diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ef4c691..a9adde9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-SOURCES := src/main.c src/util/calloc.c src/util/string.c src/util/hash.c src/lexer/lexer.c src/builtins/builtins.c
-CFLAGS := -g -O0 -nostdlib
+SOURCES := src/main.c src/util/calloc.c src/util/string.c src/util/hash.c src/lexer/lexer.c src/builtins/builtins.c src/util/memset.c
+CFLAGS := -Oz -nostdlib
 
 UNAME := $(shell uname)
 ARCH := $(shell uname -m)
 
 ifeq ($(UNAME), Linux)
-SOURCES += src/system/linux/linux.c src/system/linux/alloc.c src/system/linux/env.c src/system/linux/errno.c
-CFLAGS += -fno-stack-protector
+SOURCES += src/system/linux/linux.c src/system/linux/alloc.c src/system/linux/env.c src/system/linux/errno.c src/system/linux/signal.c
+CFLAGS += -fno-stack-protector -Wno-incompatible-library-redeclaration
 CFLAGS += -DMSH_ENTRY_POINT="void _start()"
 ifeq ($(ARCH),i386)
 SOURCES += src/system/linux/i386.s
diff --git a/src/system/linux/linux.c b/src/system/linux/linux.c
index 26895b6..d199d2a 100644
--- a/src/system/linux/linux.c
+++ b/src/system/linux/linux.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <linux/kd.h>
 #include <sys/file.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <sys/resource.h>
 #include <sys/select.h>
 #include <sys/signal.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ int msh_execute(char *cmd, char **args) {
   if (fork == 0) {
     const char **env_translated = 0;
     SIZE_TYPE env_translated_size = 0;
-    int ret, i = 0, n = 0;
+    SIZE_TYPE ret, i = 0, n = 0;
     msh_linux_env_item *item_list = env_items;
     while (item_list->next != 0) {
       env_translated_size += 1;
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ int msh_execute(char *cmd, char **args) {
     env_translated[i++] = 0;
 
     msh_linux_end_input_capture();
-    ret = (int)SYSCALL(execve, cmd, args, env_translated);
+    ret = (SIZE_TYPE)SYSCALL(execve, cmd, args, env_translated);
 
     for (n = 0; n < i; n++) {
       msh_deallocate(env_translated[n]);
@@ -118,14 +119,28 @@ int msh_execute(char *cmd, char **args) {
 
     return ret;
   } else {
-    siginfo_t info;
-    SYSCALL(waitid, P_ALL, 0, &info, WEXITED);
+    siginfo_t status;
+    struct rusage ru;
+    SIZE_TYPE ret;
+    char *status_str;
+
+    /* msh_linux_setup_signals(); */
+
+    ret = (SIZE_TYPE)SYSCALL(waitid, P_ALL, fork, &status, WEXITED, &ru);
+
+    /*
+    status_str = msh_allocate(64);
+    itoa(status.si_code, status_str, 10);
+    msh_print_strings("Status ", status_str, "\n", 0);
+    msh_deallocate(status_str);
+*/
+
     SYSCALL(kill, fork, SIGKILL);
 
     SYSCALL(write, 1, "\r", 2);
     msh_linux_start_input_capture();
 
-    return info.si_code;
+    return status.si_signo;
   }
   return 0;
 };
diff --git a/src/system/linux/linux.h b/src/system/linux/linux.h
index a12233a..2cad83c 100644
--- a/src/system/linux/linux.h
+++ b/src/system/linux/linux.h
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ void msh_linux_env_map_deinit();
 void msh_linux_start_input_capture();
 void msh_linux_end_input_capture();
 
+/* void msh_linux_setup_signals(); */
+
 struct msh_file_t {
   int fd;
 };
diff --git a/src/system/linux/signal.c b/src/system/linux/signal.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..234bf0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/system/linux/signal.c
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/* Setting up signal handlers is fine but the registers gets clobbered any time
+ * we return from them. Why?  Because go fuck yourself :) and go spend 6 hours
+ * of your day trying to find out why before giving up :) */
+
+/*
+#include "linux.h"
+#include "syscall.h"
+#include <asm/unistd_64.h>
+
+#define SA_RESTORER 0x04000000
+#include <asm-generic/siginfo.h>
+#include <asm-generic/signal-defs.h>
+#include <asm-generic/signal.h>
+
+#define INIT_SIGNAL(x)                                                         \
+  SYSCALL(rt_sigaction, x, &sigact, &sigact_old, sizeof(sigset_t));
+
+static void signal_handler(int sig) {
+  char *status_str = msh_allocate(64);
+  itoa(sig, status_str, 10);
+  msh_print_strings("\nsignal ", status_str, "\n\n", 0);
+  msh_deallocate(status_str);
+}
+
+static void signal_restorer(void) {
+  SYSCALL_0(rt_sigreturn);
+}
+
+void msh_linux_setup_signals() {
+  struct sigaction sigact;
+  struct sigaction sigact_old;
+
+  memset(&sigact, 0, sizeof(sigact));
+  memset(&sigact_old, 0, sizeof(sigact));
+
+  sigact.sa_handler = signal_handler;
+  sigact.sa_restorer = signal_restorer;
+  sigact.sa_flags = SA_RESTORER | SA_RESTART | SA_SIGINFO;
+
+  SYSCALL(rt_sigprocmask, SIG_UNBLOCK, &sigact.sa_mask, &sigact_old.sa_mask,
+          sizeof(sigset_t));
+
+  INIT_SIGNAL(SIGINT);
+  INIT_SIGNAL(SIGILL);
+  INIT_SIGNAL(SIGABRT);
+  INIT_SIGNAL(SIGFPE);
+  INIT_SIGNAL(SIGSEGV);
+  INIT_SIGNAL(SIGTERM);
+  INIT_SIGNAL(SIGHUP);
+  INIT_SIGNAL(SIGQUIT);
+  INIT_SIGNAL(SIGTRAP);
+}
+*/
diff --git a/src/system/linux/syscall.h b/src/system/linux/syscall.h
index 0c22887..97723b5 100644
--- a/src/system/linux/syscall.h
+++ b/src/system/linux/syscall.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #define NARGS_SEQ(_1, _2, _3, _4, _5, _6, _7, _8, _9, N, ...) N
 #define NARGS(...) NARGS_SEQ(__VA_ARGS__, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1)
 
+#include "../system.h"
 #include <sys/syscall.h>
 
 void *syscall_0(void *number);
@@ -16,23 +17,33 @@ void *syscall_5(void *number, void *arg1, void *arg2, void *arg3, void *arg4,
 void *syscall_6(void *number, void *arg1, void *arg2, void *arg3, void *arg4,
                 void *arg5, void *arg6);
 
-#define _syscall_0(a) syscall_0((void *)(a))
-#define _syscall_1(a, b) syscall_1((void *)(a), (void *)(b))
-#define _syscall_2(a, b, c) syscall_2((void *)(a), (void *)(b), (void *)(c))
+#define _syscall_0(a) syscall_0((void *)(SIZE_TYPE)(a))
+#define _syscall_1(a, b)                                                       \
+  syscall_1((void *)(SIZE_TYPE)(a), (void *)(SIZE_TYPE)(b))
+#define _syscall_2(a, b, c)                                                    \
+  syscall_2((void *)(SIZE_TYPE)(a), (void *)(SIZE_TYPE)(b),                    \
+            (void *)(SIZE_TYPE)(c))
 #define _syscall_3(a, b, c, d)                                                 \
-  syscall_3((void *)(a), (void *)(b), (void *)(c), (void *)(d))
+  syscall_3((void *)(SIZE_TYPE)(a), (void *)(SIZE_TYPE)(b),                    \
+            (void *)(SIZE_TYPE)(c), (void *)(SIZE_TYPE)(d))
 #define _syscall_4(a, b, c, d, e)                                              \
-  syscall_4((void *)(a), (void *)(b), (void *)(c), (void *)(d), (void *)(e))
+  syscall_4((void *)(SIZE_TYPE)(a), (void *)(SIZE_TYPE)(b),                    \
+            (void *)(SIZE_TYPE)(c), (void *)(SIZE_TYPE)(d),                    \
+            (void *)(SIZE_TYPE)(e))
 #define _syscall_5(a, b, c, d, e, f)                                           \
-  syscall_5((void *)(a), (void *)(b), (void *)(c), (void *)(d), (void *)(e),   \
-            (void *)(f))
+  syscall_5((void *)(SIZE_TYPE)(a), (void *)(SIZE_TYPE)(b),                    \
+            (void *)(SIZE_TYPE)(c), (void *)(SIZE_TYPE)(d),                    \
+            (void *)(SIZE_TYPE)(e), (void *)(SIZE_TYPE)(f))
 #define _syscall_6(a, b, c, d, e, f, g)                                        \
-  syscall_6((void *)(a), (void *)(b), (void *)(c), (void *)(d), (void *)(e),   \
-            (void *)(f), (void *)(g))
+  syscall_6((void *)(SIZE_TYPE)(a), (void *)(SIZE_TYPE)(b),                    \
+            (void *)(SIZE_TYPE)(c), (void *)(SIZE_TYPE)(d),                    \
+            (void *)(SIZE_TYPE)(e), (void *)(SIZE_TYPE)(f),                    \
+            (void *)(SIZE_TYPE)(g))
 #define PASTER(x, y) x##_##y
 #define EVALUATOR(x, y) PASTER(x, y)
 #define VARIABLE(...) NARGS(__VA_ARGS__)
 #define FUNC(...) EVALUATOR(_syscall, VARIABLE(__VA_ARGS__))
 
+#define SYSCALL_0(name) _syscall_0(__NR_##name)
 #define SYSCALL(name, ...) FUNC(__VA_ARGS__)(__NR_##name, __VA_ARGS__)
 #endif
diff --git a/src/util/calloc.c b/src/util/calloc.c
index 2aa9c08..5d2b412 100644
--- a/src/util/calloc.c
+++ b/src/util/calloc.c
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@
 void *msh_callocate(SIZE_TYPE number, SIZE_TYPE size) {
   SIZE_TYPE *new, i, s4;
   new = msh_allocate(number * size);
-  if (new) {
-    for (i = 0; i < (number * size); i++) {
-      new[i] = 0;
-    }
-  }
+  memset(new, 0, number * size);
   return (new);
 }
diff --git a/src/util/memset.c b/src/util/memset.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5fcc4e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/memset.c
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#include "util.h"
+
+void *memset(void *b, int c, SIZE_TYPE len) {
+  int i;
+  unsigned char *p = b;
+  i = 0;
+  while (len > 0) {
+    *p = c;
+    p++;
+    len--;
+  }
+  return (b);
+}
diff --git a/src/util/string.c b/src/util/string.c
index 3652673..120a2c2 100644
--- a/src/util/string.c
+++ b/src/util/string.c
@@ -48,3 +48,37 @@ void msh_str_copy_str(char *dst, char *src) {
   while ((*dst++ = *src++))
     ;
 };
+
+int itoa(int value, char *sp, int radix) {
+  char tmp[16]; // be careful with the length of the buffer
+  char *tp = tmp;
+  int i;
+  unsigned v;
+
+  int sign = (radix == 10 && value < 0);
+  if (sign)
+    v = -value;
+  else
+    v = (unsigned)value;
+
+  while (v || tp == tmp) {
+    i = v % radix;
+    v /= radix;
+    if (i < 10)
+      *tp++ = i + '0';
+    else
+      *tp++ = i + 'a' - 10;
+  }
+
+  int len = tp - tmp;
+
+  if (sign) {
+    *sp++ = '-';
+    len++;
+  }
+
+  while (tp > tmp)
+    *sp++ = *--tp;
+
+  return len;
+}
diff --git a/src/util/util.h b/src/util/util.h
index ef5afbb..11fac54 100644
--- a/src/util/util.h
+++ b/src/util/util.h
@@ -21,4 +21,9 @@ void msh_print_string(char *str);
 /* Hash string */
 unsigned long str_hash(char *str);
 
+/* satisfy glibc */
+void *memset(void *b, int c, SIZE_TYPE len);
+
+/* convert int to string */
+int itoa(int value, char *sp, int radix);
 #endif