diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2304ad7..395d84b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ INC_FLAGS := $(addprefix -I,$(INC_DIRS))
 
 CPPFLAGS ?= $(INC_FLAGS) -Ilibtmx-parser/src -Ilibtmx-parser/libs/tinyxml2 -MMD -MP -w -I$(LIBXML_ROOT)
 
-LINKER_FLAGS = -lSDL2 -lSDL2_image -lSDL2_mixer -lxml2 -ltmxparser
-
+LINKER_FLAGS = -lSDL2 -lSDL2_image -lSDL2_mixer -lxml2 libtmx-parser/libtmxparser.a
 $(BUILD_DIR)/$(TARGET_EXEC): $(OBJS)
 # 	$(CC) $(OBJS) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS)
 	$(CXX) $(OBJS) $(LINKER_FLAGS) -o $@
@@ -38,6 +37,9 @@ $(BUILD_DIR)/%.cpp.o: %.cpp
 	$(MKDIR_P) $(dir $@)
 	$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) $(LINKER_FLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 
+# build and archive static libraries
+# libtmxparser.a: 
+# 	ar rcs libtmxparser.a .o
 
 .PHONY: clean
 
diff --git a/build/BeagleRescue b/build/BeagleRescue
index 1ba77f0..ea88bf4 100755
Binary files a/build/BeagleRescue and b/build/BeagleRescue differ
diff --git a/src/game/Game.hpp b/src/game/Game.hpp
index 1ef03af..2251c9f 100644
--- a/src/game/Game.hpp
+++ b/src/game/Game.hpp
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #include "Vector2D.h"
 #include "../assetmgr/AssetManager.h"
 #include "GameStateManager.h"
-#include "tmxparser.h"
+#include "../../libtmx-parser/src/tmxparser.h"
 
 class ColliderComponent;
 class AssetManager;