diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindOrFetchMADWorld.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindOrFetchMADWorld.cmake
index 5961a4f05d..2dfe28705c 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/FindOrFetchMADWorld.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/FindOrFetchMADWorld.cmake
@@ -41,13 +41,15 @@ if (NOT TARGET MADworld)
 
   # look for C and MPI here to make troubleshooting easier and be able to override defaults for MADNESS
   enable_language(C)
-  find_package(MPI REQUIRED COMPONENTS C CXX)
+  find_package(MPI REQUIRED COMPONENTS C)
 
+  set(FETCHCONTENT_QUIET FALSE)
   include(FetchContent)
   FetchContent_Declare(
           MADNESS
-	      GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/m-a-d-n-e-s-s/madness.git
+	  GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/m-a-d-n-e-s-s/madness.git
           GIT_TAG ${TA_TRACKED_MADNESS_TAG}
+	  GIT_PROGRESS TRUE
   )
   FetchContent_MakeAvailable(MADNESS)
   FetchContent_GetProperties(MADNESS
diff --git a/python/src/TiledArray/python/module.h b/python/src/TiledArray/python/module.h
index ae41b8fe9a..89cd2eaeb5 100644
--- a/python/src/TiledArray/python/module.h
+++ b/python/src/TiledArray/python/module.h
@@ -40,11 +40,8 @@ static World &initialize() {
   // this loads MPI before TA tries to do it
   int initialized = 0;
   MPI_Initialized(&initialized);
-  MPI_Comm ta_comm;
 
-  if (!initialized) {
-    ta_comm = MPI_COMM_WORLD;
-  } else {
+  if (initialized) {
     int thread_level;
     MPI_Query_thread(&thread_level);
     if (thread_level != MPI_THREAD_MULTIPLE)
@@ -58,10 +55,10 @@ static World &initialize() {
   char *_argv[0];
   char **argv = _argv;
   if (!madness::initialized()) {
-    madness::initialize(argc, argv, ta_comm);
+    madness::initialize(argc, argv);
     initialized_madness = true;
   }
-  TiledArray::World &world = TiledArray::initialize(argc, argv, ta_comm);
+  TiledArray::World &world = TiledArray::initialize(argc, argv, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
   TiledArray::set_default_world(world);
   if (world.rank() == 0) {
     std::cout << "initialized TA in a world with " << world.size() << " ranks"