diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 509c8706..4efba252 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -148,8 +148,8 @@ ifeq ($(USE_JAVA), 1)
 all: java
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(TRICK_CIVET), 1)
-icg_sim_serv: ${TRICK_LIB_DIR}/libtrickCivet.a
+ifeq ($(USE_CIVETWEB), 1)
+all: civetweb
 endif
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -221,39 +221,12 @@ dp: ${TRICK_HOME}/trick_source/trick_utils/units
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # 1.2 Build Trick's CivetWeb webserver.
 
-CIVET_CLONE_DIR = civetweb_clone
-
 .PHONY: civetweb
 civetweb: ${TRICK_LIB_DIR}/libtrickCivet.a
 
-${TRICK_LIB_DIR}/libtrickCivet.a: ${TRICK_LIB_DIR}/libcivetweb.a ${TRICK_HOME}/include/civet/civetweb.h ${TRICK_HOME}/include/civet/CivetServer.h
+${TRICK_LIB_DIR}/libtrickCivet.a:
 	$(MAKE) -C ${TRICK_HOME}/trick_source/web/CivetServer
 
-${TRICK_LIB_DIR}/libcivetweb.a: ${CIVET_CLONE_DIR}/libcivetweb.a | ${TRICK_LIB_DIR}
-	cp ${CIVET_CLONE_DIR}/libcivetweb.a $(TRICK_LIB_DIR)/libcivetweb.a
-
-${TRICK_HOME}/include/civet:
-	mkdir -p ${TRICK_HOME}/include/civet
-
-${TRICK_HOME}/include/civet/civetweb.h: ${CIVET_CLONE_DIR} ${TRICK_HOME}/include/civet
-	cp ${CIVET_CLONE_DIR}/include/civetweb.h ${TRICK_HOME}/include/civet/civetweb.h
-
-${TRICK_HOME}/include/civet/CivetServer.h: ${CIVET_CLONE_DIR} ${TRICK_HOME}/include/civet
-	cp ${CIVET_CLONE_DIR}/include/CivetServer.h ${TRICK_HOME}/include/civet/CivetServer.h	
-
-
-ifeq (${TRICK_FORCE_32BIT},1)
-CIVET_COMPILE_FAGS=-m32
-else
-CIVET_COMPILE_FAGS=
-endif
-
-${CIVET_CLONE_DIR}/libcivetweb.a: ${CIVET_CLONE_DIR}
-	$(MAKE) -C ${CIVET_CLONE_DIR} lib COPT=${CIVET_COMPILE_FAGS} WITH_CPP=1 WITH_WEBSOCKET=1
-
-${CIVET_CLONE_DIR}:
-	git clone --branch v1.14 --depth 1 -c advice.detachedHead=false https://github.com/civetweb/civetweb.git $@
-
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # 1.3 Build Trick's Java Tools
 
diff --git a/autoconf/configure.ac b/autoconf/configure.ac
index 49d8ab00..848cbf8e 100644
--- a/autoconf/configure.ac
+++ b/autoconf/configure.ac
@@ -89,6 +89,37 @@ AC_DEFUN([AX_GTEST_HOME],[
     AC_SUBST([GTEST_HOME])
 ])
 
+AC_DEFUN([AX_CIVETWEB_HOME],[
+    AC_ARG_WITH([civetweb],
+                AS_HELP_STRING([--with-civetweb@<:@=DIR@:>@],
+                  [CIVETWEB root directory]),
+                # --with option was provided.
+                [CIVETWEB_HOME="$withval"
+                 USE_CIVETWEB="0"
+                # check whether directory arg was also provided.
+                 AS_IF([test "$CIVETWEB_HOME" = "yes"],
+                   AC_CHECK_HEADER(civetweb.h,
+                     [CIVETWEB_HOME="/usr"; USE_CIVETWEB="1"],
+                     AC_MSG_ERROR([could not find civetweb.h])),
+                   # else check whether --without-civet or --with-civet=no specified.
+                   AS_IF([test "$CIVETWEB_HOME" = "no"],
+                     [CIVETWEB_HOME=""],
+                         # else --with-civet was provided with a directory path.
+                         AC_CHECK_FILE([$CIVETWEB_HOME/include/civetweb.h],
+                           [USE_CIVETWEB="1"],
+                           AC_MSG_ERROR([could not find $CIVETWEB_HOME/include/civetweb.h]))))
+                ],
+                # --with option not provided.
+                [AC_CHECK_HEADER(civetweb.h,
+                   [CIVETWEB_HOME="/usr"; USE_CIVETWEB="1"],
+                   [CIVETWEB_HOME=""; USE_CIVETWEB="0"])
+                ]
+               )
+    AC_SUBST([CIVETWEB_HOME])
+    AC_SUBST([USE_CIVETWEB])
+])
+
+
 AC_DEFUN([AX_SWIG_BIN],[
     AC_ARG_WITH([swig],
                 [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-swig@<:@=DIR@:>@], [path of directory containing the SWIG executable.])],
@@ -312,26 +343,26 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE([offline],
 )
 AC_SUBST([TRICK_OFFLINE])
 
-AC_ARG_ENABLE([civet],
-  AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-civet], [Compile Trick with webserver capabilites.]),
-  AS_IF([test "x$enable_civet" = xyes],
-    [
-    TRICK_DISABLE_CIVET="0"
-    ], 
-    [TRICK_DISABLE_CIVET="1"]
-  ),
-  [TRICK_DISABLE_CIVET="0"]
-)
-AC_SUBST([TRICK_DISABLE_CIVET])
+# AC_ARG_ENABLE([civet],
+#   AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-civet], [Compile Trick with webserver capabilites.]),
+#   AS_IF([test "x$enable_civet" = xyes],
+#     [
+#     TRICK_DISABLE_CIVET="0"
+#     ], 
+#     [TRICK_DISABLE_CIVET="1"]
+#   ),
+#   [TRICK_DISABLE_CIVET="0"]
+# )
+# AC_SUBST([TRICK_DISABLE_CIVET])
 
 # If offline is specified, set some compilation flags
-AC_ARG_ENABLE([offline],
-  AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-offline], [Compile Trick in offline mode. Un-tar the trick-offline directory in TRICK_HOME to use this feature]),
-  AS_IF([test "x$enable_offline" = xyes],
-    [TRICK_DISABLE_CIVET="1"], 
-  ),
-)
-AC_SUBST([TRICK_OFFLINE])
+# AC_ARG_ENABLE([offline],
+#   AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-offline], [Compile Trick in offline mode. Un-tar the trick-offline directory in TRICK_HOME to use this feature]),
+#   AS_IF([test "x$enable_offline" = xyes],
+#     [TRICK_DISABLE_CIVET="1"], 
+#   ),
+# )
+# AC_SUBST([TRICK_OFFLINE])
 
 dnl look for programs we need to compile and run
 AC_PROG_AWK
@@ -529,6 +560,7 @@ dnl process the other optional command line arguments
 AX_HDF5_HOME([])
 AX_GSL_HOME([])
 AX_GTEST_HOME([])
+AX_CIVETWEB_HOME([])
 AX_ER7_UTILS([])
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([share/trick/makefiles/config_user.mk])
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1da461f7..32956fa6 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -648,6 +648,8 @@ ac_header_cxx_list=
 ac_subst_vars='LTLIBOBJS
 LIBOBJS
 USE_ER7_UTILS
+USE_CIVETWEB
+CIVETWEB_HOME
 GTEST_HOME
 GSL_HOME
 HDF5_HOME
@@ -699,7 +701,6 @@ LD
 TEE
 GCC_VERSION
 AWK
-TRICK_DISABLE_CIVET
 TRICK_OFFLINE
 TRICK_FORCE_32BIT
 LIBXML
@@ -772,7 +773,6 @@ enable_option_checking
 with_x
 enable_32bit
 enable_offline
-enable_civet
 with_python
 with_prepend_path
 with_swig
@@ -783,6 +783,7 @@ with_udunits
 with_hdf5
 with_gsl
 with_gtest
+with_civetweb
 enable_er7utils
 '
       ac_precious_vars='build_alias
@@ -1432,7 +1433,6 @@ Optional Features:
   --enable-offline        Compile Trick in offline mode. Un-tar the
                           trick-offline directory in TRICK_HOME to use this
                           feature
-  --enable-civet          Compile Trick with webserver capabilites.
   --enable-java           use java (default is yes)
   --enable-er7utils       use er7_utils (default is yes)
 
@@ -1454,6 +1454,7 @@ Optional Packages:
   --with-hdf5[=DIR]       HDF5 root directory
   --with-gsl[=DIR]        GSL root directory
   --with-gtest[=DIR]      GTEST root directory
+  --with-civetweb[=DIR]   CIVETWEB root directory
 
 Some influential environment variables:
   CC          C compiler command
@@ -2897,6 +2898,9 @@ ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_cxx_compiler_gnu
 
 
 
+
+
+
 
 
 
@@ -5058,36 +5062,26 @@ fi
 
 
 
-# Check whether --enable-civet was given.
-if test ${enable_civet+y}
-then :
-  enableval=$enable_civet; if test "x$enable_civet" = xyes
-then :
-
-    TRICK_DISABLE_CIVET="0"
-
-else $as_nop
-  TRICK_DISABLE_CIVET="1"
-
-fi
-else $as_nop
-  TRICK_DISABLE_CIVET="0"
-
-fi
-
-
+# AC_ARG_ENABLE([civet],
+#   AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-civet], [Compile Trick with webserver capabilites.]),
+#   AS_IF([test "x$enable_civet" = xyes],
+#     [
+#     TRICK_DISABLE_CIVET="0"
+#     ],
+#     [TRICK_DISABLE_CIVET="1"]
+#   ),
+#   [TRICK_DISABLE_CIVET="0"]
+# )
+# AC_SUBST([TRICK_DISABLE_CIVET])
 
 # If offline is specified, set some compilation flags
-# Check whether --enable-offline was given.
-if test ${enable_offline+y}
-then :
-  enableval=$enable_offline; if test "x$enable_offline" = xyes
-then :
-  TRICK_DISABLE_CIVET="1"
-fi
-fi
-
-
+# AC_ARG_ENABLE([offline],
+#   AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-offline], [Compile Trick in offline mode. Un-tar the trick-offline directory in TRICK_HOME to use this feature]),
+#   AS_IF([test "x$enable_offline" = xyes],
+#     [TRICK_DISABLE_CIVET="1"],
+#   ),
+# )
+# AC_SUBST([TRICK_OFFLINE])
 
 for ac_prog in gawk mawk nawk awk
 do
@@ -10120,6 +10114,77 @@ fi
 
 
 
+
+# Check whether --with-civetweb was given.
+if test ${with_civetweb+y}
+then :
+  withval=$with_civetweb; # --with option was provided.
+                CIVETWEB_HOME="$withval"
+                 USE_CIVETWEB="0"
+                # check whether directory arg was also provided.
+                 if test "$CIVETWEB_HOME" = "yes"
+then :
+  ac_fn_cxx_check_header_compile "$LINENO" "civetweb.h" "ac_cv_header_civetweb_h" "$ac_includes_default"
+if test "x$ac_cv_header_civetweb_h" = xyes
+then :
+  CIVETWEB_HOME="/usr"; USE_CIVETWEB="1"
+else $as_nop
+  as_fn_error $? "could not find civetweb.h" "$LINENO" 5
+fi
+
+else $as_nop
+  # else check whether --without-civet or --with-civet=no specified.
+                   if test "$CIVETWEB_HOME" = "no"
+then :
+  CIVETWEB_HOME=""
+else $as_nop
+  # else --with-civet was provided with a directory path.
+                         as_ac_File=`printf "%s\n" "ac_cv_file_$CIVETWEB_HOME/include/civetweb.h" | $as_tr_sh`
+{ printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $CIVETWEB_HOME/include/civetweb.h" >&5
+printf %s "checking for $CIVETWEB_HOME/include/civetweb.h... " >&6; }
+if eval test \${$as_ac_File+y}
+then :
+  printf %s "(cached) " >&6
+else $as_nop
+  test "$cross_compiling" = yes &&
+  as_fn_error $? "cannot check for file existence when cross compiling" "$LINENO" 5
+if test -r "$CIVETWEB_HOME/include/civetweb.h"; then
+  eval "$as_ac_File=yes"
+else
+  eval "$as_ac_File=no"
+fi
+fi
+eval ac_res=\$$as_ac_File
+	       { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_res" >&5
+printf "%s\n" "$ac_res" >&6; }
+if eval test \"x\$"$as_ac_File"\" = x"yes"
+then :
+  USE_CIVETWEB="1"
+else $as_nop
+  as_fn_error $? "could not find $CIVETWEB_HOME/include/civetweb.h" "$LINENO" 5
+fi
+
+fi
+fi
+
+else $as_nop
+  # --with option not provided.
+                ac_fn_cxx_check_header_compile "$LINENO" "civetweb.h" "ac_cv_header_civetweb_h" "$ac_includes_default"
+if test "x$ac_cv_header_civetweb_h" = xyes
+then :
+  CIVETWEB_HOME="/usr"; USE_CIVETWEB="1"
+else $as_nop
+  CIVETWEB_HOME=""; USE_CIVETWEB="0"
+fi
+
+
+
+fi
+
+
+
+
+
     # Check whether --enable-er7utils was given.
 if test ${enable_er7utils+y}
 then :
diff --git a/include/trick/MyCivetServer.hh b/include/trick/MyCivetServer.hh
index 086f265d..bc8374d5 100644
--- a/include/trick/MyCivetServer.hh
+++ b/include/trick/MyCivetServer.hh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ PURPOSE: (Represent the state and initial conditions of an http server.)
 #ifndef CIVET_SERVER_H
 #define CIVET_SERVER_H
 
-#ifdef USE_CIVET
+#ifdef USE_CIVETWEB
 
 #include <string>
 #include <map>
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ PURPOSE: (Represent the state and initial conditions of an http server.)
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
 #include <vector>
-#include "trick/WebSocketSession.hh"
 
+class WebSocketSession;
 typedef WebSocketSession* (*WebSocketSessionMaker)(struct mg_connection *nc);
 typedef void (*httpMethodHandler)(struct mg_connection *, void* cbdata);
 
@@ -76,10 +76,10 @@ class MyCivetServer {
         
 };
 
-struct Data {
-    MyCivetServer* server;
-    std::string name;
-};
+//struct Data {
+//    MyCivetServer* server;
+//    std::string name;
+//};
 
 #endif
 #endif
diff --git a/include/trick/files_to_ICG.hh b/include/trick/files_to_ICG.hh
index 66f639e1..c725117d 100644
--- a/include/trick/files_to_ICG.hh
+++ b/include/trick/files_to_ICG.hh
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
 #include "trick/lqueue.h"
 #include "trick/lstack.h"
 
-#ifdef USE_CIVET
+#ifdef USE_CIVETWEB
 #include "trick/MyCivetServer.hh"
 #include "trick/WebSocketSession.hh"
 #endif
diff --git a/share/trick/makefiles/Makefile.common b/share/trick/makefiles/Makefile.common
index 376833e4..bd22ec6c 100644
--- a/share/trick/makefiles/Makefile.common
+++ b/share/trick/makefiles/Makefile.common
@@ -171,7 +171,11 @@ ifneq ($(GSL_HOME),)
     TRICK_SYSTEM_CXXFLAGS += -D_HAVE_GSL
 endif
 
-TRICK_CIVET=0
+ifeq (${USE_CIVETWEB},1)
+    TRICK_LIBS += ${CIVETWEB_HOME}/libcivetweb.a ${TRICK_LIB_DIR}/libtrickCivet.a
+    TRICK_SWIG_FLAGS += -DUSE_CIVETWEB
+    TRICK_SYSTEM_CXXFLAGS += -DUSE_CIVETWEB
+endif
 
 # We pipe the output of compiler through tee.  If the user wanted gcc color, make sure they get it.
 ifdef GCC_COLORS
diff --git a/share/trick/makefiles/config_user.mk.in b/share/trick/makefiles/config_user.mk.in
index 78d78bab..1347929b 100644
--- a/share/trick/makefiles/config_user.mk.in
+++ b/share/trick/makefiles/config_user.mk.in
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ USE_JAVA = @USE_JAVA@
 JAVAC  = @JAVA_CC@
 
 TRICK_OFFLINE = @TRICK_OFFLINE@
-TRICK_DISABLE_CIVET = @TRICK_DISABLE_CIVET@
+
+USE_CIVETWEB = @USE_CIVETWEB@
+CIVETWEB_HOME = @CIVETWEB_HOME@
 
 USE_X_WINDOWS = @USE_X_WINDOWS@
 
diff --git a/trick_source/trick_swig/Makefile b/trick_source/trick_swig/Makefile
index 7fd5dc4b..eafe6dee 100644
--- a/trick_source/trick_swig/Makefile
+++ b/trick_source/trick_swig/Makefile
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ ifeq ($(USE_ER7_UTILS_CHECKPOINTHELPER), 1)
 SWIG_DEFS += -DUSE_ER7_UTILS_CHECKPOINTHELPER
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(TRICK_CIVET), 1)
-SWIG_DEFS += -DUSE_CIVET
+ifeq ($(USE_CIVETWEB), 1)
+SWIG_DEFS += -DUSE_CIVETWEB
 endif
 
 default: $(SWIG_OBJECT_FILES) $(TRICK_LIB) $(TEST_DIR)
diff --git a/trick_source/web/CivetServer/include/VariableServerSession.hh b/trick_source/web/CivetServer/include/VariableServerSession.hh
index 2c7421c8..6c9d55ea 100644
--- a/trick_source/web/CivetServer/include/VariableServerSession.hh
+++ b/trick_source/web/CivetServer/include/VariableServerSession.hh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ PURPOSE: (Represent the state of a variable server websocket connection.)
 #include "civet/CivetServer.h"
 #endif
 
-#include "trick/WebSocketSession.hh"
+#include "WebSocketSession.hh"
 #include "VariableServerVariable.hh"
 
 class VariableServerSession : public WebSocketSession {
diff --git a/include/trick/WebSocketSession.hh b/trick_source/web/CivetServer/include/WebSocketSession.hh
similarity index 97%
rename from include/trick/WebSocketSession.hh
rename to trick_source/web/CivetServer/include/WebSocketSession.hh
index a7f6ea80..5caaba48 100644
--- a/include/trick/WebSocketSession.hh
+++ b/trick_source/web/CivetServer/include/WebSocketSession.hh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ PURPOSE: (Represent Websocket connection.)
 #ifndef WEB_SOCKET_SESSION_HH
 #define WEB_SOCKET_SESSION_HH
 
-#ifdef USE_CIVET
+#if USE_CIVETWEB
 #include <string>
 #ifndef SWIG
 #include "civet/CivetServer.h"
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ class WebSocketSession {
 };
 
 #endif
-#endif
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif 
diff --git a/trick_source/web/CivetServer/makefile b/trick_source/web/CivetServer/makefile
index 2d796b81..fce4065f 100644
--- a/trick_source/web/CivetServer/makefile
+++ b/trick_source/web/CivetServer/makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ MKDIR = mkdir
 CFLAGS = -g -Wall
 CPPFLAGS = -g -Wall -std=c++11
 
-INCLUDE_DIRS = -Iinclude -I${TRICK_HOME}/include
+INCLUDE_DIRS = -I${PWD}/include -I${CIVETWEB_HOME}/include -I${TRICK_HOME}/include
 
 OBJDIR = obj
 LIBDIR = lib
diff --git a/trick_source/web/CivetServer/src/MyCivetServer.cpp b/trick_source/web/CivetServer/src/MyCivetServer.cpp
index 4b39c6d4..b8755dc5 100644
--- a/trick_source/web/CivetServer/src/MyCivetServer.cpp
+++ b/trick_source/web/CivetServer/src/MyCivetServer.cpp
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ PURPOSE: (Represent the state and initial conditions for my server)
 #include "trick/message_type.h"
 #include "trick/input_processor_proto.h"
 #include "trick/exec_proto.h"
-#include "../include/simpleJSON.hh"
-#include "../include/VariableServerSession.hh"
-#include "trick/WebSocketSession.hh"
+#include "simpleJSON.hh"
+#include "VariableServerSession.hh"
+#include "WebSocketSession.hh"
 
 #ifndef SWIG
 #include "civet/CivetServer.h"
@@ -391,4 +391,4 @@ void MyCivetServer::handleHTTPGETrequest(struct mg_connection *conn, const struc
             ss << "Error: http api " << handlerName << " is not implemented.";
             http_send_error(conn, 404, ss.str().c_str(), ss.str().size(), 100);
         }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/trick_source/web/CivetServer/src/VariableServerSession.cpp b/trick_source/web/CivetServer/src/VariableServerSession.cpp
index 5142ab6f..7608abe8 100644
--- a/trick_source/web/CivetServer/src/VariableServerSession.cpp
+++ b/trick_source/web/CivetServer/src/VariableServerSession.cpp
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ LIBRARY DEPENDENCIES:
 #include "trick/memorymanager_c_intf.h"
 #include "trick/input_processor_proto.h"
 #include "trick/exec_proto.h"
-#include "../include/VariableServerSession.hh"
-#include "../include/simpleJSON.hh"
+#include "VariableServerSession.hh"
+#include "simpleJSON.hh"
 
 // CONSTRUCTOR
 VariableServerSession::VariableServerSession( struct mg_connection *nc ) : WebSocketSession(nc) {
diff --git a/trick_source/web/CivetServer/src/VariableServerVariable.cpp b/trick_source/web/CivetServer/src/VariableServerVariable.cpp
index 0b5d8d68..ed8f4818 100644
--- a/trick_source/web/CivetServer/src/VariableServerVariable.cpp
+++ b/trick_source/web/CivetServer/src/VariableServerVariable.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #include "trick/memorymanager_c_intf.h" // for get_size.
-#include "../include/VariableServerVariable.hh"
+#include "VariableServerVariable.hh"
 #include <math.h> // for fpclassify
 #include <iomanip> // for setprecision
 #include <stdarg.h>
diff --git a/trick_source/web/CivetServer/src/http_GET_handlers.cpp b/trick_source/web/CivetServer/src/http_GET_handlers.cpp
index 65b5016d..d201cc18 100644
--- a/trick_source/web/CivetServer/src/http_GET_handlers.cpp
+++ b/trick_source/web/CivetServer/src/http_GET_handlers.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ LIBRARY DEPENDENCIES:
     ( (../src/http_GET_handlers.o))
 **************************************************************************/
 
-#include "../include/http_GET_handlers.hh"
+#include "http_GET_handlers.hh"
 #include "trick/MyCivetServer.hh"
 #include "trick/message_proto.h"
 #include "trick/message_type.h"
diff --git a/trick_source/web/CivetServer/src/simpleJSON.cpp b/trick_source/web/CivetServer/src/simpleJSON.cpp
index 92aafebb..c04a2cba 100644
--- a/trick_source/web/CivetServer/src/simpleJSON.cpp
+++ b/trick_source/web/CivetServer/src/simpleJSON.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <iostream>
-#include "../include/simpleJSON.hh"
+#include "simpleJSON.hh"
 
 class LexicalAnalyzer {
 public: