diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 37c4bdd..8a11972 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 *.swp
 *.o
-*.so
+*.a
 busexmp
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 62fc62e..8eb3ffb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,26 +1,26 @@
 TARGET		:= busexmp
 LIBOBJS 	:= buse.o
 OBJS		:= $(TARGET:=.o) $(LIBOBJS)
-SHAREDLIB	:= libbuse.so
+STATIC_LIB	:= libbuse.a
 
 CC			:= /usr/bin/gcc
 CFLAGS		:= -g -pedantic -Wall -Wextra -std=c99 -I$(HOME)/src/nbd
-LDFLAGS		:= -lbuse -L.
+LDFLAGS		:= -L. -lbuse
 
 .PHONY: all clean
 all: $(TARGET)
 
-$(TARGET): %: %.o lib
-	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $<
+$(TARGET): %: %.o $(STATIC_LIB)
+	$(CC) -o $@ $< $(LDFLAGS)
 
 $(TARGET:=.o): %.o: %.c buse.h
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ -c $<
 
-lib: $(LIBOBJS)
-	$(CC) -shared -fPIC -o $(SHAREDLIB) $^
+$(STATIC_LIB): $(LIBOBJS)
+	ar rcu $(STATIC_LIB) $(LIBOBJS)
 
 $(LIBOBJS): %.o: %.c
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -fPIC -o $@ -c $<
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ -c $<
 
 clean:
-	rm -f $(TARGET) $(OBJS) $(SHAREDLIB)
+	rm -f $(TARGET) $(OBJS) $(STATIC_LIB)
diff --git a/buse.c b/buse.c
index e647371..f1e4a66 100644
--- a/buse.c
+++ b/buse.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include <assert.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <nbd.h>
@@ -100,17 +101,18 @@ int buse_main(int argc, char *argv[], const struct buse_operations *aop, void *u
              * and writes.
              */
             case NBD_CMD_READ:
+                fprintf(stderr, "Request for read of size %d\n", len);
                 chunk = malloc(len + sizeof(struct nbd_reply));
                 aop->read((char *)chunk + sizeof(struct nbd_reply), len, from);
                 memcpy(chunk, &reply, sizeof(struct nbd_reply));
                 bytes_written = write(sk, chunk, len + sizeof(struct nbd_reply));
                 assert(bytes_written == len + sizeof(struct nbd_reply));
-                fprintf(stderr, "Wrote %d bytes.\n", bytes_written);
                 free(chunk);
                 break;
             case NBD_CMD_WRITE:
+                fprintf(stderr, "Request for write of size %d\n", len);
                 chunk = malloc(len);
-                bytes_read = read(sk, &chunk, len);
+                bytes_read = read(sk, chunk, len);
                 assert(bytes_read == len);
                 aop->write(chunk, len, from);
                 free(chunk);
diff --git a/buse.h b/buse.h
index bcf792e..7c84848 100644
--- a/buse.h
+++ b/buse.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ struct buse_operations {
     u_int64_t size;
 };
 
-int buse_main(int argc, char *argv[], const struct buse_operations *aop,
+int buse_main(int argc, char *argv[], const struct buse_operations *bop,
         void *userdata);
 
 #endif /* BUSE_H_INCLUDED */
diff --git a/busexmp.c b/busexmp.c
index 3f8f5ef..92b4157 100644
--- a/busexmp.c
+++ b/busexmp.c
@@ -7,9 +7,7 @@ static void *data;
 
 static int xmp_read(void *buf, u_int32_t len, u_int64_t offset)
 {
-    /* memcpy(buf, (char *)data + offset, len); */
-    memset(buf, 0, len);
-
+    memcpy(buf, (char *)data + offset, len);
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -22,7 +20,7 @@ static int xmp_write(const void *buf, u_int32_t len, u_int64_t offset)
 static struct buse_operations aop = {
     .read = xmp_read,
     .write = xmp_write,
-    .size = 128 * 1024 * 1024,
+    .size = 128 * 1024,
 };
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])