diff --git a/build/init.mk b/build/init.mk
index aeb1540..16c580f 100644
--- a/build/init.mk
+++ b/build/init.mk
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ CFLAGS ?= -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer ${cflags_stack_protect}
 
 cflags := ${CFLAGS} ${cflags_includes}
 
-SOURCES := src/file.o src/cjit.o \
+SOURCES := src/file.o src/cjit.o src/elflinker.o \
            src/main.o src/assets.o \
            src/cwalk.o src/array.o \
            src/muntar.o src/tinflate.o src/tinfgzip.o \
diff --git a/build/linux.mk b/build/linux.mk
index b34a3f5..d97f843 100644
--- a/build/linux.mk
+++ b/build/linux.mk
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ cc := gcc
 cflags += -DLIBC_GNU -D_GNU_SOURCE
 cflags += -DKILO_SUPPORTED
 cflags += -DCJIT_BUILD_LINUX
-SOURCES += src/elflinker.o
 
 all: embed-posix cjit
 
diff --git a/src/cjit.c b/src/cjit.c
index 8ca5963..50fd473 100644
--- a/src/cjit.c
+++ b/src/cjit.c
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ static bool cjit_setup(CJITState *cjit) {
 	}
 #endif
 
-#if defined(POSIX)
+#if defined(UNIX)
 	read_ldsoconf(cjit->libpaths,"/etc/ld.so.conf");
 	read_ldsoconf_dir(cjit->libpaths,"/etc/ld.so.conf.d");
 #endif
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ void cjit_define_symbol(CJITState *cjit, const char *sym, const char *value) {
 	if(cjit->verbose)_err("+D %s %s",sym,value?value:"");
 }
 void cjit_add_include_path(CJITState *cjit, const char *path) {
-	const char *restrict toadd = new_abspath(path);
+	char *restrict toadd = new_abspath(path);
 	if(!toadd) {
 		_err("%s: absolute path error: %s",__func__,path);
 		return;
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ void cjit_add_include_path(CJITState *cjit, const char *path) {
 }
 // TODO: temporary, to be reimplemented in linker.c
 void cjit_add_library_path(CJITState *cjit, const char *path) {
-	const char *restrict toadd = new_abspath(path);
+	char *restrict toadd = new_abspath(path);
 	if(!toadd) {
 		_err("%s: absolute path error: %s",__func__,path);
 		return;
diff --git a/src/cjit.h b/src/cjit.h
index 9e12b40..5e9fef7 100644
--- a/src/cjit.h
+++ b/src/cjit.h
@@ -91,10 +91,6 @@ extern bool extract_assets(CJITState *CJIT);
 /////////////
 // from file.c
 extern char* file_load(const char *filename, unsigned int *len);
-extern char *load_stdin();
-extern char* dir_load(const char *path);
-extern bool write_to_file(const char *path, const char *filename,
-			  const char *buf, unsigned int len);
 
 // terminal printing functions
 extern void _out(const char *fmt, ...);
@@ -103,8 +99,5 @@ extern void _err(const char *fmt, ...);
 /////////////
 // from repl.c
 extern int cjit_cli_tty(CJITState *cjit);
-#ifdef KILO_SUPPORTED
-extern int cjit_cli_kilo(CJITState *cjit);
-#endif
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/file.c b/src/file.c
index a90e5dd..61bfde9 100644
--- a/src/file.c
+++ b/src/file.c
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ bool write_to_file(const char *path, const char *filename, const char *buf, unsi
   return true;
 }
 
+#if 0 // unused for now, dangerous to have if unnecessary
 static int rm_ftw(const char *pathname,
                   const struct stat *sbuf,
                   int type, struct FTW *ftwb) {
@@ -205,7 +206,10 @@ bool rm_recursive(char *path) {
   }
   return true;
 }
+#endif
+
 
+#if 0
 #if !defined(WINDOWS)
 
 static char *full_content = NULL;
@@ -273,3 +277,4 @@ char *dir_load(const char *path)
 
 
 #endif
+#endif // 0
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 7fdc2d0..23d2e46 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 #include <muntar.h>
 #include <assets.h>
 
+extern char *load_stdin();
+
 #define MAX_ARG_STRING 1024
 static int parse_value(char *str) {
   int i = 0;
@@ -141,19 +143,19 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 		  strcpy(CJIT->output_filename,opt.arg);
 		  cjit_set_output(CJIT, EXE);
 	  } else if (c == 'L') { // library path
-		  if(!CJIT->quiet)_err("lib path: %s",opt.arg);
+		  if(CJIT->verbose)_err("arg lib path: %s",opt.arg);
 		  cjit_add_library_path(CJIT, opt.arg);
 	  } else if (c == 'l') { // library link
-		  if(!CJIT->quiet)_err("lib: %s",opt.arg);
+		  if(CJIT->verbose)_err("arg lib: %s",opt.arg);
 		  cjit_add_library(CJIT, opt.arg);
 	  } else if (c == 'C') { // cflags compiler options
-		  if(!CJIT->quiet)_err("cflags: %s",opt.arg);
+		  if(CJIT->verbose)_err("arg cflags: %s",opt.arg);
 		  cjit_set_tcc_options(CJIT->TCC, opt.arg);
 	  } else if (c == 'I') { // include paths in cflags
-		  if(!CJIT->quiet)_err("inc: %s",opt.arg);
+		  if(CJIT->verbose)_err("arg inc: %s",opt.arg);
 		  cjit_add_include_path(CJIT, opt.arg);
 	  } else if (c == 'e') { // entry point (default main)
-		  if(!CJIT->quiet)_err("entry: %s",opt.arg);
+		  if(!CJIT->quiet)_err("entry function: %s",opt.arg);
 		  if(CJIT->entry) free(CJIT->entry);
 		  CJIT->entry = malloc(strlen(opt.arg)+1);
 		  strcpy(CJIT->entry,opt.arg);
diff --git a/src/platforms.h b/src/platforms.h
index 7308d61..31bb0e9 100644
--- a/src/platforms.h
+++ b/src/platforms.h
@@ -19,18 +19,24 @@
   #endif
   #if defined(__linux__)
   #define LINUX
+  #define POSIX
+  #define UNIX
   #define PLATFORM "GNU/Linux"
   #endif
   #if defined(__APPLE__)
   #define APPLE
+  #define POSIX
   #define PLATFORM "Apple/OSX"
   #endif
   #if defined(__DragonFly__) || defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__NetBSD__) || defined(__OpenBSD__)
   #define BSD
+  #define POSIX
+  #define UNIX
   #define PLATFORM "BSD"
   #endif
   #if defined(__ANDROID__)
   #define ANDROID
+  #define POSIX
   #define PLATFORM "Android"
   #endif
   #if defined(__EMSCRIPTEN__)
@@ -39,10 +45,12 @@
   #endif
   #if defined(__BEOS__) || defined(__HAIKU__)
   #define BEOS
+  #define POSIX
   #define PLATFORM "BEOS"
   #endif
   #if defined(__HAIKU__)
   #define HAIKU
+  #define POSIX
   #define PLATFORM "Haiku"
   #endif
 #endif
diff --git a/test/windows.bats b/test/windows.bats
index 955387a..656302c 100644
--- a/test/windows.bats
+++ b/test/windows.bats
@@ -3,26 +3,26 @@ load bats_setup
 @test "Timeb.h inclusion for clock() in Windows" {
 # see https://www.reddit.com/r/C_Programming/comments/1h1g4gc/comment/lzc9fta/
 # /sys/timeb.h:132: error: include file 'sec_api/sys/timeb_s.h' not found
-    run ${CJIT} test/win_timeb.c
+    run ./cjit.exe test/win_timeb.c
     assert_success
 }
 
 @test "BOM source file UTF8" {
-    run ${CJIT} -q test/hello-bom-utf8.c
+    run ./cjit.exe -q test/hello-bom-utf8.c
     assert_failure
     assert_line --partial 'UTF BOM detected in file: test/hello-bom-utf8.c'
     assert_line --partial 'Encoding is not yet supported, execution aborted.'
 }
 
 @test "BOM source file UTF16 big endian" {
-    run ${CJIT} -q test/hello-bom-utf16-be.c
+    run ./cjit.exe -q test/hello-bom-utf16-be.c
     assert_failure
     assert_line --partial 'UTF BOM detected in file: test/hello-bom-utf16-be.c'
     assert_line --partial 'Encoding is not yet supported, execution aborted.'
 }
 
 @test "BOM source file UTF16 little endian" {
-    run ${CJIT} -q test/hello-bom-utf16-le.c
+    run ./cjit.exe -q test/hello-bom-utf16-le.c
     assert_failure
     assert_line --partial 'UTF BOM detected in file: test/hello-bom-utf16-le.c'
     assert_line --partial 'Encoding is not yet supported, execution aborted.'