diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 59505c3..8720455 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,21 +1,24 @@
 SOURCES = src/sched/spinlock.c src/debug/misc.c src/io/term/flanterm_backends/fb.c src/io/term/flanterm.c src/debug/panic.c src/debug/stacktrace.c src/boot/boot.c src/sched/scheduler.c src/sched/process.c src/mem/heap/kheap.c src/mem/paging/vmm.c src/mem/paging/paging.c src/mem/paging/pmm.c src/string/string.c src/io/kbd/ps2.c src/io/serial/serial.c src/io/term/term.c src/idt/idt.c src/mem/gdt/gdt.c src/mem/misc/utils.c src/time/timer.c src/kmain.c
 
+CC := x86_64-elf-gcc
 CC_FLAGS=-Wall -Wextra -std=gnu99 -nostdlib -ffreestanding -fno-stack-protector -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-stack-check -fno-PIC -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -mcmodel=kernel
 CC_PROBLEMATIC_FLAGS=-Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-unused-variable
 
+LD := x86_64-elf-ld
+
 .PHONY: build build-iso debug debug2 run clean
 
 build:
 	mkdir -p build
 	rm -f *.o build/*.o
-	x86_64-elf-gcc -g -c -Isrc $(SOURCES) $(CC_PROBLEMATIC_FLAGS) $(CC_FLAGS)
+	$(CC) -g -c -Isrc $(SOURCES) $(CC_PROBLEMATIC_FLAGS) $(CC_FLAGS)
 	mv *.o build/
 	nasm -f elf64 src/idt/idt.S -o build/idt_stub.o
-	x86_64-elf-ld -o pepperk -T linker.ld build/*.o
+	$(LD) -o pepperk -T linker.ld build/*.o
 	nm -n pepperk | awk '$$2 ~ /[TtDdBbRr]/ {print $$1, $$3}' > symbols.map
 	python3 symbols.py
 	nasm -f elf64 symbols.S -o build/symbols.o
-	x86_64-elf-ld -o pepperk -T linker.ld build/*.o
+	$(LD) -o pepperk -T linker.ld build/*.o
 
 limine/limine:
 	rm -rf limine