.tmpl
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15)
+# stop cmake from taking make from CMAKE_SYSROOT
+set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_PROGRAM NEVER)
 project(runner LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 set(BINARY_NAME "{{projectName}}")
@@ -10,7 +12,6 @@ set(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH "$ORIGIN/lib")
 # Basically we use this include when we got the following error:
 #  fatal error: 'bits/c++config.h' file not found
 include_directories(SYSTEM ${FLUTTER_SYSTEM_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES})
-set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_PROGRAM NEVER)
 set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_PACKAGE ONLY)
 set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_LIBRARY ONLY)
 set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_INCLUDE ONLY)