diff --git a/tests/compressed_archive_test/compressed_archive_test.pro b/tests/compressed_archive_test/compressed_archive_test.pro
index 46a1e906..dd9691b0 100644
--- a/tests/compressed_archive_test/compressed_archive_test.pro
+++ b/tests/compressed_archive_test/compressed_archive_test.pro
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ win32 {
 unix {
 	#these flags are probably redundant
 	#qmake tends to chose it's own flags and ignores system wide flags on unix
-	QMAKE_CXXFLAGS+= -O2 -pipe -Wall -pthread -std=c++11
-	QMAKE_CFLAGS+= -O2 -pipe -Wall -pthread
+	QMAKE_CXXFLAGS+= -std=c++11 -O2 -pipe -Wall -fomit-frame-pointer
+	QMAKE_CFLAGS+= -O2 -pipe -Wall -fomit-frame-pointer
 	
 	#this might need a little tweaking on mac os
 	!CONFIG(unarr){
@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@ unix {
 		else{
 		#make unarr use system zlib and bzip2
 		#these are pretty much standard on unix
-		DEFINES += HAVE_ZLIB HAVE_BZIP2
+		DEFINES += HAVE_ZLIB HAVE_BZIP2 NDEBUG
 		#add zlib and bz2 to libs
-		LIBS += -lbz2 -lz
+		#we also need libm for mathematics
+		LIBS += -lbz2 -lz -lm
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/tests/compressed_archive_test/main.cpp b/tests/compressed_archive_test/main.cpp
index a2024a2a..f2686a51 100644
--- a/tests/compressed_archive_test/main.cpp
+++ b/tests/compressed_archive_test/main.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         return 0;
     }
 
-    QCoreApplication app(argc, argv);
+    //QCoreApplication app(argc, argv);
 
     QString s(argv[1]);