diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ed453d0..a2c580d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -100,6 +100,13 @@ else()
 endif()
 message("   (set with command line option -DWARNINGS_ARE_ERRORS=ON/OFF)")
 
+if (USE_AUTOMATIC_INITIALIZATION STREQUAL ON)
+  message("-- MTAPI/Tasks automatic initialization enabled (default)")
+else()
+  message("-- MTAPI/Tasks automatic initialization disabled")
+endif()
+message("   (set with command line option -DUSE_AUTOMATIC_INITIALIZATION=ON/OFF)")
+
 include(CMakeCommon/SetCompilerFlags.cmake)
 SetGNUCompilerFlags(compiler_libs compiler_flags)
 SetVisualStudioCompilerFlags(compiler_libs compiler_flags)
diff --git a/mtapi_cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/mtapi_cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index 3652d63..3a343f2 100644
--- a/mtapi_cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mtapi_cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,14 +5,10 @@ file(GLOB_RECURSE EMBB_MTAPI_CPP_HEADERS "include/*.h")
 file(GLOB_RECURSE EMBB_MTAPI_CPP_TEST_SOURCES "test/*.cc" "test/*.h")
 
 if (USE_AUTOMATIC_INITIALIZATION STREQUAL ON)
-  message("-- Automatic initialization enabled (default)")
   set(MTAPI_CPP_AUTOMATIC_INITIALIZE 1)
 else()
   set(MTAPI_CPP_AUTOMATIC_INITIALIZE 0)
-  message("-- Automatic initialization disabled")
 endif()
-message("   (set with command line option -DUSE_AUTOMATIC_INITIALIZATION=ON/OFF)")
-
 
 # Execute the GroupSources macro
 include(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/CMakeCommon/GroupSourcesMSVC.cmake)