diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 523e1e4b9d460a5f3742532f6bb5c76ee82e00aa..f21df190776bc49095b6203c431a0b262b40f684 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,26 +14,22 @@ derive_more = "0.99.2"
 
 # runtime
 bincode = "1.2.1"
-serde = { version = "1.0.112", features = ["derive"] }
+serde = { version = "1.0.114", features = ["derive"] }
 getrandom = "0.1.14" # tiny crate. used to guess controller-id
-take_mut = "0.2.2"
-indexmap = "1.3.0" # hashsets/hashmaps with efficient arbitrary element removal
-replace_with = "0.1.5"
+# take_mut = "0.2.2"
+indexmap = "1.4.0" # hashsets/hashmaps with efficient arbitrary element removal
 
 # network
-integer-encoding = "1.0.7"
-byteorder = "1.3.2"
-# mio = "0.6.21"
-mio-extras = "2.0.6"
+# integer-encoding = "1.1.5"
+# byteorder = "1.3.4"
 mio = { version = "0.7.0", package = "mio", features = ["tcp", "os-poll"] }
 
 # protocol
-# id-arena = "2.2.1"
 backtrace = "0.3"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-test-generator = "0.3.0"
-crossbeam-utils = "0.7.0"
+# test-generator = "0.3.0"
+crossbeam-utils = "0.7.2"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 
 [lib]
diff --git a/examples/make.py b/examples/make.py
index b7efdc620d00d7d68accc8473db228d315e0fc89..a5dd5efc28901f165836dd7871b1ed347e9a563e 100644
--- a/examples/make.py
+++ b/examples/make.py
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 import os, glob, subprocess
 script_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__));
 for c_file in glob.glob(script_path + "/*/*.c", recursive=False):
-	print("compiling", c_file)
-	args = [
-		"gcc", 
-		"-L",
-		"../target/release",
-		"-lreowolf_rs",
-		"-Wl,-R../target/release",
-		c_file,
-		"-o",
-		c_file[:-2]
-	];
-	subprocess.run(args);
\ No newline at end of file
+  print("compiling", c_file)
+  args = [
+    "gcc",          # compiler
+    "-L",           # lib path flag
+    "./",           # where to look for libs
+    "-lreowolf_rs", # add lib called "reowolf_rs"
+    "-Wl,-R./",     # pass -R flag to linker: produce relocatable object
+    c_file,         # input source file
+    "-o",           # output flag
+    c_file[:-2]     # output filename
+  ];
+  subprocess.run(args);