diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 09d3a07..96ad052 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
-test: debug
-	gcc -ansi -L./build -o build/tests src/tests.c -lstrops
+tests : libstrops.a
+	gcc -ansi -I . -L. -o tests tests.c -Wl,-Bstatic -lstrops -Wl,-Bdynamic
 
-debug:
-	gcc -c -ansi -ggdb -o build/strops.o src/strops.c
-	gcc -shared -o build/libstrops.so build/strops.o
-
-#release:
-#	gcc -ansi -O2 -pipe -fno-semantic-interposition -o build/hdb src/main.c src/db.c -lsqlite3
-#	strip build/hdb
+libstrops.a : strops.o
+	ar cr libstrops.a strops.o
+	rm strops.o
 
+strops.o : strops.c strops.h
+	gcc -c -ansi -ggdb -o strops.o strops.c
+#	gcc -c -ansi -O2 -pipe -o strops.o strops.c