diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 5f57aa4..4570fd8 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-*
-
-!src/
-!Makefile
-!thirdparty/
-!include/
+data/
+build/
+trie/build/
+.git/
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 7fc77f2..2b7b000 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ RUN curl -Lo - "https://github.com/Yelp/dumb-init/archive/refs/tags/v${DI_VER}.t
 
 COPY . ./
 
-RUN make CFLAGS='-O3 -static' LDFLAGS='-flto' && \
+RUN make CFLAGS='-O3' LDFLAGS='-static -flto' && \
     strip build/lander && \
+    readelf -d build/lander && \
     [ "$(readelf -d build/lander | grep NEEDED | wc -l)" = 0 ]
 
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9cf1aaf..ac7af46 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,18 +1,10 @@
 # https://spin.atomicobject.com/2016/08/26/makefile-c-projects/ was a great
 # base for this Makefile
 
-VERSION := 0.1.0
+-include config.mk
 
-BIN_FILENAME ?= lander
-
-BUILD_DIR ?= build
-SRC_DIR ?= src
-TEST_DIR ?= test
-THIRDPARTY_DIR ?= thirdparty
-
-INC_DIRS ?= include $(THIRDPARTY_DIR)/include trie/include
-LIBS ?= trie m
-LIB_DIRS ?= ./trie/build
+export CFLAGS
+export LDFLAGS
 
 BIN := $(BUILD_DIR)/$(BIN_FILENAME)
 
@@ -31,23 +23,11 @@ BINS_TEST := $(OBJS_TEST:%.c.o=%)
 TARGETS_TEST := $(BINS_TEST:%=test-%)
 TARGETS_MEM_TEST := $(BINS_TEST:%=test-mem-%)
 
-INC_FLAGS := $(addprefix -I,$(INC_DIRS))
-
-# -MMD: generate a .d file for every source file. This file can be imported by
-#  make and makes make aware that a header file has been changed, ensuring an
-#  object file is also recompiled if only a header is changed.
-# -MP: generate a dummy target for every header file (according to the  docs it
-#  prevents some errors when removing header files)
-CFLAGS ?= -MMD -MP -g
-_CFLAGS := $(INC_FLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -Wall -Wextra -DLANDER_VERSION=\"$(VERSION)\"
-
+_CFLAGS := $(addprefix -I,$(INC_DIRS)) $(CFLAGS) -Wall -Wextra -DLANDER_VERSION=\"$(VERSION)\"
 _LDFLAGS := $(addprefix -L,$(LIB_DIRS)) $(addprefix -l,$(LIBS)) $(LDFLAGS)
 
-export CFLAGS
-export LDFLAGS
-
 .PHONY: all
-all: bin
+all: $(BIN)
 
 
 # =====COMPILATION=====
@@ -60,8 +40,7 @@ libtrie:
 	$(MAKE) -C trie
 
 .PHONY: bin
-bin: $(BIN)
-$(BIN): $(OBJS) libtrie
+$(BIN): libtrie $(OBJS)
 	$(CC) -o $@ $(OBJS) $(_LDFLAGS)
 
 $(BUILD_DIR)/$(SRC_DIR)/%.c.o: $(SRC_DIR)/%.c
@@ -111,6 +90,7 @@ $(BUILD_DIR)/$(TEST_DIR)/%.c.o: $(TEST_DIR)/%.c
 		-I$(dir $(@:$(BUILD_DIR)/$(TEST_DIR)/%=$(SRC_DIR)/%)) \
 		-c $< -o $@
 
+
 # =====MAINTENANCE=====
 .PHONY: lint
 lint:
diff --git a/config.mk b/config.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78bdb30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+VERSION := 0.1.0
+
+BIN_FILENAME = lander
+
+BUILD_DIR      = build
+SRC_DIR        = src
+TEST_DIR       = test
+THIRDPARTY_DIR = thirdparty
+
+INC_DIRS  = include $(THIRDPARTY_DIR)/include trie/include
+LIBS      = trie m
+LIB_DIRS  = ./trie/build
+
+# -MMD: generate a .d file for every source file. This file can be imported by
+#  make and makes make aware that a header file has been changed, ensuring an
+#  object file is also recompiled if only a header is changed.
+# -MP: generate a dummy target for every header file (according to the  docs it
+#  prevents some errors when removing header files)
+CFLAGS = -MMD -MP -g
+
+# When compiling release builds, these flags are better
+# CLAGS = -O3
+# LDFLAGS = -flto
diff --git a/trie/Makefile b/trie/Makefile
index 476ea21..5352623 100644
--- a/trie/Makefile
+++ b/trie/Makefile
@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
 # https://spin.atomicobject.com/2016/08/26/makefile-c-projects/ was a great
 # base for this Makefile
 
-LIB_FILENAME ?= libtrie.a
-
-BUILD_DIR ?= build
-SRC_DIR ?= src
-TEST_DIR ?= test
-INC_DIRS ?= include
+-include config.mk
 
 LIB := $(BUILD_DIR)/$(LIB_FILENAME)
 
@@ -23,15 +18,7 @@ BINS_TEST := $(OBJS_TEST:%.c.o=%)
 TARGETS_TEST := $(BINS_TEST:%=test-%)
 TARGETS_MEM_TEST := $(BINS_TEST:%=test-mem-%)
 
-INC_FLAGS := $(addprefix -I,$(INC_DIRS))
-
-# -MMD: generate a .d file for every source file. This file can be imported by
-#  make and makes make aware that a header file has been changed, ensuring an
-#  object file is also recompiled if only a header is changed.
-# -MP: generate a dummy target for every header file (according to the  docs it
-#  prevents some errors when removing header files)
-CFLAGS ?= -MMD -MP -g
-_CFLAGS := $(INC_FLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -Wall -Wextra
+_CFLAGS := $(addprefix -I,$(INC_DIRS)) $(CFLAGS) -Wall -Wextra
 
 .PHONY: all
 all: lib
diff --git a/trie/config.mk b/trie/config.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69eb2f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/trie/config.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+LIB_FILENAME = libtrie.a
+
+BUILD_DIR = build
+SRC_DIR = src
+TEST_DIR = test
+INC_DIRS = include
+
+# -MMD: generate a .d file for every source file. This file can be imported by
+#  make and makes make aware that a header file has been changed, ensuring an
+#  object file is also recompiled if only a header is changed.
+# -MP: generate a dummy target for every header file (according to the  docs it
+#  prevents some errors when removing header files)
+CFLAGS = -MMD -MP -g