diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f959b05..40e86b3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -50,9 +50,11 @@ message(STATUS "ITK_DIR=${ITK_DIR} pybind11_DIR=${pybind11_DIR}")
 if(DEFINED ENV{APPLE})
   MESSAGE(STATUS "ARCH VARIABLE SET TO --[$ENV{APPLE_ARM64}]--")
   if(ENV{APPLE_ARM64} STREQUAL "ON")
+    MESSAGE(STATUS "SETTING TARGET TO ARM64")
     set(CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES "arm64")
     add_definitions(-DARM64 -DDarwin -DPNG_ARM_NEON_OPT=0)
   else()
+    MESSAGE(STATUS "SETTING TARGET TO X86_64")
     set(CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES "x86_64")
   endif()
 endif()