diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
index ee54da0..2cee648 100644
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.hgignore
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 mode:regexp
 ^build-qbolt-
 ^dummy-data/dummy-data$
-^qbolt\.o$
+^qbolt\.a$
 \.pro\.user$
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d799a7f..11bd133 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 
 .PHONY: all clean
 
-all: qbolt.o
+all: qbolt.a
 
 clean:
-	if [ -f qbolt.o ] ; then rm qbolt.o ; fi
+	if [ -f qbolt.a ] ; then rm qbolt.a ; fi
 	if [ -f qbolt ] ; then rm qbolt ; fi
-
-qbolt.o: *.go 
-	go build -ldflags='-s -w' -buildmode=c-shared -o qbolt.o
+	
+qbolt.a: *.go
+	go build -ldflags='-s -w' -buildmode=c-archive -o qbolt.a
diff --git a/qbolt/qbolt.pro b/qbolt/qbolt.pro
index 6d6b815..ba15683 100644
--- a/qbolt/qbolt.pro
+++ b/qbolt/qbolt.pro
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ TEMPLATE = app
 # deprecated API in order to know how to port your code away from it.
 DEFINES += QT_DEPRECATED_WARNINGS
 
-QMAKE_LFLAGS += ../qbolt.o
+#QMAKE_LFLAGS += ../qbolt.so
+QMAKE_LIBS += ../qbolt.a
 
 # You can also make your code fail to compile if you use deprecated APIs.
 # In order to do so, uncomment the following line.