diff --git a/moo/lib/icc.mak b/moo/lib/icc.mak
index 53a4e5a..a9eff4c 100644
--- a/moo/lib/icc.mak
+++ b/moo/lib/icc.mak
@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@
 # /zfloatsync - FPU is operand-synchronized with the CPU
 # /m create map file
 # /g produce debug info
-CFLAGS :=  /D__DOS__ /DMOO_ENABLE_STATIC_MODULE /DNDEBUG 
+###CFLAGS :=  /D__DOS__ /DMOO_ENABLE_STATIC_MODULE /DNDEBUG 
+CFLAGS :=  /D__DOS__ /DMOO_ENABLE_STATIC_MODULE  /DMOO_BUILD_DEBUG
 LDFLAGS := /xnovm /xregion=12m
 
-SRCS := \
+LIBSRCS := \
 	bigint.c \
 	comp.c \
 	debug.c  \
@@ -22,29 +23,53 @@ SRCS := \
 	logfmt.c \
 	moo.c \
 	obj.c \
-	opt.c \
 	pf.c \
 	rbt.c \
 	std.c \
 	sym.c \
 	utf16.c \
 	utf8.c \
-	utl.c \
-	main.c \
+	utl.c
 
-OBJS := $(SRCS:.c=.obj)
+EXESRCS := \
+	opt.c \
+	main.c
 
+LIBOBJS := $(LIBSRCS:.c=.obj)
+EXEOBJS := $(EXESRCS:.c=.obj)
+
+LIBFILE=moo.lib
 EXEFILE=moo.exe
 MODFILE=..\mod\moomod.lib
-RSPFILE := $(EXEFILE,B,S/.*/&.RSP/)
+LIBRSPFILE := $(LIBFILE,B,S/.*/&.RSP/)
+EXERSPFILE := $(EXEFILE,B,S/.*/&.RSP/)
 
+all: lib exe
 
-all: $(OBJS) hlt.obj
-	echo $(OBJS) > $(RSPFILE)
-	echo hlt.obj >> $(RSPFILE)
-	echo $(MODFILE) >> $(RSPFILE)
-	echo $(LDFLAGS) >> $(RSPFILE)
-	$(CC) @$(RSPFILE) /e $(EXEFILE)
+# hlt.obj should be included into the library 
+# but for an unknown reason, the linker was not able to
+# find the _halt_cpu symbol when halt.obj was added to
+# the library. i suspect 386asm not producing a fully 
+# compatiable object file.
+
+exe: hlt.obj $(EXEOBJS) 
+	echo $(EXEOBJS) > $(EXERSPFILE)
+	echo hlt.obj >> $(EXERSPFILE)
+	echo $(LIBFILE) >> $(EXERSPFILE)
+	echo $(MODFILE) >> $(EXERSPFILE)
+	echo $(LDFLAGS) >> $(EXERSPFILE)
+	$(CC) @$(EXERSPFILE) /e $(EXEFILE)
+
+lib: $(LIBOBJS)
+	echo > $(LIBRSPFILE)
+	!foreach x $(.NEWER) 
+			modname /r $x >> $(LIBRSPFILE)
+	!end
+	echo compress >> $(LIBRSPFILE)
+	echo update >> $(LIBRSPFILE)
+	echo quit exit >> $(LIBRSPFILE)
+	del $(LIBFILE)
+	lib32 $(LIBFILE) batch < $(LIBRSPFILE)
 
 hlt.obj: hlt.asm
 	386asm -twocase hlt.asm
diff --git a/moo/lib/std.c b/moo/lib/std.c
index 78e7445..612a570 100644
--- a/moo/lib/std.c
+++ b/moo/lib/std.c
@@ -3013,7 +3013,7 @@ static void (__interrupt *dos_prev_timer_intr_handler) (void);
 #endif
 
 #if defined(_INTELC32_)
-#pragma interrupt(timer_intr_handler)
+#pragma interrupt(dos_timer_intr_handler)
 static void dos_timer_intr_handler (void)
 #else
 static void __interrupt dos_timer_intr_handler (void)