diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f164e11648224274cf8f8d674a0649fa06dcd632..755aa68f03a30361a954cb1bfbf823ba9fa604ae 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-zig-cache
 .zig-cache
 zig-out
 .zigmod
diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index adc1f9475e648c8f811b93d54972cdc7056e6bf5..9fba23fd0f2ec866aa81d1f88d298b8dbb9aad6a 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 const std = @import("std");
+const deps = @import("./deps.zig");
 
 pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
     const target = b.standardTargetOptions(.{});
     const mode = b.option(std.builtin.Mode, "mode", "") orelse .Debug;
 
-    const mod = b.addModule("tracer", .{ .source_file = .{ .path = "src/mod.zig" } });
+    const mod = b.addModule("tracer", .{ .root_source_file = b.path("src/mod.zig") });
 
     addTest(b, target, mode, mod, 0);
     addTest(b, target, mode, mod, 1);
@@ -12,22 +13,23 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
     addTest(b, target, mode, mod, 3);
 
     const test_step = b.step("test", "dummy test step to pass CI checks");
-    _ = test_step;
+    test_step.dependOn(b.default_step);
 }
 
-fn addTest(b: *std.Build, target: std.zig.CrossTarget, mode: std.builtin.Mode, mod: *std.build.Module, comptime backend: u8) void {
+fn addTest(b: *std.Build, target: std.Build.ResolvedTarget, mode: std.builtin.Mode, mod: *std.Build.Module, comptime backend: u8) void {
+    _ = mod;
     const options = b.addOptions();
     options.addOption(usize, "src_file_trimlen", std.fs.path.dirname(std.fs.path.dirname(@src().file).?).?.len);
     options.addOption(u8, "backend", backend);
 
     const exe = b.addExecutable(.{
         .name = "test" ++ std.fmt.comptimePrint("{d}", .{backend}),
-        .root_source_file = .{ .path = "src/main.zig" },
+        .root_source_file = b.path("src/main.zig"),
         .target = target,
         .optimize = mode,
     });
+    deps.addAllTo(exe);
     exe.linkLibC();
-    exe.addModule("tracer", mod);
-    exe.addOptions("build_options", options);
+    exe.root_module.addImport("build_options", options.createModule());
     b.installArtifact(exe);
 }
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index 78dc47ea672ac67db7abd7d3c475eca367239aaa..5cd329eed90ed36805e456e4fe2cc8d3e55bdb83 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ pub fn main() !void {
 
     // main loop
     var go = false;
+    _ = &go;
     while (go) {
         try tracer.init_thread(std.fs.cwd());
         defer tracer.deinit_thread();