diff --git a/scripts/build-platypus.sh b/scripts/build-platypus.sh
index 5370554b..9d7769a3 100755
--- a/scripts/build-platypus.sh
+++ b/scripts/build-platypus.sh
@@ -392,6 +392,9 @@ add_external_compilers
 load_spack
 make_spack_env
 
+# Will try to find a pre-installed compiler. If no compilers are found, you might need to add them manually
+spack compiler find
+
 spack install bzip2
 spack load bzip2
 
@@ -399,8 +402,6 @@ printf "Creating spack environment\n"
 spack env create platypus ${SPACK_MOD}
 spack env activate platypus
 
-# Will try to find a pre-installed gcc. If no compilers are found, you might need to add them manually
-spack compiler find
 spack concretize -f
 
 # Using vim instead of emacs to avoid a parsing bug in the autoconf installation
diff --git a/scripts/spack-env.txt b/scripts/spack-env.txt
index 0185c38a..f684e007 100644
--- a/scripts/spack-env.txt
+++ b/scripts/spack-env.txt
@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ spack:
   - llvm@amdgpu@@@llvm_version@
   view: true
   concretizer:
-    unify: true
\ No newline at end of file
+    unify: true