diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f90cc90..f64adc4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ help:
 	@echo ''
 
 
+install: develop
 
 develop:
 	go install github.com/SRI-CSL/gllvm/cmd/...
diff --git a/shared/compiler.go b/shared/compiler.go
index 7485797..5a353a8 100644
--- a/shared/compiler.go
+++ b/shared/compiler.go
@@ -134,12 +134,14 @@ func buildAndAttachBitcode(compilerExecName string, pr ParserResult, bcObjLinks
 
 func attachBitcodePathToObject(bcFile, objFile string) (success bool) {
 	// We can only attach a bitcode path to certain file types
+	// this is too fragile, we need to look into a better way to do this.
 	switch filepath.Ext(objFile) {
 	case
 		".o",
 		".lo",
 		".os",
 		".So",
+		".pico", //iam: pico is FreeBSD
 		".po":
 		// Store bitcode path to temp file
 		var absBcPath, _ = filepath.Abs(bcFile)
diff --git a/shared/parser.go b/shared/parser.go
index 7c3e338..db09cce 100644
--- a/shared/parser.go
+++ b/shared/parser.go
@@ -352,11 +352,15 @@ func Parse(argList []string) ParserResult {
 
 	// iam: this is a list because matching needs to be done in order.
 	// if you add a NEW pattern; make sure it is before any existing pattern that also
-	// matches and has a conflicting flagInfo value.
+	// matches and has a conflicting flagInfo value. Also be careful with flags that can contain filenames, like
+	// linker info flags or dependency flags
 	var argPatterns = [...]argPattern{
 		{`^.+\.(c|cc|cpp|C|cxx|i|s|S|bc)$`, flagInfo{0, pr.inputFileCallback}},
 		{`^.+\.([fF](|[0-9][0-9]|or|OR|pp|PP))$`, flagInfo{0, pr.inputFileCallback}},
-		{`^.+\.(o|lo|So|so|po|a|dylib|pico)$`, flagInfo{0, pr.objectFileCallback}},  //iam: pico is FreeBSD
+		//iam: it's a bit fragile as to what we recognize as an object file.
+		// this also shows up in the compile function attachBitcodePathToObject, so additions
+		// here, should also be additions there.
+		{`^.+\.(o|lo|So|so|po|a|dylib|pico)$`, flagInfo{0, pr.objectFileCallback}}, //iam: pico is FreeBSD
 		{`^.+\.dylib(\.\d)+$`, flagInfo{0, pr.objectFileCallback}},
 		{`^.+\.(So|so)(\.\d)+$`, flagInfo{0, pr.objectFileCallback}},
 		{`^-(l|L).+$`, flagInfo{0, pr.linkUnaryCallback}},