diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4f2cdea6..bf120050 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ kernel:
 
 clean-kernel:
 	find builds/astral/ -name *.o -delete
+	find builds/astral/ -name *.asmo -delete
 
 clean:
 	make clean-kernel
diff --git a/kernel-src/Makefile b/kernel-src/Makefile
index 554ee778..cc2f285d 100644
--- a/kernel-src/Makefile
+++ b/kernel-src/Makefile
@@ -8,14 +8,19 @@ ARCHDIR=$(shell pwd)/arch/$(TARGET)/
 LDFLAGS=-ffreestanding -nostdlib -lgcc -Wl,-T,"$(ARCHDIR)/kernel.ld" -debug
 # required for mpaland printf so it doesn't compile with floating point support, which results in build failures
 PRINTFOPTS=-DPRINTF_DISABLE_SUPPORT_FLOAT
-CFLAGS=-ffreestanding -mcmodel=kernel -O2 -mno-red-zone -mno-mmx -mno-sse -mno-sse2 -nostdlib -Wall -I "${INCDIR}" -I "$(ARCHINCDIR)" $(PRINTFOPTS)
+# flanterm includes break if the headers are moved into the include dir in the tree
+FLANTERMINCDIR=$(shell pwd)/flanterm
+CFLAGS=-ffreestanding -mcmodel=kernel -O2 -mno-red-zone -mno-mmx -mno-sse -mno-sse2 -nostdlib -Wall -I "${INCDIR}" -I "$(ARCHINCDIR)" -I "$(FLANTERMINCDIR)" $(PRINTFOPTS)
 ASFLAGS=-felf64
 
 astral:	$(OBJS)
-	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^
+	@echo [LD] $@
+	@$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^
 
 %.o: %.c
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
+	@echo [CC] $@
+	@$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
 %.asmo: %.asm
-	nasm $(ASFLAGS) -o $@ $<
+	@echo [AS] $@
+	@nasm $(ASFLAGS) -o $@ $<
diff --git a/source-recipes/astral b/source-recipes/astral
index 00006b41..7f0714e7 100644
--- a/source-recipes/astral
+++ b/source-recipes/astral
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ imagedeps="wget"
 flanterm_commit="f95f5584fb87577908beff8cbe0f68fee8940517"
 
 regenerate() {
+	rm -f include/limine.h
+	rm -f io/printf.c
+	rm -f include/printf.h
+	rm -rf flanterm
 	curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/limine-bootloader/limine/trunk/limine.h > include/limine.h
 	pushd /tmp/
 	wget https://github.com/mpaland/printf/archive/refs/tags/v4.0.0.tar.gz