diff --git a/Kernel/Arch/i386/Boot/boot.S b/Kernel/Arch/i386/Boot/boot.S
index 5ae068c7..2e334825 100644
--- a/Kernel/Arch/i386/Boot/boot.S
+++ b/Kernel/Arch/i386/Boot/boot.S
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 .set multiboot_flags,         MULTIBOOT_PAGE_ALIGN | MULTIBOOT_MEMORY_INFO | MULTIBOOT_VIDEO_MODE
 .set multiboot_checksum,      -(MULTIBOOT_MAGIC + multiboot_flags)

-.section .multiboot
+.section .multiboot, "", @progbits
 .align 4

 .long MULTIBOOT_MAGIC
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ stack_top:
 page_tables_start:
 .skip 4096*9

-.section .text
+.section .text.startup

 .global start
 .type start, @function
diff --git a/Kernel/Makefile b/Kernel/Makefile
index 6bee3dd5..5875f6d2 100644
--- a/Kernel/Makefile
+++ b/Kernel/Makefile
@@ -117,13 +117,14 @@ EXTRA_OBJS = Arch/i386/Boot/boot.ao
 KERNEL = 1

 PROGRAM = kernel
-
-SUBPROJECT_CXXFLAGS += -pie -fPIE -ffreestanding -mno-80387 -mno-mmx -mno-sse -mno-sse2 -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables
+VERBOSE = 1
+SUBPROJECT_CXXFLAGS += -fPIC -ffreestanding -mno-80387 -mno-mmx -mno-sse -mno-sse2 -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables
 SUBPROJECT_CXXFLAGS += -nostdlib -nostdinc -nostdinc++ -g3
 SUBPROJECT_CXXFLAGS += -I../Toolchain/Local/i686-pc-serenity/include/c++/9.2.0/
 SUBPROJECT_CXXFLAGS += -I../Toolchain/Local/i686-pc-serenity/include/c++/9.2.0/i686-pc-serenity/

-LDFLAGS += -Ttext 0x100000 -Wl,-T linker.ld -nostdlib -lgcc -lstdc++ -g3
+LDFLAGS += -Wl,-e,start -nostdlib -lgcc -lstdc++ -g3 -pie -shared
+#LDFLAGS += -Wl,-T linker.ld

 all: $(PROGRAM) $(MODULE_OBJS) kernel.map

diff --git a/Kernel/VM/MemoryManager.cpp b/Kernel/VM/MemoryManager.cpp
index c764a4c1..4e6a4ce7 100644
--- a/Kernel/VM/MemoryManager.cpp
+++ b/Kernel/VM/MemoryManager.cpp
@@ -76,20 +76,20 @@ void MemoryManager::initialize_paging()
     }

     // Disable writing to the kernel text and rodata segments.
-    extern u32 start_of_kernel_text;
-    extern u32 start_of_kernel_data;
-    for (size_t i = (u32)&start_of_kernel_text; i < (u32)&start_of_kernel_data; i += PAGE_SIZE) {
-        auto& pte = ensure_pte(kernel_page_directory(), VirtualAddress(i));
-        pte.set_writable(false);
-    }
+    //extern u32 start_of_kernel_text;
+    //extern u32 start_of_kernel_data;
+    //for (size_t i = (u32)&start_of_kernel_text; i < (u32)&start_of_kernel_data; i += PAGE_SIZE) {
+    //    auto& pte = ensure_pte(kernel_page_directory(), VirtualAddress(i));
+    //    pte.set_writable(false);
+    //}

     if (g_cpu_supports_nx) {
         // Disable execution of the kernel data and bss segments.
-        extern u32 end_of_kernel_bss;
-        for (size_t i = (u32)&start_of_kernel_data; i < (u32)&end_of_kernel_bss; i += PAGE_SIZE) {
-            auto& pte = ensure_pte(kernel_page_directory(), VirtualAddress(i));
-            pte.set_execute_disabled(true);
-        }
+        //extern u32 end_of_kernel_bss;
+        //for (size_t i = (u32)&start_of_kernel_data; i < (u32)&end_of_kernel_bss; i += PAGE_SIZE) {
+        //    auto& pte = ensure_pte(kernel_page_directory(), VirtualAddress(i));
+        //    pte.set_execute_disabled(true);
+        //}
     }

     // FIXME: We should move everything kernel-related above the 0xc0000000 virtual mark.
diff --git a/Kernel/init.cpp b/Kernel/init.cpp
index 7b3c0ee7..14f45ec1 100644
--- a/Kernel/init.cpp
+++ b/Kernel/init.cpp
@@ -320,8 +320,8 @@ extern "C" [[noreturn]] void init(u32 physical_address_for_kernel_page_tables)
     idt_init();

     // call global constructors after gtd and itd init
-    for (ctor_func_t* ctor = &start_ctors; ctor < &end_ctors; ctor++)
-        (*ctor)();
+    //for (ctor_func_t* ctor = &start_ctors; ctor < &end_ctors; ctor++)
+    //    (*ctor)();

     keyboard = new KeyboardDevice;
     ps2mouse = new PS2MouseDevice;