diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2442210..999428c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 .POSIX:
 .PHONY: all debug run clean
-DEPS=src/main.o src/util.o
-LIBS=-lgc -lgmp
+DEPS=src/main.o src/util.o src/gmp_setup.o
+LIBS=-static -l:libgmp.a -l:libgc.a -l:libpthread.a
 DBGFLAGS=-Og -g
 DBGBIN=secd_debug
 
 all: secd
 
 secd: $(DEPS)
-	$(CC) $(LIBS) $(CFLAGS) $(DEPS) -o secd
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(DEPS) $(LIBS) -o secd
 
 $(DBGBIN): $(DEPS)
 	$(CC) $(LIBS) $(DBGFLAGS) -DENABLE_DBG_H -o secd_debug
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ clean:
 
 .SUFFIXES: .c .o
 .c.o:
-	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) $< -o $@
+	$(CC) -c $(INCLUDE) $(CFLAGS) $< -o $@
diff --git a/src/gmp_setup.c b/src/gmp_setup.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..248f3cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/gmp_setup.c
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#include <gc.h>
+#include <gmp.h>
+
+void gmp_free(void* p, size_t s) {
+  GC_FREE(p); // TODO: see if this performs better than a NOP
+}
+
+void* gmp_realloc(void* p, size_t o, size_t n) {
+  return GC_REALLOC(p, n);
+}
+
+void gmp_init(void) {
+  mp_set_memory_functions(GC_malloc, gmp_realloc, gmp_free);
+}
diff --git a/src/gmp_setup.h b/src/gmp_setup.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70f0a48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/gmp_setup.h
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#ifndef _GMP_SETUP_H
+#define _GMP_SETUP_H
+
+void gmp_init(void);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 0f1d4c7..b190192 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
+#include <gc.h>
+#include <gmp.h>
+
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 
-#include <gc.h>
-
 #include "dbg.h"
 #include "util.h"
+#include "gmp_setup.h"
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 	GC_INIT();
 
+  gmp_init();
+
 	if (argc < 2) {
 		die("Not enough args");
 	}
@@ -20,4 +24,5 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 	buf = readFile(argv[1], &size);
 
 	fwrite(buf, 1, size, stdout);
+
 }