diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 91e7bad..bd31a53 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 !**/
 
 *.o
+*.a
 .cproject
 .project
 .settings/language.settings.xml
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 12ffce8..76d0867 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+DEBUG=true
+
 CC = gcc
 RM = rm -f
-CFLAGS = -fPIC -g -O2 -std=c99 \
+CFLAGS = -fPIC -O0 -std=c99 \
 	-Wall -Wextra -pedantic -Werror \
 	-Wdeclaration-after-statement \
 	-Wno-format-zero-length \
@@ -10,10 +12,14 @@ CFLAGS = -fPIC -g -O2 -std=c99 \
 	-Wunused \
 	-Wvla
 
+ifdef DEBUG
+CFLAGS += -g3
+endif
+
 LDFLAGS = -g
 LDLIBS =
 
-TARGET_LIB = mulithash.a
+TARGET_LIB = libmultihash.a
 TARGET_BIN = multihash
 
 SRCS = src/hashes.c src/errors.c src/multihash.c
diff --git a/include/mh/multihash.h b/include/mh/multihash.h
index 5ac32a5..247736c 100644
--- a/include/mh/multihash.h
+++ b/include/mh/multihash.h
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ int mh_new_length(int code, size_t digest_len);
  * @param digest the data within the multihash
  * @returns error (if < 0) or 0
  */
-int mh_new(unsigned char *buffer, int code, const unsigned char *digest,
+int mh_new(unsigned char* buffer, int code, const unsigned char *digest,
 	size_t digest_len);
 
 #endif /* end of include guard */
diff --git a/src/multihash.c b/src/multihash.c
index 1d29d9d..6f61a24 100644
--- a/src/multihash.c
+++ b/src/multihash.c
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ int mh_new_length(int code, size_t hash_len) {
  * @param digest the data within the multihash
  * @returns error (if < 0) or 0
  */
-int mh_new(unsigned char *buffer, int code, const unsigned char *digest,
+int mh_new(unsigned char* buffer, int code, const unsigned char *digest,
 	size_t digest_len) {
 	if (code & VARINT_MASK)
 		return MH_E_VARINT_NOT_SUPPORTED;