diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7e743c2..fa8a7fa 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ SCORES_DIR?=/var/games
 MAN_DIR?=/usr/share/man/man6
 CFLAGS+=  -Wno-unused-result -D SCORES_DIR=\"$(SCORES_DIR)\"
 PKG-CONFIG?=pkg-config
-LDFLAGS+= $(shell pkg-config --libs --cflags ncurses) -lm
+LIBS=$(shell pkg-config --libs --cflags ncurses) -lm
 
 
 ALL= nbsdgames jewels sudoku mines reversi checkers battleship rabbithole sos pipes fifteen memoblocks fisher muncher miketron redsquare darrt snakeduel tugow
 SCORE_FILES= pipes_scores jewels_scores miketron_scores muncher_scores fisher_scores darrt_scores tugow_scores
 
-all: $(ALL) 
+all: $(ALL)
 
 scorefiles:
 	for sf in $(SCORE_FILES); do touch $(SCORES_DIR)/$$sf ; chmod 664 $(SCORES_DIR)/$$sf; chown :games $(SCORES_DIR)/$$sf ; done;
@@ -23,43 +23,43 @@ scorefiles:
 manpages:
 	cp man/* $(MAN_DIR)
 jewels: jewels.c config.h common.h
-	$(CC) jewels.c $(LDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -o ./jewels
-sudoku: sudoku.c config.h 
-	$(CC) sudoku.c $(LDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)  -o ./sudoku
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) jewels.c $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS) -o ./jewels
+sudoku: sudoku.c config.h
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) sudoku.c $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS) -o ./sudoku
 mines: mines.c config.h
-	$(CC) mines.c $(LDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -o ./mines
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) mines.c $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS) -o ./mines
 reversi: reversi.c config.h
-	$(CC) reversi.c $(LDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)  -o ./reversi
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) reversi.c $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS) -o ./reversi
 checkers: checkers.c config.h
-	$(CC) checkers.c $(LDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -o ./checkers
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) checkers.c $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS) -o ./checkers
 battleship: battleship.c config.h
-	$(CC) battleship.c $(LDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -o ./battleship
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) battleship.c $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS) -o ./battleship
 rabbithole: rabbithole.c config.h
-	$(CC) rabbithole.c $(LDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -o ./rabbithole
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) rabbithole.c $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS) -o ./rabbithole
 sos: sos.c config.h
-	$(CC) sos.c $(LDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -o ./sos
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) sos.c $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS) -o ./sos
 pipes: pipes.c config.h common.h
-	$(CC) pipes.c $(LDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -o ./pipes
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) pipes.c $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS) -o ./pipes
 fifteen: fifteen.c config.h
-	$(CC) fifteen.c $(LDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -o ./fifteen
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) fifteen.c $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS) -o ./fifteen
 memoblocks: memoblocks.c
-	$(CC) memoblocks.c $(LDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -o ./memoblocks
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) memoblocks.c $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS) -o ./memoblocks
 fisher: fisher.c config.h common.h
-	$(CC) fisher.c $(LDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -o ./fisher
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) fisher.c $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS) -o ./fisher
 muncher: muncher.c config.h common.h
-	$(CC) muncher.c $(LDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -o ./muncher
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) muncher.c $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS) -o ./muncher
 miketron: miketron.c config.h common.h
-	$(CC) miketron.c $(LDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -o ./miketron
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) miketron.c $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS) -o ./miketron
 redsquare: redsquare.c config.h
-	$(CC) redsquare.c $(LDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -o ./redsquare
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) redsquare.c $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS) -o ./redsquare
 darrt: darrt.c config.h common.h
-	$(CC) darrt.c $(LDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)  -o ./darrt
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) darrt.c $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS) -o ./darrt
 nbsdgames: nbsdgames.c
-	$(CC) nbsdgames.c $(LDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -o ./nbsdgames
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) nbsdgames.c $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS) -o ./nbsdgames
 snakeduel: snakeduel.c config.h
-	$(CC) snakeduel.c $(LDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)  -o ./snakeduel
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) snakeduel.c $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS) -o ./snakeduel
 tugow: tugow.c common.h
-	$(CC) tugow.c $(LDFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -o ./tugow
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) tugow.c $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS) -o ./tugow
 menu:
 	cp nbsdgames.desktop /usr/share/applications
 	cp nbsdgames.svg /usr/share/pixmaps