diff --git a/makefile.exe_progress b/makefile.exe_progress
index 5ac1fc1..1b79bf8 100644
--- a/makefile.exe_progress
+++ b/makefile.exe_progress
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ SOURCE_DIRS::=src
 SOURCES::=
 OBJDIR::=obj
 DEPDIR::=$(OBJDIR)/dep
-LIBDIR::=lib
+LIBDIRS::=lib
 INCLUDE_DIRS::=include
-CFLAGS::=-g -std=c18 -Wall -pedantic -Wextra
-CXXFLAGS::=-g -std=c++17 -Wall -pedantic -Wextra
+CFLAGS::=-std=c18 -Wall -pedantic -Wextra
+CXXFLAGS::=-std=c++17 -Wall -pedantic -Wextra
 EXT::=cpp
 LANG::=$(EXT)
 MAIN_EXECUTABLE::=tester
@@ -122,10 +122,12 @@ endif
 
 #add dependency tracking and include directories
 INTERNAL_COMPILERFLAGS=-c $(foreach dir,$(INCLUDE_DIRS),-I"$(dir)") -MMD -MP -MF"$(DEPDIR)/$(notdir $(patsubst %.o,%.d,$@))"
+INTERNAL_LINKFLAGS=$(foreach dir,$(LIBDIRS),-L"$(dir)")
 THIS_MAKEFILE_NAME::=$(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))
 INTERNAL_SOURCES::=$(SOURCES) $(foreach source,$(SOURCE_DIRS),$(foreach ext,$(EXT),$(wildcard $(source)/*.$(ext))))
 OBJECTS::=$(addprefix $(OBJDIR)/,$(subst \,.,$(subst /,.,$(addsuffix .o,$(INTERNAL_SOURCES)))))
 ALL_COMPILEFLAGS=$(COMPILER_FLAGS) $(INTERNAL_COMPILERFLAGS)
+ALL_LINKFLAGS=$(INTERNAL_LINKFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
 ifeq ($(VERBOSE),1)
 	SILENCER::=
 else
@@ -180,7 +182,7 @@ do_strip:
 #Link executable
 $(MAIN_EXECUTABLE): $(OBJECTS)
 	@$(call PRINT_PERCENT,Linking $@)
-	$(SILENCER)$(COMPILER) $(LDFLAGS) $^ -o "$(basename $@)" $(LDLIBS)
+	$(SILENCER)$(COMPILER) $^ -o "$(basename $@)" $(ALL_LINKFLAGS) $(LDLIBS)
 
 #Object target recipe
 define GENERATE_OBJECTS