diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 8410cf2..78b3015 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -58,5 +58,9 @@
             "binaryArgs": ["region", "0", "0"]
         }
     ],
-    "C_Cpp.default.compilerPath": "C:\\msys64\\mingw64\\bin\\gcc.exe"
+    "C_Cpp.default.compilerPath": "/usr/bin/gcc",
+    "C_Cpp.codeAnalysis.clangTidy.checks.disabled": [
+        "clang-analyzer-security.insecureAPI.DeprecatedOrUnsafeBufferHandling",
+        "clang-analyzer-security.insecureAPI.strcpy"
+    ]
 }
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diff --git a/.vscode/tasks.json b/.vscode/tasks.json
index 5f320ab..6a6ed27 100644
--- a/.vscode/tasks.json
+++ b/.vscode/tasks.json
@@ -1,35 +1,11 @@
 {
     "tasks": [
-        {
-            "type": "cppbuild",
-            "label": "C/C++: gcc-11 build active file",
-            "command": "/usr/bin/gcc-11",
-            "args": [
-                "-fdiagnostics-color=always",
-                "-g",
-                "${file}",
-                "-o",
-                "${fileDirname}/${fileBasenameNoExtension}",
-                "-lz"
-            ],
-            "options": {
-                "cwd": "${fileDirname}"
-            },
-            "problemMatcher": [
-                "$gcc"
-            ],
-            "group": {
-                "kind": "build"
-            },
-            "detail": "Task generated by Debugger."
-        },
         {
             "type": "cppbuild",
             "label": "C/C++: make",
             "command": "make",
             "args": [
-                "all",
-                "CFLAGS='-g -Wall -Wpedantic'"
+                "debug"
             ],
             "options": {
                 "cwd": "${fileDirname}"
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 591911f..1f910c6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -13,8 +13,12 @@ ifneq (,$(findstring MSYS,$(UNAME)))
 	SUBUNIT = 
 endif
 
+all: CFLAGS := -O3
 all: radiusGenerator modelGenerator chunkExtractor regionFileReader
 
+debug: CFLAGS := -Wall -Werror -Wpedantic
+debug: radiusGenerator modelGenerator chunkExtractor regionFileReader
+
 cNBT.o: 
 	gcc cNBT/buffer.c -o cNBT/buffer.o -c $(CFLAGS)
 	gcc cNBT/nbt_parsing.c -o cNBT/nbt_parsing.o -c $(CFLAGS)
@@ -69,10 +73,10 @@ model.ow: model.c
 	x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc-win32 model.c -o model.ow -c $(CFLAGS)
 
 regionFileReader.exe: regionParser.ow regionFileReader.c
-	x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc-win32 regionFileReader.c regionParser.ow -o regionFileReader.exe Wl,-Bstatic -lz -Wl,-Bdynamic $(CFLAGS)
+	x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc-win32 regionFileReader.c regionParser.ow -o regionFileReader.exe -lz -static $(CFLAGS)
 
 chunkExtractor.exe: regionParser.ow chunkExtractor.c
-	x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc-win32 chunkExtractor.c regionParser.ow -o chunkExtractor.exe Wl,-Bstatic -lz -Wl,-Bdynamic $(CFLAGS)
+	x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc-win32 chunkExtractor.c regionParser.ow -o chunkExtractor.exe -lz -static $(CFLAGS)
 
 generator.ow: generator.c
 	x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc-win32 generator.c -o generator.ow -c $(CFLAGS)
@@ -81,7 +85,7 @@ modelGenerator.exe: generator.ow model.ow chunkParser.ow hTable.ow cNBT.ow model
 	x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc-win32 modelGenerator.c generator.ow model.ow chunkParser.ow hTable.ow cNBT.ow -o modelGenerator.exe -lm $(CFLAGS)
 
 radiusGenerator.exe: model.ow generator.ow hTable.ow chunkParser.ow regionParser.ow cNBT.ow radiusGenerator.c
-	x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc-win32 radiusGenerator.c generator.ow model.ow regionParser.ow hTable.ow chunkParser.ow cNBT.ow Wl,-Bstatic -lz -Wl,-Bdynamic -lm -o radiusGenerator.exe $(CFLAGS)
+	x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc-win32 radiusGenerator.c generator.ow model.ow regionParser.ow hTable.ow chunkParser.ow cNBT.ow -lm -static -lz -o radiusGenerator.exe $(CFLAGS)
 
 windows: modelGenerator.exe chunkExtractor.exe regionFileReader.exe radiusGenerator.exe
 
diff --git a/chunkParser.c b/chunkParser.c
index 48aa12e..d701f7d 100644
--- a/chunkParser.c
+++ b/chunkParser.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ int getSections(unsigned char* nbtFileData, long sz, struct section* sections){
         nbtTagError("sections");
     }
     struct nbt_list* sectionsList = sectionsNode->payload.tag_list;
-    struct list_head* pos = &sectionsList->entry;
+    struct list_head* pos;
     int n = 0;
     //foreach section
     list_for_each(pos, &sectionsList->entry){ 
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ int getSections(unsigned char* nbtFileData, long sz, struct section* sections){
         //get the individual block data
         nbt_node* blockData = nbt_find_by_name(blockNode, "data");
         if(blockData != NULL){
-            newSection.blockData = malloc(blockData->payload.tag_long_array.length * sizeof(int64_t));
+            newSection.blockData = (uint64_t*)malloc(blockData->payload.tag_long_array.length * sizeof(uint64_t));
             memcpy(newSection.blockData, blockData->payload.tag_long_array.data, blockData->payload.tag_long_array.length * sizeof(int64_t));
             newSection.blockDataLen = blockData->payload.tag_long_array.length;
         }
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ int getSections(unsigned char* nbtFileData, long sz, struct section* sections){
         //const struct list_head* paletteHead = &palette->payload.tag_list->entry;
         char** blockPalette = malloc(1 * sizeof(char*));
         int i = 0;
-        struct list_head* paletteCur = &palette->payload.tag_list->entry;
+        struct list_head* paletteCur;
         //foreach element in palette
         list_for_each(paletteCur, &palette->payload.tag_list->entry){
             //get the list entry
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ bool contains(char** arr, char* str, int arrLen){
 
 //this code feels wrong to write in C ngl...
 char** createGlobalPalette(struct section* sections, int len, int* outLen, bool freeSectionPalettes){
-    char** globalPalette = malloc(0);
+    char** globalPalette = NULL;
     int j = 0;
     for(int i = 0; i < len; i++){
         for(int n = 0; n < sections[i].paletteLen; n++){
diff --git a/chunkParser.h b/chunkParser.h
index 0875879..76c21b3 100644
--- a/chunkParser.h
+++ b/chunkParser.h
@@ -3,14 +3,12 @@
 
 //16x16x16 big section of a chunk
 struct section{
-    short y;
-
     //we ignore the biomes because we don't need that data
-
     uint64_t* blockData; //raw nbt file block data
-    int blockDataLen; //the length of blockData in bytes
     char** blockPalette;
+    int blockDataLen; //the length of blockData in bytes
     int paletteLen;
+    short y;
 };
 
 //A block structure with it's own coordinates and a string containing it's type
diff --git a/model.c b/model.c
index d288bc1..2917b9e 100644
--- a/model.c
+++ b/model.c
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ struct object deCubeObject(struct cube* c){
     result.y = objCoordCorrect(c, y, dist);
     result.z = objCoordCorrect(c, z, dist);
     result.faceCount = 0;
-    result.faces = malloc(0);
+    result.faces = NULL;
     for(int i = 0; i < 6; i++){
         if(c->faces[i] != NULL){
             result.faces = realloc(result.faces, (result.faceCount + 1) * sizeof(struct objFace));
@@ -436,6 +436,8 @@ hashTable* getMaterials(char* filename){
     hashTable* result = initHashTable(objCount);
     char* token = strtok(bytes, "\n");
     struct material newMaterial;
+    newMaterial.name = NULL;
+    newMaterial.d = 0;
     while(token != NULL){ //foreach line
         int len = strlen(token);
         if(len > 7){
@@ -497,6 +499,8 @@ hashTable* readWavefront(char* filename, hashTable* materials, int side){
     newObject.x = -1;
     newObject.y = -1;
     newObject.z = -1;
+    newObject.vertexCount = 0;
+    newObject.faceCount = 0;
     struct material* nextM = NULL;
     while(token != NULL){
         switch(token[0]){
@@ -520,10 +524,10 @@ hashTable* readWavefront(char* filename, hashTable* materials, int side){
                 //this should 'reset' the newObject
                 newObject.faceCount = 0;
                 //free(newObject.faces);
-                newObject.faces = malloc(0);
+                newObject.faces = NULL;
                 newObject.vertexCount = 0;
                 //free(newObject.vertices);
-                newObject.vertices = malloc(0);
+                newObject.vertices = NULL;
                 if(nextM != NULL){
                     newObject.m = nextM;
                     nextM = NULL;
@@ -552,7 +556,7 @@ hashTable* readWavefront(char* filename, hashTable* materials, int side){
                 newObject.vertexCount++;
                 break;
             case 'f':;
-                int* vertices = malloc(0);
+                int* vertices = NULL;
                 char* num = calloc(1, 1);
                 num[0] = '\0';
                 int n = 0;
diff --git a/radiusGenerator.c b/radiusGenerator.c
index 5965c9f..d6909e6 100644
--- a/radiusGenerator.c
+++ b/radiusGenerator.c
@@ -386,5 +386,6 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv){
     FILE* outFile = fopen(outFilename, "w");
     fwrite(result, currentSize, 1, outFile);
     fclose(outFile);
+    free(result);
     return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }
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