diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index c9c4755..06be737 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -1,21 +1,24 @@
-CC=gcc
-override CFLAGS := -g -I. -Wall -Wpedantic $(CFLAGS)
-CFLAGS_STATIC=$(CCLAGS) --static
-DEPS=
+CC=cc
+CFLAGS := -g -I. -Wall -Wpedantic -I ../deps/build/usr/local/include/
+LDFLAGS = -L ../deps/build/usr/local/lib/
+LDLIBS = -ljson-c
+LDFLAGS += $(LDLIBS)
+CFLAGS_STATIC = $(CFLAGS) --static
 OBJ=main.o pfparser.o sysparser.o
 
 %.o: %.c $(DEPS)
 	$(CC) -c -o $@ $< $(CFLAGS)
 
 csyslog: $(OBJ)
-	gcc -o $@ $^ $(CFLAGS)
+	$(CC) -o $@ $^ $(LDFLAGS)
 
+.PHONY: clean
 clean:
 	rm -vf *.o csyslog
 
 static: $(OBJ)
-	gcc -o csyslog $^ $(CFLAGS_STATIC)
+	$(CC) -o csyslog $^ $(LDFLAGS) --static
 
 .PHONY: docker
 docker: static
-	docker build -t csyslog .
+	sudo docker build -t csyslog .
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index c8455a6..47efb65 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "helpers.h"
 #include "sysparser.h"
 
+#include <json-c/json.h>
 
 void panic(const char* s) {
     perror(s);
@@ -115,6 +116,13 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
                 printf("Failed to parse pfsense data: %s\n\n", msg);
             } else {
                 pfdata_print(&fwdata);
+
+                json_object* jobj = json_object_new_object();
+                json_object *jstring = json_object_new_string("bar");
+                json_object_object_add(jobj,"foo", jstring);
+                printf("The json object created: %s\n",json_object_to_json_string(jobj));
+                json_object_put(jobj);
+
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/pfparser.c b/src/pfparser.c
index e7f0313..0c5db8e 100644
--- a/src/pfparser.c
+++ b/src/pfparser.c
@@ -171,7 +171,6 @@ int pfdata_parse(char* message, pf_data* result) {
         field++;
     }
 
-    printf("### remaining: %s\n", message);
     /*Parse optional <protocol-specific-data>
       one of <tcp-data> | <udp-data> | <icmp-data> | <carp-data>
       ICMP and CARP are ignored*/