diff --git a/lib/libupl.a b/lib/libupl.a
index b92dc4f..e244d46 100644
Binary files a/lib/libupl.a and b/lib/libupl.a differ
diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index 2565e4e..c2db560 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 CC = gcc
 CPP = g++ -std=c++1y
-FLAGS = -Wall -O3 
+FLAGS = -Wall -O3 #-fPIC
 INCLUDE = ../include/upl