diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0378ee3..ade1047 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,10 +15,11 @@ configure_file(lindows.ld.in lindows.ld @ONLY)
 # dependencies
 add_executable(LindowsCompilerSpec IMPORTED)
 set_property(TARGET LindowsCompilerSpec PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/lindows.spec")
+#add_executable(LindowsLinkerScript IMPORTED)
+#set_property(TARGET LindowsLinkerScript PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/lindows.ld")
 add_executable(LindowsLinkerScript IMPORTED)
-set_property(TARGET LindowsLinkerScript PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/lindows.ld")
-add_executable(LindowsLinkerScriptSource IMPORTED)
-set_property(TARGET LindowsLinkerScriptSource PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/lindows.ld.in")
+set_property(TARGET LindowsLinkerScript PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/lindows.ld.in")
+#add_dependencies(LindowsLinkerScript LindowsLinkerScriptSource)
 
 # compiler stuff
 set(LW_CROSS_CC       "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/gcc/prefix/bin/gcc")
@@ -84,7 +85,14 @@ function(lw_add_executable NAME)
 	endif()
 
 	if(LW_TARGET)
-		add_dependencies(${NAME} GCC-install LindowsCompilerSpec LindowsLinkerScript)
+		set_property(TARGET ${NAME} APPEND PROPERTY LINK_DEPENDS 
+			$<TARGET_FILE:LindowsLinkerScript>
+			$<TARGET_FILE:LindowsCompilerSpec>
+		)
+		
+		set_property(SOURCE TARGET_DIRECTORY ${NAME} APPEND PROPERTY OBJECT_DEPENDS
+			GCC-install
+		)
 	else()
 		message(FATAL_ERROR "LW_TARGET not defined, are you in a lw_project?")
 	endif()
@@ -214,7 +222,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(NCurses # oh wow no git
 		"CXXFLAGS=${LW_CROSS_CXXFLAGS_FLAT}"
 		"LDFLAGS=${LW_CROSS_LDFLAGS_FLAT}"
 
-		<SOURCE_DIR>/configure
+		<SOURCE_DIR>/./configure
 		--prefix=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/ncurses
 		--host=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
 		--without-ada
@@ -227,6 +235,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(NCurses # oh wow no git
 	STEP_TARGETS      install
 )
 ExternalProject_Add_StepDependencies(NCurses configure GCC)
+ExternalProject_Add_StepDependencies(NCurses build     LindowsCompilerSpec LindowsLinkerScript)
 
 file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/bash")
 ExternalProject_Add(Bash
@@ -249,6 +258,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(Bash
 	STEP_TARGETS      install
 )
 ExternalProject_Add_StepDependencies(Bash configure GCC NCurses)
+ExternalProject_Add_StepDependencies(Bash build     LindowsCompilerSpec LindowsLinkerScript)
 
 # this should probably be a shell script, i unfortunately do not care
 add_custom_command(OUTPUT lindows_c.img
@@ -275,6 +285,7 @@ add_custom_command(OUTPUT lindows_c.img
 	COMMAND ${CoreUtils_Mkdir_EXECUTABLE} ARGS lindows_c/Windows/GRUB
 	COMMAND ${CoreUtils_Mkdir_EXECUTABLE} ARGS lindows_c/Windows/GRUB/x86_64-efi
 	COMMAND ${CoreUtils_Mkdir_EXECUTABLE} ARGS 'lindows_c/Windows/Temporary Files'
+
 	# grub stuff
 	COMMAND ${CoreUtils_Copy_EXECUTABLE} ARGS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/grub/lib/grub/x86_64-efi/* lindows_c/Windows/GRUB/x86_64-efi
 	COMMAND ${CoreUtils_Copy_EXECUTABLE} ARGS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/grub/grub.cfg lindows_c/Windows/GRUB/grub.cfg
@@ -306,6 +317,7 @@ add_custom_command(OUTPUT lindows_c.img
 		Linux-install
 		GLibC-install
 		Bash-install
+		NCurses-install
 		LinuxKernel
 		src/grub/grub.cfg
 		src/glibc/ld.so.conf
diff --git a/lindows.ld.in b/lindows.ld.in
index b7b8e4e..ed91f6e 100644
--- a/lindows.ld.in
+++ b/lindows.ld.in
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ ENTRY(_start)
 
 SECTIONS {
   PROVIDE (__executable_start = SEGMENT_START("text-segment", 0x400000));
-  . = SEGMENT_START("text-segment", 0x400000) + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
+  . = __executable_start + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
   .interp : { *(.interp) }
   .note.gnu.build-id  : { *(.note.gnu.build-id) }
   .hash : { *(.hash) }
diff --git a/lsmss/main.cxx b/lsmss/main.cxx
index 3e8eafa..fec1dee 100644
--- a/lsmss/main.cxx
+++ b/lsmss/main.cxx
@@ -42,34 +42,14 @@ void Pii_AbortBoot() {
 }
 
 int main() {
-	// create temporary files
-	std::cout << "Mounting temporary filesystems\n";
-	if (mount("tmpfs", "/Windows/Temporary Files/", "tmpfs", 0, "") < 0) {
-		perror("mount");
-		Pii_AbortBoot();
-	}
-
-	// we need this because we mount as readonly in preinit so that we can prep the system
-	// and load the user mode ntfs driver
-	// std::cout << "Creating system32 overlay for preinit\n";
-	// std::filesystem::create_directory("/Windows/Temporary Files/System32OverlayUD");
-	// std::filesystem::create_directory("/Windows/Temporary Files/System32OverlayWD");
-	// if (mount("overlay", "/Windows/System32/", "overlay", 0, "lowerdir=/Windows/System32,upperdir=/Windows/Temporary Files/System32OverlayUD,workdir=/Windoes/Temporary Files/System32OverlayWD") < 0) {
-	//	perror("mount");
-	//	Pii_AbortBoot();
-	// }
-
-	// oh wow !
-	// std::cout << "Symlimking well known library names\n";
-
 	// dynamic linking fun
 	std::cout << "Regenerating dynamic linker cache\n";
-	// Pii_ExecuteProgram("/Windows/System32/ldconfig.exe");
+	Pii_ExecuteProgram("/Windows/System32/ldconfig.exe");
 
 	// boot still failed
-	for (const auto& ent : std::filesystem::directory_iterator("/Windows/System32")) {
-		std::cout << ent << " s:" << ent.is_symlink() << " d:" << ent.is_directory() << "\n";
-	}
+	// for (const auto& ent : std::filesystem::directory_iterator("/Windows/System32")) {
+	//	std::cout << ent << " s:" << ent.is_symlink() << " d:" << ent.is_directory() << "\n";
+	//}
 
 	// we are never ok
 	Pii_AbortBoot();
diff --git a/src/grub/grub.cfg b/src/grub/grub.cfg
index 0a2f2a6..7dcf1cc 100644
--- a/src/grub/grub.cfg
+++ b/src/grub/grub.cfg
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 clear
 
 # boot  
-linux /Windows/vmlinux.exe console=tty0 console=ttyS0 root=PARTUUID=48d29da8-2ff8-4f23-ba1a-0e8ccfc329e2 init=/Windows/System32/lsmss.exe
+linux /Windows/vmlinux.exe console=tty0 console=ttyS0 root=PARTUUID=48d29da8-2ff8-4f23-ba1a-0e8ccfc329e2 rootflags=force rw init=/Windows/System32/lsmss.exe
 boot