diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 70b77b19..bca84556 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ elseif (UNIX)
     if ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "Clang")
         set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE} -Ofast \
 		-fno-signed-zeros -freciprocal-math -ffp-contract=fast \
-		-fno-threadsafe-statics -fslp-vectorize-aggressive -fslp-vectorize \
+		-fno-threadsafe-statics -fslp-vectorize \
 		-fno-stack-protector -fstrict-enums -fstrict-vtable-pointers \
 		-fno-coverage-mapping -fno-spell-checking -fshort-enums -finline-functions \
 		-finline-hint-functions -fno-unroll-loops")
diff --git a/engine/client/application/Miff/CMakeLists.txt b/engine/client/application/Miff/CMakeLists.txt
index b13ae681..3b85646d 100644
--- a/engine/client/application/Miff/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/engine/client/application/Miff/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,4 +3,8 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
 
 project(Miff)
 
+# todo: if you're running a windows build, comment this out
+# windows sucks, I don't care
+set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "-Wl,-z,norelro,-O3,--sort-common,--as-needed,--no-relax,-z,combreloc,-z,global,--no-omagic")
+
 add_subdirectory(src)
diff --git a/engine/client/application/Miff/src/CMakeLists.txt b/engine/client/application/Miff/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 116f41af..7b8a43c8 100644
--- a/engine/client/application/Miff/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/engine/client/application/Miff/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 if(WIN32)
 	set(PLATFORM_SOURCES
         win32/InputFileHandler.cpp