diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d7756c2..6ce8b08 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 a.out
 *.o
+.vscode
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 0151e5e..c6a3593 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -453,12 +453,14 @@ function lower(ast) {
 
   const RELOCATIONS = {
     R_X86_64_PC32: 2,
+    R_X86_64_PLT32: 4,
   };
   const SYMBOL_TYPES = {
     STT_NOTYPE: 0,
     STT_FUNC: 2,
   };
   const SYMBOL_BINDING = {
+    STB_LOCAL: 0,
     STB_GLOBAL: 1,
   };
   const SYMBOL_VISIBILITY = {
@@ -653,7 +655,7 @@ function lower(ast) {
       //            ; 64-bits in 64-bit mode
       this.#append([0xe8]);
       this.relocations.push({
-        kind: RELOCATIONS.R_X86_64_PC32,
+        kind: RELOCATIONS.R_X86_64_PC32, // pietro said i should use this even though PC_32 works too
         symbol,
         offset: this.out.length,
         addend: -4,
@@ -844,7 +846,17 @@ function lower(ast) {
       };
     }
 
-    const symbols = [];
+    const symbols = [
+      {
+        name: "",
+        type: SYMBOL_TYPES.STT_NOTYPE,
+        binding: SYMBOL_BINDING.STB_LOCAL,
+        visibility: SYMBOL_VISIBILITY.STV_DEFAULT,
+        sectionIndex: 0,
+        value: 0,
+        size: 0,
+      },
+    ];
 
     const {
       textContent,
@@ -1045,6 +1057,10 @@ function lower(ast) {
 
     // symtab section
     const strTableIndex = sectionCount + 1;
+    const firstGlobal = symbols.findIndex(
+      (sym) => sym.binding === SYMBOL_BINDING.STB_GLOBAL
+    );
+    assertDefined(firstGlobal);
     writeSectionHeader(".symtab", {
       type: /*SHT_SYMTAB*/ 2,
       flags: 0,
@@ -1052,7 +1068,7 @@ function lower(ast) {
       offset: 0,
       size: symtab.buffer.length,
       link: strTableIndex,
-      info: 0,
+      info: firstGlobal,
       addralign: 8,
       entsize: 24,
     });
@@ -1159,7 +1175,7 @@ async function link(object) {
   const outputFile = "output.o";
   fs.writeFile(outputFile, object);
 
-  await execWithForwardedOutput("gcc", [outputFile]);
+  await execWithForwardedOutput("gcc", ["-Wl,-znoexecstack", outputFile]);
   await execWithForwardedOutput("gdb", [
     "--batch",
     "--command",
diff --git a/input.c b/input.c
index 77c38f7..03aabbd 100644
--- a/input.c
+++ b/input.c
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
 int main(int argc, int argv)
 {
   int x = 100;
-  thisismyfakeconstantbecauseidonthaveconstant(x - 1);
-  return argv;
+  return thisismyfakeconstantbecauseidonthaveconstant(x - 1);
 }
 
 int thisismyfakeconstantbecauseidonthaveconstant(int x)
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
index da05ddd..5709ffc 100644
--- a/shell.nix
+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 { pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> { } }: pkgs.mkShell {
-  nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [ nodejs_22 llvmPackages_18.lld ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [ nodejs_22 llvmPackages_18.lld llvmPackages_18.clang ];
 }