diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d497420..488f95f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -25,11 +25,9 @@ OBJCOPY = objcopy
 
 MCUFLAGS = -mthumb -mcpu=cortex-m4 #-mfloat-abi=hard -mfpu=fpv4-sp-d16
 AFLAGS = $(MCUFLAGS) 
-CFLAGS = $(MCUFLAGS) -ggdb --specs=nosys.specs \
-	-I.. \
-	-fno-builtin -fsigned-char -ffreestanding \
-	-Wall -Werror -Wextra -pedantic \
-	-Wno-overlength-strings -Wno-discarded-qualifiers
+CFLAGS = $(MCUFLAGS) -ggdb -ffreestanding -nostdlib -fsigned-char -I.. \
+	-Wall -Werror -Wextra -pedantic
+	#-Wno-overlength-strings -Wno-discarded-qualifiers
 LFLAGS = -T link.ld
 
 OUT = main.elf
diff --git a/initrd/Makefile b/initrd/Makefile
index b2ca46f..705ac6c 100644
--- a/initrd/Makefile
+++ b/initrd/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 all:
-	@arm-none-eabi-gcc -mcpu=cortex-m4 -mthumb -fsigned-char -Os -nostdinc \
+	@arm-none-eabi-gcc -mcpu=cortex-m4 -mthumb -fsigned-char -Os \
+		-nostdinc -nostdlib \
+		-fdata-sections -ffunction-sections -Wl,--gc-sections \
 		-I../src/pdclib/include -I../src/pdclib/platform/stmos/include \
-		test.c ../src/pdclib/pdclib.a -s -o test -pie
+		test.c ../src/pdclib/pdclib.a -s -o test
diff --git a/initrd/test b/initrd/test
index 8b9d8a4..7bf8246 100755
Binary files a/initrd/test and b/initrd/test differ
diff --git a/initrd/test.c b/initrd/test.c
index f673ce0..b79f315 100644
--- a/initrd/test.c
+++ b/initrd/test.c
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+int main(void);
+
+void _start(void)
+{
+	exit(main());
+}
 
 int main(void)
 {
diff --git a/link.ld b/link.ld
index e00d450..092032e 100644
--- a/link.ld
+++ b/link.ld
@@ -56,26 +56,6 @@ SECTIONS {
 		. = ALIGN(8);
 	} > FLASH
 
-	/* ARM stuff */
-	.ARM.exidx : {
-		*(.ARM.exidx)
-	} > FLASH
-
-	/* init_array/fini_array (TODO understand this) */
-	.init_array : {
-		__init_array_start = .;
-		KEEP(*(.init_array.*))
-		KEEP(*(.init_array*))
-		__init_array_end = .;
-	} > FLASH
-
-	.fini_array : {
-		__fini_array_start = .;
-		KEEP(*(.fini_array.*))
-		KEEP(*(.fini_array*))
-		__fini_array_end = .;
-	} > FLASH
-
 	/* initialized data */
 	_sidata = LOADADDR(.data);
 	.data : {
diff --git a/src/fs/initrd.c b/src/fs/initrd.c
index 5731ab5..44e5493 100644
--- a/src/fs/initrd.c
+++ b/src/fs/initrd.c
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
-#include <string.h>
 
 #include <kernel/heap.h>
 #include <kernel/vfs.h>
@@ -30,6 +29,16 @@ static const vfs_volume_funcs initrd_funcs = {
 	0  // readdir
 };
 
+int initrd_strncmp(const char *a, const char *b, unsigned int n)
+{
+	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+		if (a[i] != b[i])
+			return 1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 void initrd_init(void)
 {
 	vfs_mount(&initrd_funcs, VFS_READONLY);
@@ -40,7 +49,7 @@ void *initrd_open(const char *file)
 	char *ptr;
 	for (uint32_t i = 0; ptr = initrd_getfile(i), ptr != 0; i++) {
 		uint32_t len = *((uint32_t *)ptr);
-		if (!strncmp(file, ptr + 4, len)) {
+		if (!initrd_strncmp(file, ptr + 4, len)) {
 			initrd_info *file = (initrd_info *)malloc(
 				sizeof(initrd_info));
 			file->address = ptr + len + 8;
diff --git a/src/kernel/gpio.c b/src/kernel/gpio.c
index 1c81d11..0932e51 100644
--- a/src/kernel/gpio.c
+++ b/src/kernel/gpio.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 #include "gpio.h"
 
-static const GPIO_TypeDef *gpio_ports[8] = {
+static GPIO_TypeDef *gpio_ports[8] = {
 	GPIOA, GPIOB, GPIOC, GPIOD,
 	GPIOE, GPIOF, GPIOG, GPIOH
 };
diff --git a/src/kernel/startup_stm32l476xx.s b/src/kernel/startup_stm32l476xx.s
index b26ced5..d60fa49 100644
--- a/src/kernel/startup_stm32l476xx.s
+++ b/src/kernel/startup_stm32l476xx.s
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ LoopFillZerobss:
 	bcc	FillZerobss
 
 /* Call static constructors */
-    bl __libc_init_array
+    //bl __libc_init_array
 /* Call the application's entry point.*/
 	bl	main
 
diff --git a/src/kernel/task.c b/src/kernel/task.c
index dfe50a7..c5e5e96 100644
--- a/src/kernel/task.c
+++ b/src/kernel/task.c
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ void task_sleep(uint32_t ms)
 
 pid_t task_getpid(void)
 {
-	return task_current->pid;
+	return task_current != 0 ? task_current->pid : 0;
 }
 
 pid_t task_waitpid(pid_t pid, int *wstatus, int options)
diff --git a/src/kernel/vfs.c b/src/kernel/vfs.c
index da1d641..6236691 100644
--- a/src/kernel/vfs.c
+++ b/src/kernel/vfs.c
@@ -43,12 +43,12 @@ void vfs_init(void)
 
 	vfs_mount(&stdio_funcs, 0);
 	// order is crucial
-	vfs_open("in", VFS_FILE_READ);
-	vfs_open("out", VFS_FILE_WRITE);
-	vfs_open("err", VFS_FILE_WRITE);
+	vfs_open("   in", VFS_FILE_READ);
+	vfs_open("   out", VFS_FILE_WRITE);
+	vfs_open("   err", VFS_FILE_WRITE);
 }
 
-int vfs_mount(vfs_volume_funcs *funcs, uint32_t flags)
+int vfs_mount(const vfs_volume_funcs *funcs, uint32_t flags)
 {
 	for (int i = 0; i < VFS_MAX_VOLS; i++) {
 		if (!(vfs_volumes[i].flags && VFS_MOUNTED)) {
@@ -64,10 +64,14 @@ int vfs_mount(vfs_volume_funcs *funcs, uint32_t flags)
 int vfs_get_drive(const char *path)
 {
 	// Validate parameters
-	if (path[0] == '\0' || path[1] == '\0' || path[1] != ':' ||
-		path[2] == '\0' || path[2] != '/')
+	if (path[0] == '\0')
 		return -1;
 
+	// Default to 'A' if no drive specified (A gives stdio)
+	if (path[1] == '\0' || path[1] != ':' ||
+		path[2] == '\0' || path[2] != '/')
+		return 0;
+
 	// Find chosen drive
 	int drive = -1;
 	for (int i = 0; i < VFS_MAX_VOLS; i++) {
@@ -103,11 +107,14 @@ int vfs_open(const char *path, uint32_t flags)
 	if (file == -1)
 		return -1;
 
+	void *fsinfo = vfs_volumes[drive].funcs->open(path + 3);
+	if (fsinfo == 0)
+		return -1;
+
 	vfs_files[file].flags = VFS_FILE_OPEN | flags;
 	vfs_files[file].vol = drive;
 	vfs_files[file].pid = task_getpid();
-	vfs_files[file].fsinfo =
-		vfs_volumes[drive].funcs->open(path + 3);
+	vfs_files[file].fsinfo = fsinfo;
 
 	return file;
 }
diff --git a/src/kernel/vfs.h b/src/kernel/vfs.h
index 29763a5..89213f9 100644
--- a/src/kernel/vfs.h
+++ b/src/kernel/vfs.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ typedef struct vfs_volume_funcs_t {
 
 typedef struct {
 	uint32_t flags;
-	vfs_volume_funcs *funcs;
+	const vfs_volume_funcs *funcs;
 } vfs_volume;
 
 // Indicates an opened file
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ typedef struct {
 
 void vfs_init(void);
 
-int vfs_mount(vfs_volume_funcs *funcs, uint32_t flags);
+int vfs_mount(const vfs_volume_funcs *funcs, uint32_t flags);
 int vfs_open(const char *path, uint32_t flags);
 int vfs_close(int fd);
 uint32_t vfs_read(int fd, uint32_t count, uint8_t *buffer);
diff --git a/src/pdclib/platform/stmos/include/syscalls.h b/src/pdclib/platform/stmos/include/syscalls.h
index 2acb59c..b301b31 100644
--- a/src/pdclib/platform/stmos/include/syscalls.h
+++ b/src/pdclib/platform/stmos/include/syscalls.h
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@
 //
 // Task-related calls
 
+#define WEXITSTATUS(s) ((s) & 0xFF)
+#define WIFEXITED(s)   ((s) & (1 << 8))
+#define WIFSIGNALED(s) ((s) & (1 << 9))
+#define WTERMSIG(s)    ((s) & (1 << 10))
+
 void _exit(int code);
 
 int fork(void);
@@ -35,7 +40,9 @@ unsigned int ticks(void);
 // Set if EOF has been reached
 #define VFS_EOF        (1 << 3)
 
+#ifndef EOF
 #define EOF (-1)
+#endif // EOF
 
 struct dirent {
 	char name[32];
diff --git a/src/user/user.c b/src/user/user.c
index dd1aa54..b5ef789 100644
--- a/src/user/user.c
+++ b/src/user/user.c
@@ -19,10 +19,11 @@ void user_main(void)
 {
 	gpio(GPIO_MODE, 5, OUTPUT);
 
-	int test = vfs_open("A:/hello", VFS_FILE_READ);
+	int test = vfs_open("B:/hello", VFS_FILE_READ);
 	char *buf = malloc(20);
 	int count = vfs_read(test, 20, (uint8_t *)buf);
-	(void)count;
+	buf[count] = '\0';
+	vfs_close(test);
 
 //	if (fork() == 0) {
 //		while (1) {