diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e502673..82dc10e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Writing a "bare metal" operating system for Raspberry Pi 4
 Introduction
 ------------
 
-As a tech CEO @RealVNC, I don't write code any more. And I've recently realised just how much I miss it.
+As a tech CEO, I don't write code any more. And I've recently realised just how much I miss it.
 
 Currently in the throes of a nationwide "lockdown" due to Covid-19 (and having been spared my usual commute), I've found myself with more hours in the day. I have taken this time for myself and used it to fulfil a childhood ambition - to write a **bare metal** operating system that runs on commercial hardware.
 
diff --git a/part11-breakout-smp/Makefile.gcc b/part11-breakout-smp/Makefile.gcc
index 9c0526f..023aa68 100644
--- a/part11-breakout-smp/Makefile.gcc
+++ b/part11-breakout-smp/Makefile.gcc
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 CFILES = $(wildcard *.c lib/*.c)
 OFILES = $(CFILES:.c=.o)
-GCCFLAGS = -Wall -O2 -ffreestanding -nostdinc -nostdlib
+GCCFLAGS = -Wall -O2 -ffreestanding -nostdinc -nostdlib -nostartfiles
 GCCPATH = ../../gcc-arm-10.3-2021.07-x86_64-aarch64-none-elf/bin
 
-
 all: clean kernel8.img
 
 boot/boot.o: boot/boot.S