diff --git a/Makefile.example b/Makefile.example
index e5c6d694..365fdb54 100644
--- a/Makefile.example
+++ b/Makefile.example
@@ -1,45 +1,46 @@
-TOPDIR =  $(shell pwd)
+TOPDIR :=  $(shell pwd)
 ARCH = x86
 NAME = metalsvm
 LWIPDIRS = lwip/src/arch lwip/src/api lwip/src/core lwip/src/core/ipv4 lwip/src/netif
 DRIVERDIRS = drivers/net drivers/char
 KERNDIRS = libkern kernel mm fs apps arch/$(ARCH)/kernel arch/$(ARCH)/mm arch/$(ARCH)/scc $(LWIPDIRS) $(DRIVERDIRS)
 SUBDIRS = $(KERNDIRS)
-STACKPROT=-fno-stack-protector
+STACKPROT = -fno-stack-protector
 
 # Set your own cross compiler tool chain prefix here
-CROSSCOMPREFIX=
+CROSSCOMPREFIX =
 
 # Uncomment both lines if compiling for the SCC!
-#CROSSCOMPREFIX=i386-unknown-linux-gnu-
-#STACKPROT=
+#CROSSCOMPREFIX = i386-unknown-linux-gnu-
+#STACKPROT =
 
-CC_FOR_TARGET=$(CROSSCOMPREFIX)gcc
-CXX_FOR_TARGET=$(CROSSCOMPREFIX)g++
-GCC_FOR_TARGET=$(CROSSCOMPREFIX)gcc
-AR_FOR_TARGET=$(CROSSCOMPREFIX)ar
-AS_FOR_TARGET=$(CROSSCOMPREFIX)as
-LD_FOR_TARGET=$(CROSSCOMPREFIX)ld
-NM_FOR_TARGET=$(CROSSCOMPREFIX)nm
-OBJDUMP_FOR_TARGET=$(CROSSCOMPREFIX)objdump
-OBJCOPY_FOR_TARGET=$(CROSSCOMPREFIX)objcopy
-RANLIB_FOR_TARGET=$(CROSSCOMPREFIX)ranlib
-STRIP_FOR_TARGET=$(CROSSCOMPREFIX)strip
-READELF_FOR_TARGET=$(CROSSCOMPREFIX)readelf
-
-NASM = nasm
-EMU=qemu
-GDB=gdb
+CC_FOR_TARGET = $(CROSSCOMPREFIX)gcc
+CXX_FOR_TARGET = $(CROSSCOMPREFIX)g++
+GCC_FOR_TARGET = $(CROSSCOMPREFIX)gcc
+CPP_FOR_TARGET = $(CROSSCOMPREFIX)cpp
+AR_FOR_TARGET = $(CROSSCOMPREFIX)ar
+AS_FOR_TARGET = $(CROSSCOMPREFIX)as
+LD_FOR_TARGET = $(CROSSCOMPREFIX)ld
+NM_FOR_TARGET = $(CROSSCOMPREFIX)nm
+OBJDUMP_FOR_TARGET = $(CROSSCOMPREFIX)objdump
+OBJCOPY_FOR_TARGET = $(CROSSCOMPREFIX)objcopy
+RANLIB_FOR_TARGET = $(CROSSCOMPREFIX)ranlib
+STRIP_FOR_TARGET = $(CROSSCOMPREFIX)strip
+READELF_FOR_TARGET = $(CROSSCOMPREFIX)readelf
 
 MAKE = make
+RM = rm -rf
+NASM = nasm
+EMU = qemu
+GDB = gdb
+
 NASMFLAGS = -felf32 -g
 INCLUDE = -I$(TOPDIR)/include -I$(TOPDIR)/arch/$(ARCH)/include -I$(TOPDIR)/lwip/src/include -I$(TOPDIR)/lwip/src/include/ipv4 -I$(TOPDIR)/drivers
 # Compiler options for final code
 CFLAGS = -g -m32 -march=i586 -Wall -O2 -fno-builtin -fstrength-reduce -fomit-frame-pointer -finline-functions -nostdinc $(INCLUDE) $(STACKPROT)
-# Compiler options for debuuging
+# Compiler options for debugging
 #CFLAGS = -g -O -m32 -march=i586 -Wall -fno-builtin -DWITH_FRAME_POINTER -nostdinc $(INCLUDE) $(STACKPROT)
 ARFLAGS = rsv
-RM = rm -rf
 LDFLAGS = -T link.ld -z max-page-size=4096 --defsym __BUILD_DATE=$(shell date +'%Y%m%d') --defsym __BUILD_TIME=$(shell date +'%H%M%S')
 STRIP_DEBUG = --strip-debug
 KEEP_DEBUG = --only-keep-debug
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ veryclean: clean
 	@echo [CC] $@
 	$Q$(CC_FOR_TARGET) -c -D__KERNEL__ $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $<
 	@echo [DEP] $*.dep
-	$Q$(CC_FOR_TARGET) -MF $*.dep -MT $*.o -MM $(CFLAGS) $<
+	$Q$(CPP_FOR_TARGET) -MF $*.dep -MT $*.o -MM $(CFLAGS) $<
 
 
 %.o : %.asm