diff --git a/shlr/sdb/Makefile b/shlr/sdb/Makefile
index 8cdc52cf7b..1425767d2a 100644
--- a/shlr/sdb/Makefile
+++ b/shlr/sdb/Makefile
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ include wasi.mk
 
 x xxx cxx:
 	# $(MAKE) CC="gcc -x c++ -Wall -fpermissive"
-	$(MAKE) CC=g++ CFLAGS="-fPIC -x c++ -Wall -fpermissive"
+	$(MAKE) CC=g++ CFLAGS="-fPIC -x c++ -Wall -fpermissive -I../include -Werror"
 
 o xo xoxo ox:
-	g++ -o sdb src/*.c  -I src/
+	g++ -o sdb src/*.c  -I include/
 
 wasi wasm: $(WASI_SDK)
 	${MAKE} include/sdb/version.h
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ EMCCFLAGS=-O2 -s EXPORTED_FUNCTIONS="['_sdb_querys','_sdb_new0']"
 #EMCCFLAGS+=--embed-file sdb.data
 
 sdb.js: include/sdb/version.h
-	cd src ; emcc ${EMCCFLAGS} -I. -o ../sdb.js ${CFILES}
+	cd src ; emcc ${EMCCFLAGS} -I../include -o ../sdb.js ${CFILES}
 
 clean:
 	rm -f include/sdb/version.h
diff --git a/shlr/sdb/config.mk b/shlr/sdb/config.mk
index 93ebfc7587..6c00a7724b 100644
--- a/shlr/sdb/config.mk
+++ b/shlr/sdb/config.mk
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ CFLAGS+=-Wsign-compare
 # some old gcc doesnt support this
 # CFLAGS+=-Wmissing-field-initializers
 #CFLAGS+=-O3
-CFLAGS+=-g -Wall -O0
+# CFLAGS+=-g -Wall -O0
 #CFLAGS+=-g
 #LDFLAGS+=-g -flto
 
diff --git a/shlr/sdb/meson.build b/shlr/sdb/meson.build
index bbfa1279b7..390edabd4d 100644
--- a/shlr/sdb/meson.build
+++ b/shlr/sdb/meson.build
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ libsdb_sources = [
   'src/text.c'
 ]
 
-sdb_inc = include_directories(['.', 'include'])
+sdb_inc = include_directories(['include'])
 rpath_lib = ''
 rpath_exe = ''
 if get_option('local') and get_option('default_library') == 'shared'
diff --git a/shlr/sdb/src/Makefile b/shlr/sdb/src/Makefile
index 785df1ba79..794ed28b0a 100644
--- a/shlr/sdb/src/Makefile
+++ b/shlr/sdb/src/Makefile
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 include ../config.mk
 
-CFLAGS:=-g $(CFLAGS)
+# CFLAGS:=-g $(CFLAGS)
 OBJ=cdb.o buffer.o cdb_make.o ls.o ht.o ht_uu.o sdb.o num.o base64.o match.o
 OBJ+=json.o ns.o lock.o util.o disk.o query.o array.o fmt.o journal.o text.o
 OBJ+=dict.o ht_pp.o ht_up.o ht_pu.o set.o diff.o
-CFLAGS+=-I ../include
+SDB_CFLAGS+=-I../include
+SDB_CXXFLAGS+=-I../include
 SOBJ=$(subst .o,.o.o,${OBJ})
 WITHPIC?=1
 BIN=sdb${EXT_EXE}
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ mrproper clean:
 ifneq ($(SILENT),)
 	@echo LD $<
 endif
-	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -c $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $<
+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -c $(CFLAGS) $(SDB_CFLAGS) -o $@ $<
 
 S=$
 
@@ -85,14 +86,14 @@ S=$
 ifneq ($(SILENT),)
 	@echo CC $<
 endif
-	$(CC) -c ${CPPFLAGS} ${CFLAGS} ${CFLAGS_SHARED} -o $@ $<
+	$(CC) -c ${CPPFLAGS} ${CFLAGS} $(SDB_CFLAGS) ${CFLAGS_SHARED} -o $@ $<
 
 %.o.o: %.c
 ifneq ($(SILENT),)
 	@echo CC PIC $<
 endif
 	@mv `echo $<|sed -e 's,\.c$S,\.d,g'` $<.tmp 2>/dev/null || true
-	$(CC) -c ${CPPFLAGS} ${CFLAGS} ${CFLAGS_SHARED} -o $@ $<
+	$(CC) -c ${CPPFLAGS} ${CFLAGS} $(SDB_CFLAGS) ${CFLAGS_SHARED} -o $@ $<
 	@mv `echo $<|sed -e 's,\.c$S,\.d,g'` `echo $<|sed -e 's,\.c$S,\._d,g'` 2>/dev/null || true
 	@mv $<.tmp `echo $<|sed -e 's,\.c$S,\.d,g'` 2>/dev/null ||true
 
diff --git a/shlr/sdb/src/array.c b/shlr/sdb/src/array.c
index b4dc72a70f..3047caf175 100644
--- a/shlr/sdb/src/array.c
+++ b/shlr/sdb/src/array.c
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ static const char *Aindexof(const char *str, int idx) {
 }
 
 static int astrcmp(const char *a, const char *b) {
-	register char va = *a;
-	register char vb = *b;
+	char va = *a;
+	char vb = *b;
 	for (;;) {
 		if (va == '\0' || va == SDB_RS) {
 			if (vb == '\0' || vb == SDB_RS) {
diff --git a/shlr/sdb/src/json/Makefile b/shlr/sdb/src/json/Makefile
index 9f075f0008..1ddc32ddc7 100644
--- a/shlr/sdb/src/json/Makefile
+++ b/shlr/sdb/src/json/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ HASOVR=$(shell clang -Wno-initializer-overrides -E -</dev/null 2>&1| grep unknow
 ifeq ($(HASOVR),)
 CFLAGS+=-Wno-initializer-overrides
 endif
-CFLAGS+=-Wall -g
+# CFLAGS+=-Wall -g
 BIN=a.out
 OBJ=rangstr.o path.o js0n.o api.o main.o
 OBJ+=../libsdb.a
diff --git a/shlr/sdb/src/sdb.c b/shlr/sdb/src/sdb.c
index 7ea703b85b..264b6fe5cb 100644
--- a/shlr/sdb/src/sdb.c
+++ b/shlr/sdb/src/sdb.c
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ typedef struct {
 
 static bool sdb_foreach_match_cb(void *user, const char *k, const char *v) {
 	_match_sdb_user *o = (_match_sdb_user*)user;
-	SdbKv tkv = {0};
+	SdbKv tkv = {{0}};
 	tkv.base.key = (char *)k;
 	tkv.base.value = (char *)v;
 	if (sdbkv_match (&tkv, o->expr)) {