diff --git a/src/main.cc b/src/main.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e2f53773b..0000000000
--- a/src/main.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#include "node.h"
-
-int
-main (int argc, char *argv[])
-{
-  return node::start(argc, argv);
-}
diff --git a/src/node.cc b/src/node.cc
index c138580145..4fe15a8604 100644
--- a/src/node.cc
+++ b/src/node.cc
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ node_dlopen (const v8::Arguments& args)
   Local<Object> target = args[1]->ToObject();
 
   void *handle = dlopen(*filename, RTLD_LAZY);
+
   if (handle == NULL) {
     Local<Value> exception = Exception::Error(String::New(dlerror()));
     return ThrowException(exception);
@@ -370,7 +371,7 @@ ParseArgs (int *argc, char **argv)
 }
 
 int
-node::start (int argc, char *argv[])
+main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
   evcom_ignore_sigpipe();
   ev_default_loop(EVFLAG_AUTO); // initialize the default ev loop.
diff --git a/src/node.h b/src/node.h
index 6701fa6f4e..de1a547fab 100644
--- a/src/node.h
+++ b/src/node.h
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ do {                                                                      \
 enum encoding {ASCII, UTF8, RAW};
 enum encoding ParseEncoding (v8::Handle<v8::Value> encoding_v);
 void FatalException (v8::TryCatch &try_catch);
-int start (int argc, char *argv[]);
 
 } // namespace node
 #endif // node_h
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 93e82c2b6c..464b613e47 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -61,13 +61,14 @@ def configure(conf):
   conf.env["USE_DEBUG"] = Options.options.debug
 
   conf.check(lib='dl', uselib_store='DL')
+  conf.env.append_value("CCFLAGS", "-rdynamic")
   conf.env.append_value("LINKFLAGS_DL", "-rdynamic")
 
-  if Options.options.debug:
-    conf.check(lib='profiler', uselib_store='PROFILER')
+  #if Options.options.debug:
+  #  conf.check(lib='profiler', uselib_store='PROFILER')
 
-  if Options.options.efence:
-    conf.check(lib='efence', libpath=['/usr/lib', '/usr/local/lib'], uselib_store='EFENCE')
+  #if Options.options.efence:
+  #  conf.check(lib='efence', libpath=['/usr/lib', '/usr/local/lib'], uselib_store='EFENCE')
 
   if sys.platform.startswith("freebsd"):
     if not conf.check(lib="execinfo", libpath=['/usr/lib', '/usr/local/lib'], uselib_store="EXECINFO"):
@@ -234,10 +235,10 @@ def build(bld):
     native_cc.clone("debug")
 
   ### node lib
-  libnode = bld.new_task_gen("cxx", "shlib")
-  libnode.name         = "node"
-  libnode.target       = "node"
-  libnode.source = """
+  node = bld.new_task_gen("cxx", "program")
+  node.name         = "node"
+  node.target       = "node"
+  node.source = """
     src/node.cc
     src/events.cc
     src/http.cc
@@ -249,7 +250,7 @@ def build(bld):
     src/child_process.cc
     src/constants.cc
   """
-  libnode.includes = """
+  node.includes = """
     src/ 
     deps/v8/include
     deps/libev
@@ -259,25 +260,9 @@ def build(bld):
     deps/http_parser
     deps/coupling
   """
-  libnode.uselib_local = "evcom ev eio http_parser coupling"
-  libnode.uselib = "UDNS V8 EXECINFO PROFILER EFENCE DL"
-  libnode.install_path = '${PREFIX}/lib'
-
-
-  libnode_static = bld.new_task_gen("cxx", "staticlib")
-  libnode_static.name = "node-static"
-  libnode_static.target = libnode.target
-  libnode_static.source = libnode.source
-  libnode_static.includes = libnode.includes
-  libnode_static.uselib_local = libnode.uselib_local
-  libnode_static.uselib  = libnode.uselib
-
-  ### node
-  node = bld.new_task_gen("cxx", "program")
-  node.target = 'node'
-  node.source = "src/main.cc"
-  node.includes = libnode.includes
-  node.uselib_local = "node-static"
+  node.uselib_local = "evcom ev eio http_parser coupling"
+  node.uselib = "UDNS V8 EXECINFO DL"
+  node.install_path = '${PREFIX}/lib'
   node.install_path = '${PREFIX}/bin'
   node.chmod = 0755
 
@@ -307,12 +292,6 @@ def build(bld):
   if bld.env["USE_DEBUG"]:
     node_g = node.clone("debug")
     node_g.target = "node_g"
-
-    libnode_g = libnode.clone("debug")
-    libnode_g.target = "node_g"
-
-    libnode_static_g = libnode_static.clone("debug")
-    libnode_static_g.target = "node_g"
     
     node_version_g = node_version.clone("debug")
     node_version_g.dict = subflags(node_g)