diff --git a/R/model.R b/R/model.R
index e17ffbd4..c7391b33 100644
--- a/R/model.R
+++ b/R/model.R
@@ -2399,7 +2399,7 @@ model_compile_info <- function(exe_file) {
           if (!is.na(as.logical(val))) {
             val <- as.logical(val)
           }
-          info[[toupper(key_val[1])]] <- val
+          info[[tolower(key_val[1])]] <- val
         }
       }
       info[["STAN_VERSION"]] <- paste0(info[["STAN_VERSION_MAJOR"]], ".", info[["STAN_VERSION_MINOR"]], ".", info[["STAN_VERSION_PATCH"]])
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-example.R b/tests/testthat/test-example.R
index 8d14d5d0..157929e0 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-example.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-example.R
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 context("cmdstanr_example")
 
 test_that("cmdstanr_example works", {
-  fit_mcmc <- cmdstanr_example("logistic", chains = 2)
+  fit_mcmc <- cmdstanr_example("logistic", chains = 2, force_recompile = TRUE)
   checkmate::expect_r6(fit_mcmc, "CmdStanMCMC")
   expect_equal(fit_mcmc$num_chains(), 2)
 
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-opencl.R b/tests/testthat/test-opencl.R
index 55c59e2c..35674183 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-opencl.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-opencl.R
@@ -117,3 +117,14 @@ test_that("error for runtime selection of OpenCL devices if version less than 2.
   )
   reset_cmdstan_version()
 })
+
+test_that("model from exe_file retains open_cl option", {
+  skip_if_not(Sys.getenv("CMDSTANR_OPENCL_TESTS") %in% c("1", "true"))
+  stan_file <- testing_stan_file("bernoulli")
+  exe_file <- tempfile('bernoulli-')
+  mod <- cmdstan_model(stan_file = stan_file, exe_file = exe_file, cpp_options = list(stan_opencl = TRUE))
+  mod_from_exe <- cmdstan_model(exe_file = exe_file)
+  expect_sample_output(
+    fit <- mod_from_exe$sample(data = testing_data("bernoulli"), opencl_ids = c(0, 0), chains = 1)
+  )
+})
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diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-threads.R b/tests/testthat/test-threads.R
index 1a333e82..7bf8338f 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-threads.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-threads.R
@@ -178,3 +178,22 @@ test_that("correct output when stan_threads not TRUE", {
     fixed = TRUE
   )
 })
+
+test_that('correct output when stan threads set via make local',{
+  #TODO clean this up so no leftover changes to make local
+  file.copy(
+    file.path(cmdstan_path(), 'make', 'local'),
+    file.path(cmdstan_path(), 'make', 'local.save')
+  )
+  on.exit(file.rename(
+    file.path(cmdstan_path(), 'make', 'local.save'),
+    file.path(cmdstan_path(), 'make', 'local')
+  ), add = TRUE, after = FALSE)
+  cmdstan_make_local(cpp_options = list(stan_threads = TRUE))
+  mod <- cmdstan_model(stan_program, force_recompile = TRUE)
+  expect_output(
+    f <- mod$sample(data = data_file_json, parallel_chains = 4, threads_per_chain = 1),
+    "Running MCMC with 4 parallel chains, with 1 thread(s) per chain..",
+    fixed = TRUE
+  )
+})