diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4b97e6051..9ec5c82f1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -97,4 +97,4 @@ buck-out/
 /infer/annotations/annot_classes/
 /infer/annotations/annotations.jar
 /infer/annotations/processor_classes/
-/infer/annotations/processor.jar
\ No newline at end of file
+/infer/lib/java/processor.jar
diff --git a/infer/Makefile b/infer/Makefile
index 0470bc0c9..435ec34eb 100644
--- a/infer/Makefile
+++ b/infer/Makefile
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ all: clang java llvm checkCopyright
 
 java:
 	make -C $(SRCDIR) java
-	make -C $(MODELS) java
 	make -C $(ANNOTATIONS)
+	make -C $(MODELS) java
 
 clang:
 	make -C $(SRCDIR) clang
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@ checkCopyright:
 
 clean:
 	make -C $(SRCDIR) clean
-	make -C $(MODELS) clean
 	make -C $(ANNOTATIONS) clean
+	make -C $(MODELS) clean
diff --git a/infer/annotations/BUCK b/infer/annotations/BUCK
index 690a28717..edffaffde 100644
--- a/infer/annotations/BUCK
+++ b/infer/annotations/BUCK
@@ -5,11 +5,3 @@ prebuilt_jar(
     'PUBLIC',
   ]
 )
-
-prebuilt_jar(
-  name = 'processor',
-  binary_jar = 'processor.jar',
-  visibility = [
-    'PUBLIC',
-  ]
-)
diff --git a/infer/annotations/Makefile b/infer/annotations/Makefile
index 9e1ddced6..29fd89ff6 100644
--- a/infer/annotations/Makefile
+++ b/infer/annotations/Makefile
@@ -1,24 +1,30 @@
-DEPENDENCIES = ../../dependencies
+CWD = $(shell pwd)
+DEPENDENCIES = $(CWD)/../../dependencies
+LIB = $(CWD)/../lib/java
 JSR_JAR = $(DEPENDENCIES)/java/jsr-305/jsr305.jar
-ANNOT_SOURCES = `find com/facebook/infer/annotation -name "*.java"`
-PROCESSOR_SOURCES = `find com/facebook/infer/annotprocess -name "*.java"`
+ANNOT_SOURCES = $(shell find com/facebook/infer/annotation -name "*.java")
+PROCESSOR_SOURCES = $(shell find com/facebook/infer/annotprocess -name "*.java")
 ANNOT_CLASSES = 'annot_classes'
 PROCESSOR_CLASSES = 'processor_classes'
 
-all: annotations processor
+ANNOTATIONS_JAR = $(CWD)/annotations.jar
+PROCESSOR_JAR = $(LIB)/processor.jar
 
-annotations:
+all: $(ANNOTATIONS_JAR) $(PROCESSOR_JAR)
+
+$(ANNOTATIONS_JAR): $(ANNOT_SOURCES)
 	mkdir -p $(ANNOT_CLASSES)
 	javac -cp $(JSR_JAR) $(ANNOT_SOURCES) -d $(ANNOT_CLASSES)
-	cd $(ANNOT_CLASSES) && jar cvf annotations.jar com && cp annotations.jar ../
+	cd $(ANNOT_CLASSES) && jar cvf $(ANNOTATIONS_JAR) com
 
-processor:
+$(PROCESSOR_JAR): $(PROCESSOR_SOURCES)
 	mkdir -p $(PROCESSOR_CLASSES)
 	javac $(PROCESSOR_SOURCES) -d $(PROCESSOR_CLASSES)
-	cd $(PROCESSOR_CLASSES) && cp -r ../resources/META-INF . && jar cvMf processor.jar com META-INF && cp processor.jar ../
+	jar cvMf processor.jar -C resources META-INF -C $(PROCESSOR_CLASSES) com
+	mv processor.jar $(PROCESSOR_JAR)
 
 clean:
 	rm -rf $(ANNOT_CLASSES)
-	rm -f annotations.jar
+	rm -f $(ANNOTATIONS_JAR)
 	rm -rf $(PROCESSOR_CLASSES)
-	rm -f processor.jar
+	rm -f $(PROCESSOR_JAR)
diff --git a/infer/bin/jwlib.py b/infer/bin/jwlib.py
index 8dc618dcc..c5acc07ec 100644
--- a/infer/bin/jwlib.py
+++ b/infer/bin/jwlib.py
@@ -26,6 +26,15 @@ parser.add_argument('-bootclasspath', type=str)
 parser.add_argument('-d', dest='classes_out', default=current_directory)
 
 
+class AnnotationProcessorNotFound(Exception):
+
+    def __init__(self, path):
+        self.path = path
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return repr(self.path + ' not found')
+
+
 class CompilerCall:
 
     def __init__(self, arguments):
@@ -44,6 +53,9 @@ class CompilerCall:
             if self.args.bootclasspath is not None:
                 javac_cmd += ['-bootclasspath', self.args.bootclasspath]
 
+            if not os.path.isfile(utils.ANNOT_PROCESSOR_JAR):
+                raise AnnotationProcessorNotFound(utils.ANNOT_PROCESSOR_JAR)
+
             if self.args.classpath is None:
                 classpath = utils.ANNOT_PROCESSOR_JAR
             else:
diff --git a/infer/bin/utils.py b/infer/bin/utils.py
index aaee6c816..53eff5466 100644
--- a/infer/bin/utils.py
+++ b/infer/bin/utils.py
@@ -28,10 +28,7 @@ BIN_DIRECTORY = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
 LIB_DIRECTORY = os.path.join(BIN_DIRECTORY, '..', 'lib', 'java')
 TMP_DIRECTORY = tempfile.gettempdir()
 MODELS_JAR = os.path.join(LIB_DIRECTORY, 'models.jar')
-
-ANNOT_PROCESSOR_JAR = os.path.join(
-    BIN_DIRECTORY, '..', 'annotations', 'processor.jar')
-
+ANNOT_PROCESSOR_JAR = os.path.join(LIB_DIRECTORY, 'processor.jar')
 
 DEFAULT_INFER_OUT = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'infer-out')
 CSV_PERF_FILENAME = 'performances.csv'