diff --git a/binding.gyp b/binding.gyp
index b0e7cb4f..4f416774 100644
--- a/binding.gyp
+++ b/binding.gyp
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
       '<!(node -e "require(\'nan\')")',
       '<!(echo "$HOME")/bitcoin/src',
       '<!(echo "$HOME")/bitcoin/src/leveldb/include',
-      '/usr/include/boost',
+      '/usr/include/boost'
       # include our own boost
-      #'./deps'
+      # './deps'
     ],
     'sources': [
       './src/bitcoindjs.cc'
@@ -21,11 +21,26 @@
       '-frtti'
     ],
     'libraries': [
-      '-lutil',
+      # bitcoind:
+      # arch is using bitcoin-daemon 0.9.2.1
+      #   - should be the correct boost headers
+      # building:
+      # $ git clean -df
+      # $ git checkout v0.9.2.1
+      # $ ./autogen.sh
+      # $ ./configure --with-incompatible-bdb
+      # $ time make
+      # $ cd ~/work/node_modules/bitcoind.js
+      # $ PYTHON=/usr/bin/python2.7 make gyp
+      # ^ move this to readme
       # NOTE: rename this to bitcoind.o so we can statically link to it
-      '-L/home/user/bitcoin/src/bitcoind',
-      # statically link leveldb
+      # '-L<!(echo "$HOME")/bitcoin/src/bitcoind',
+      '-L/usr/bin/bitcoind',
+      # '-L/usr/lib/bitcoind.o',
+      # '-L<!(echo "$HOME")/bitcoin/src/bitcoind.o',
+      # statically link leveldb:
       '-L/home/user/bitcoin/src/leveldb/libleveldb.a',
+      # standard libs:
       '-L/usr/lib',
       '-L/usr/local/lib'
     ]