diff --git a/applications/solvcon/entry.sh b/applications/solvcon/entry.sh
index 55799f2..139d73a 100755
--- a/applications/solvcon/entry.sh
+++ b/applications/solvcon/entry.sh
@@ -30,11 +30,15 @@ devenv use ${DEVENVFLAVOR_SUB}
 # bz2 will be used by solvcon (via python)
 devenv build openssl
 devenv build bzip2
+# sqlite will be used when building python on mac OS for:
+#     error: System version of SQLite does not support loadable extensions
+#     make: *** [sharedmods] Error 1
+devenv build sqlite
 VERSION=3.8 devenv build python
 devenv build cmake
 # scotch will be used later by libmarch
 # cmake will be used for building scotch
-devenv build scotch
+SYNCGIT="yes" devenv build scotch
 
 # prepare all packages to build SOLVCON
 pip3 install nose boto paramiko netCDF4 numpy