diff --git a/AsMain/main.s b/AsMain/main.s
index 953236a..61760cd 100644
--- a/AsMain/main.s
+++ b/AsMain/main.s
@@ -6,12 +6,11 @@
 // X16 - Mach function number
 //
 
-.global _main	            // Provide program starting address to linker
+.global start	            // Provide program starting address to linker
 .align 2
-
 // Setup the parameters to print hello world
 // and then call Linux to do it.
-_main: mov	X0, #1	    // 1 = StdOut
+start: mov	X0, #1	    // 1 = StdOut
     adr	X1, helloworld // string to print
 	mov	X2, #13	    // length of our string
 	mov	X16, #4	    // linux write system call
diff --git a/MacAs.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/MacAs.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index 11b501e..f95d6bd 100644
--- a/MacAs.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/MacAs.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -318,6 +318,8 @@
 			isa = XCBuildConfiguration;
 			buildSettings = {
 				CODE_SIGN_STYLE = Automatic;
+				LINK_WITH_STANDARD_LIBRARIES = NO;
+				OTHER_LDFLAGS = "-static";
 				PRODUCT_NAME = "$(TARGET_NAME)";
 			};
 			name = Debug;
@@ -326,6 +328,8 @@
 			isa = XCBuildConfiguration;
 			buildSettings = {
 				CODE_SIGN_STYLE = Automatic;
+				LINK_WITH_STANDARD_LIBRARIES = NO;
+				OTHER_LDFLAGS = "-static";
 				PRODUCT_NAME = "$(TARGET_NAME)";
 			};
 			name = Release;