diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index abe9657..dc9f023 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/edsrzf/mmap-go v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/go-python/gopy v0.4.5 // indirect
 	github.com/google/btree v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index eee5bfd..d2506db 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ github.com/go-kit/kit v0.8.0/go.mod h1:xBxKIO96dXMWWy0MnWVtmwkA9/13aqxPnvrjFYMA2
 github.com/go-kit/kit v0.9.0/go.mod h1:xBxKIO96dXMWWy0MnWVtmwkA9/13aqxPnvrjFYMA2as=
 github.com/go-logfmt/logfmt v0.3.0/go.mod h1:Qt1PoO58o5twSAckw1HlFXLmHsOX5/0LbT9GBnD5lWE=
 github.com/go-logfmt/logfmt v0.4.0/go.mod h1:3RMwSq7FuexP4Kalkev3ejPJsZTpXXBr9+V4qmtdjCk=
+github.com/go-python/gopy v0.4.5 h1:cwnd24UKA91vFFZoRvavb/vzBSKV99Gp3+2d5+jTG0U=
+github.com/go-python/gopy v0.4.5/go.mod h1:tlA/KcD7rM8B+NQJR4SASwiinfKY0aiMFanHszR8BZA=
 github.com/go-stack/stack v1.8.0/go.mod h1:v0f6uXyyMGvRgIKkXu+yp6POWl0qKG85gN/melR3HDY=
 github.com/go-task/slim-sprig v0.0.0-20210107165309-348f09dbbbc0/go.mod h1:fyg7847qk6SyHyPtNmDHnmrv/HOrqktSC+C9fM+CJOE=
 github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.1.1/go.mod h1:r8qH/GZQm5c6nD/R0oafs1akxWv10x8SbQlK7atdtwQ=
diff --git a/py/Makefile b/py/Makefile
index 4d31bca..0454ae9 100644
--- a/py/Makefile
+++ b/py/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ PYTHON=env python3
 LIBEXT=.so
 
 # get the CC and flags used to build python:
-GCC = $(shell $(GOCMD) env CC)
+GXX = $(shell $(GOCMD) env CXX)
 CFLAGS = $(shell python3-config --includes)
 LDFLAGS = -L/usr/lib64 $(BOOST_ROOT)/stage/lib/libboost_python*.a -lpthread -ldl  -lutil -lm -lm
 
@@ -29,5 +29,5 @@ build:
 	# build the _gorrent$(LIBEXT) library that contains the cgo and CPython wrappers
 	# generated gorrent.py python wrapper imports this c-code package
 	
-	$(GCC) gorrent.c  gorrent_go.a -o _gorrent$(LIBEXT) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -fPIC --shared -w
+	$(GXX) gorrent.c  gorrent_go.a -o _gorrent$(LIBEXT) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -fPIC --shared -w -fpermissive