diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ff540c1..081ac82 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ CCARGS=-std=c++17 -c -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions
 CARGS=-c -fno-omit-frame-pointer
 WARN=-Werror -Wpedantic -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter
 OPT=-O3
-VERSION=0.0.6-pre
+VERSION=0.0.7-pre
 V8_VERSION=1.0.0
 RUNTIME=lo
 LO_HOME=$(shell pwd)
diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index eec80b5..aff9369 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@
 - [ ] **todo**:  rename lo.library and lo.libraries to lo.binding and lo.bindings
 - [ ] **todo**:  proc.js - mem() doesn't work on macos (no proc fs)
 - [ ] **bug**:   if i run ```lo main.js``` it goes into a loop as it tries to recursively load the builtin main.js
+- [ ] **bug**: for static libraries, we need to compile without -fPIC: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28187163/how-do-you-link-a-static-library-to-a-shared-library
+- [ ] **todo**: change inflate builder to download the depencies rather than having them embedded in the runtime
 
 ## features
 
diff --git a/lib/build.js b/lib/build.js
index 6d2a734..d008cda 100644
--- a/lib/build.js
+++ b/lib/build.js
@@ -104,11 +104,13 @@ async function compile_bindings (lib, verbose = false) {
   }
 
   console.log(`${AY}compile${AD} ${def.name}.cc ${AY}with${AG} ${CC}${AD}`)
+  unlink(`${def.name}.o`)
   exec2([...CC.split(' '), ...CFLAGS, OPT, `-I${LO_HOME}`, `-I${LO_HOME}/v8`, 
     ...include_paths.map(p => `-I${p}`), '-I.', `-I${LO_HOME}/v8/include`,
     `-I${lib_dir}`, ...WARN, '-o', `${def.name}.o`, `${def.name}.cc`], verbose)
 
   console.log(`${AY}static lib ${AD} ${def.name}.a`)
+  unlink(`${def.name}.a`)
   if (def.obj && def.obj.length) {
     exec2(['ar', 'crsT', `${def.name}.a`, `${def.name}.o`, ...def.obj.filter(f => extName(f) === 'o')], verbose)
   } else {
@@ -118,13 +120,15 @@ async function compile_bindings (lib, verbose = false) {
 // todo: fix this for mac
 // https://copyprogramming.com/howto/what-are-the-differences-between-so-and-dylib-on-macos
   console.log(`${AY}shared lib ${AD} ${def.name}.so ${AY}with${AG} ${CC}${AD}`)
+  unlink(`${def.name}.so`)
   if (os === 'mac') {
     exec2([...LINK.split(' '), ...LARGS, OPT, '-bundle', ...WARN, '-o', 
-      `${def.name}.so`, `${def.name}.a`, ...(def.obj || []).filter(f => extName(f) === 'a'), 
+      `${def.name}.so`, `${def.name}.o`, ...(def.obj || []).filter(f => extName(f) === 'a'), 
       ...(def.libs || []).map(l => `-l${l}`)],
       verbose)
   } else if (os === 'linux') {
     // todo: why do we not include .o obj files here?
+    // confused by this. why does linking against the .a file not work?
     exec2([...LINK.split(' '), ...LARGS, OPT, '-shared', ...WARN, '-o', 
       `${def.name}.so`, `${def.name}.o`, ...(def.obj || []).filter(f => extName(f) === 'a'), 
       ...(def.libs || []).map(l => `-l${l}`)],
@@ -228,7 +232,7 @@ const encoder = new TextEncoder()
 const status = new Int32Array(2)
 
 // todo: clean up api so we can pass a config in and run builds through api
-const VERSION = getenv('VERSION') || '"0.0.6pre"'
+const VERSION = getenv('VERSION') || '"0.0.7pre"'
 const RUNTIME = getenv('RUNTIME') || '"lo"'
 const TARGET = getenv('TARGET') || 'lo'
 const C = getenv('C') || 'gcc'
@@ -278,15 +282,14 @@ const runtimes = {
       'lo.h',
       'lib/core/api.js',
       'lib/curl/api.js',
-      'lib/duckdb/api.js',
       'lib/encode/api.js',
       'lib/epoll/api.js',
       'lib/inflate/api.js',
-      'lib/inflate/em_inflate.c',
-      'lib/inflate/em_inflate.h',
       'lib/libffi/api.js',
       'lib/libssl/api.js',
       'lib/lz4/api.js',
+      'lib/inflate/em_inflate.c',
+      'lib/inflate/em_inflate.h',
       'lib/mbedtls/api.js',
       'lib/net/api.js',
       'lib/pico/api.js',
@@ -296,7 +299,8 @@ const runtimes = {
       'lib/system/api.js',
       'lib/tcc/api.js',
       'lib/wireguard/api.js',
-      'lib/zlib/api.js'
+      'lib/zlib/api.js',
+      'lib/duckdb/api.js',
     ]
   },
   mbedtls: {
diff --git a/lib/duckdb/api.js b/lib/duckdb/api.js
index 118e049..7f1bac2 100644
--- a/lib/duckdb/api.js
+++ b/lib/duckdb/api.js
@@ -146,36 +146,30 @@ int set_config (duckdb_config* config, const char* key, const char* value) {
 }
 `
 
-import { fetch } from 'lib/curl.js'
-import { inflate } from 'lib/inflate.js'
-import { untar } from 'lib/untar.js'
 import { isDir, isFile } from 'lib/fs.js'
 import { exec } from 'lib/proc.js'
 
 async function build (C = 'gcc', CC = 'g++') {
   const { assert } = lo
-  const { chdir, mkdir, S_IRWXU, S_IRWXG, S_IROTH, S_IXOTH, readFile } = lo.core
+  const { chdir, mkdir, S_IRWXU, S_IRWXG, S_IROTH, S_IXOTH } = lo.core
+  const status = new Int32Array(2)
+
   if (!isDir('deps/duckdb')) {
     mkdir('deps', S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IROTH | S_IXOTH)
     assert(chdir('deps') === 0)
-    if (!isFile('v0.9.2.tar.gz')) {
-      console.log('fetching release')
-      fetch('https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb/archive/refs/tags/v0.9.2.tar.gz', 'v0.9.2.tar.gz')
-    }
-    const bytes = readFile('v0.9.2.tar.gz')
-    const dir_name = untar(inflate(bytes))
-    const cwd = lo.getcwd()
-    assert(lo.core.rename(`${cwd}/${dir_name}`, `${cwd}/duckdb`) === 0)
+    exec('git', ['clone', '--depth', '1', '--single-branch', '-b', 'v0.9.2', 'https://github.com/duckdb/duckdb.git'], status)
+    assert(status[0] === 0)
     assert(chdir('../') === 0)
   }
+
   if (obj.some(o => !isFile(o))) {
     assert(chdir('deps/duckdb') === 0)
-    const status = new Int32Array(2)
     exec('python3', ['scripts/amalgamation.py'], status)
     exec(CC.split(' ')[0], [...CC.split(' ').slice(1), '-fPIC', '-c', '-O3', '-o', 'duckdb.o', '-Isrc/amalgamation', 'src/amalgamation/duckdb.cpp'], status)
     assert(status[0] === 0)
     assert(chdir('../../') === 0)
   }
+
 }
 
 export { name, api, constants, structs, obj, build, include_paths, includes, preamble }
diff --git a/lib/proc.js b/lib/proc.js
index 6efceb4..25714c0 100644
--- a/lib/proc.js
+++ b/lib/proc.js
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ if (core.os === 'linux' || core.os === 'mac') {
     }
   }
 
-  exec = (name, vargs, status) => {
+  exec = (name, vargs, status = new Int32Array(2)) => {
     const { args } = makeArgs([name, ...vargs])
     const pid = fork()
     if (pid === 0) {
@@ -71,9 +71,10 @@ if (core.os === 'linux' || core.os === 'mac') {
       status[0] = lo.errno
       status[1] = pid
     }
+    return status
   }
 
-  exec_env = (name, vargs, env, status) => {
+  exec_env = (name, vargs, env, status = new Int32Array(2)) => {
     const { args } = makeArgs([name, ...vargs])
     const pid = fork()
     if (pid === 0) {
@@ -89,9 +90,10 @@ if (core.os === 'linux' || core.os === 'mac') {
       status[0] = lo.errno
       status[1] = pid
     }
+    return status
   }
 
-  exec_path_env = (name, vargs, env, status) => {
+  exec_path_env = (name, vargs, env, status = new Int32Array(2)) => {
     const { args } = makeArgs([name, ...vargs])
     const env_args = makeArgs(env).args
     const pid = fork()
@@ -105,6 +107,7 @@ if (core.os === 'linux' || core.os === 'mac') {
       status[0] = lo.errno
       status[1] = pid
     }
+    return status
   }
 
 }