diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f3ff765..8dbc205 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-./sources/
-./build/
+/sources/
+/build/
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 345b0fb..81418d2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
+IS_MAKE=1
+
 include config.mk
 
-all:
+all: build
 
 pull:
 	@if [ ! -d ./sources ]; then \
 		echo "Sources Directory Not Found!"; \
 		mkdir -p ./sources; \
 		echo "Pulling Sources..."; \
-		xargs -a ${SOURCES_FILE} -n1 -P4 -- curl -L -S -O --output-dir ./sources || { echo "curl failed"; exit 1; }; \
+		xargs -a ${SOURCES_FILE} -n1 -P4 -- curl -f -L -S -O --output-dir ./sources || { echo "curl failed"; exit 1; }; \
 		echo "done"; \
 	else \
 		./scripts/check.sh; \
@@ -15,15 +17,32 @@ pull:
 
 build: init
 	./scripts/musl-cross.sh
+	./scripts/elftoolchain-cross.sh
 
 init:
 	@if [ ! -d ./build/${FROOT} ]; then \
-		echo "Making toolchain directory..."; \
+		@echo "Making toolchain directory..."; \
         	mkdir -p ./build/${FROOT}; \
+		@echo "Making cross directory"; \
+		mkdir -p ./build/cross; \
 	fi
+	@echo "updating configuration based on config.mk..."
+	cp -r config.mk ./scripts/config.sh
+	sed -i 's/shell //g' ./scripts/config.sh 
 
 clean:
 	rm -rf ./sources
 	rm -rf ./build
 
-.PHONY: all pull build clean init
+help:
+	@echo "musllvm"
+	@echo "-----------------------"
+	@echo "commands:"
+	@echo "	all - make all (duh)"
+	@echo "	pull - pull all sources (on first run), second run will check indivdually"
+	@echo "	build - build will build to toolchain"
+	@echo "	clean - clean up all sources and build artifacts"
+	@echo "	init - sets up everything, run also every time you make changes to config.mk"
+	@echo "	help - shows this menu"
+
+.PHONY: all pull build clean init help
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f45ff67..f9c2e8e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@ Here are some dependencies required to build this toolchain:
 - a C compiler (preferably clang)
 - curl
 - make
+- bmake
 - POSIX Unix utilities (GNU utilities are acceptable)
 
 # Credits
 * [Chimera linux](https://chimera-linux.org) - Majority of patches are sourced from chimera linux.
 * [CMLFS](https://github.com/dslm4515/CMLFS) - Many of the build scripts were taken as reference for the musllvm toolchain itself
+* [Mussel](https://github.com/firasuke/mussel) - Best, shortest, fastest script that builds musl cross-compiler
diff --git a/config.mk b/config.mk
index 76726e1..9439092 100644
--- a/config.mk
+++ b/config.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 # musllvm default flags
+# --------------------------------
+# feel free to change these however you like
+#
 
-SOURCES_FILE=./sources.list
+#
+# these are shared between the Makefile and scripts
+#
 ARCH=$(shell uname -m)
+SOURCES_FILE=./sources.list
 FROOT="${ARCH}-musllvm"
+CROSS="./build/cross" # cross directory
+
+# MAKEFLAGS to parse the amounto of cores used
+MAKEFLAGS="-j$(shell nproc) -l$(shell nproc)"
diff --git a/files/elftoolchain/elfdefinitions.h b/files/elftoolchain/elfdefinitions.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7644f27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/elftoolchain/elfdefinitions.h
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2021 Daniel Kolesa
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+ * are met:
+ * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+ *    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS `AS IS' AND
+ * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+ * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+ * ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
+ * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+ * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
+ * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+ * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
+ * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
+ * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+ * SUCH DAMAGE.
+ */
+
+/* This file is a part of Chimera Linux. It provides a version of the
+ * file that does not conflict with system-wide elf.h.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _SYS_ELFDEFINITIONS_H_
+#define _SYS_ELFDEFINITIONS_H_
+
+#include <elf.h>
+
+typedef Elf32_auxv_t Elf32_Cap;
+typedef Elf64_auxv_t Elf64_Cap;
+
+#endif
diff --git a/patches/elftoolchain/0001-disable-ld-build.patch b/patches/elftoolchain/0001-disable-ld-build.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6965a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/elftoolchain/0001-disable-ld-build.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+From b287a2c2b779758a31dc3902a7daf63cc0e6727f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Daniel Kolesa <daniel@octaforge.org>
+Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2021 01:40:50 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH 1/2] disable ld build
+
+---
+ Makefile | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
+index e8713982..cbfd9c59 100644
+--- a/Makefile
++++ b/Makefile
+@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ SUBDIR += cxxfilt
+ SUBDIR += elfcopy
+ SUBDIR += elfdump
+ SUBDIR += findtextrel
+-SUBDIR += ld
++#SUBDIR += ld
+ SUBDIR += nm
+ SUBDIR += readelf
+ SUBDIR += size
+-- 
+2.32.0
+
diff --git a/patches/elftoolchain/allow-empty-elf-data.patch b/patches/elftoolchain/allow-empty-elf-data.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1aff7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/elftoolchain/allow-empty-elf-data.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From fe335f0f01aabe08df740092306ecc107ff5d96d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Michael Forney <mforney@mforney.org>
+Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2021 18:23:22 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] Allow empty Elf_Data
+
+---
+ libelf/elf_update.c | 3 +++
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/libelf/elf_update.c b/libelf/elf_update.c
+index 3e19b78a..62f64fc1 100644
+--- a/libelf/elf_update.c
++++ b/libelf/elf_update.c
+@@ -815,6 +815,9 @@ _libelf_write_scn(Elf *e, unsigned char *nf, struct _Elf_Extent *ex)
+ 			    LIBELF_PRIVATE(fillchar),
+ 			    (size_t) (sh_off + d->d_off - (uint64_t) rc));
+ 
++		if (d->d_size == 0)
++			continue;
++
+ 		rc = (off_t) (sh_off + d->d_off);
+ 
+ 		assert(d->d_buf != NULL);
+-- 
+2.32.0
+
diff --git a/patches/elftoolchain/cxxfilt.patch b/patches/elftoolchain/cxxfilt.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..742005d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/elftoolchain/cxxfilt.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Using --as-needed here eliminates the libelf linkage,
+which results in undefined symbols at runtime.
+
+--- a/cxxfilt/Makefile
++++ b/cxxfilt/Makefile
+@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ SRCS=	cxxfilt.c
+ WARNS?=	6
+ 
+ DPADD=	${LIBELFTC} ${LIBELF}
+-LDADD=	-lelftc -lelf
++LDADD=	-Wl,--no-as-needed -lelftc -lelf
+ 
+ MAN1=	c++filt.1
+ 
diff --git a/patches/elftoolchain/fix-version.patch b/patches/elftoolchain/fix-version.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a0db35c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/elftoolchain/fix-version.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- elftoolchain-f27fcce314b91b3dece6bee90949183f7a1e18b3/libelftc/make-toolchain-version      2022-05-06 06:22:42.000000000 -0500
++++ elftoolchain-0.7.1/libelftc/make-toolchain-version  2023-10-07 19:26:54.758190500 -0500
+@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
+ # - Otherwise, we use `git --describe'.
+ get_revision_string()
+ {
+-    v="unknown:unknown"
++    v="0.7.1:svn-20230416"
+     if [ -d CVS ]; then     # Look for CVS (NetBSD).
+         v="cvs:unknown"
+     elif [ -d .svn ]; then  # An SVN checkout (SourceForge or FreeBSD).
diff --git a/patches/elftoolchain/use-symlinks.patch b/patches/elftoolchain/use-symlinks.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ee9b68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/elftoolchain/use-symlinks.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+From 974e9f2d745c4c20a6f68b54e7f9c1d38078434c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Daniel Kolesa <daniel@octaforge.org>
+Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2021 22:21:54 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] use symlinks for binaries
+
+---
+ ar/Makefile      | 2 +-
+ elfcopy/Makefile | 2 +-
+ 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/ar/Makefile b/ar/Makefile
+index cfbaac3..ae49132 100644
+--- a/ar/Makefile
++++ b/ar/Makefile
+@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ LDADD=	-larchive -lelftc -lelf -lz
+ 
+ CFLAGS+=-I. -I${.CURDIR}
+ 
+-LINKS=	${BINDIR}/ar ${BINDIR}/ranlib
++SYMLINKS=	${BINDIR}/ar ${BINDIR}/ranlib
+ 
+ EXTRA_TARGETS=	ranlib
+ 
+diff --git a/elfcopy/Makefile b/elfcopy/Makefile
+index a73515a..ca6e03c 100644
+--- a/elfcopy/Makefile
++++ b/elfcopy/Makefile
+@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ MLINKS=	elfcopy.1 objcopy.1
+ 
+ NO_SHARED?=	yes
+ 
+-LINKS=	${BINDIR}/elfcopy ${BINDIR}/mcs		\
++SYMLINKS=	${BINDIR}/elfcopy ${BINDIR}/mcs		\
+ 	${BINDIR}/elfcopy ${BINDIR}/objcopy 	\
+ 	${BINDIR}/elfcopy ${BINDIR}/strip
+ 
+-- 
+2.33.1
+
diff --git a/scripts/check.sh b/scripts/check.sh
index 9b88d98..316ab33 100755
--- a/scripts/check.sh
+++ b/scripts/check.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 set -eu
 
-SOURCES_FILE=./sources.list
+source ./scripts/config.sh
 
 while IFS= read -r url; do \
 [ -z "$url" ] && continue; \
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ if [ -e "./sources/$fname" ]; then \
 	printf "SKIP: %s (already exists)\n" "$fname"; \
 else \
 	printf "GET: %s -> %s\n" "$url" "$fname"; \
-	curl -o "./sources/$fname" "$url" || { printf "ERROR: failed to download %s\n" "$url"; exit 1; }; \
+	curl -f -L -O -S --output-dir "./sources/" "$url" || { printf "ERROR: failed to download %s\n" "$url"; exit 1; }; \
 fi; \
 done < "$SOURCES_FILE"; \
diff --git a/scripts/config.sh b/scripts/config.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7b429ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/config.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# musllvm default flags
+# --------------------------------
+# feel free to change these however you like
+#
+
+#
+# these are shared between the Makefile and scripts
+#
+ARCH=$(uname -m)
+SOURCES_FILE=./sources.list
+FROOT="${ARCH}-musllvm"
+CROSS="./build/cross" # cross directory
+
+# MAKEFLAGS to parse the amounto of cores used
+MAKEFLAGS="-j$(nproc) -l$(nproc)"
diff --git a/scripts/elftoolchain-cross.sh b/scripts/elftoolchain-cross.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..dc18989
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/elftoolchain-cross.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -eu
+
+source ./scripts/config.sh
+
+ELF_TAR=$(ls ./sources/elftoolchain-*.tar.* 2>/dev/null | head -n 1 | xargs basename)
+if [ -z "$ELF_TAR" ]; then
+        echo "ERR: No Musl tarball found in sources directory"
+        exit 1
+fi
+ELF_SOURCE="${ELF_TAR%%.tar.*}"
+
+if command -v "clang" >/dev/null 2>&1 && command -v "lld" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        export CC="clang"
+else
+        export CC="cc"
+fi
+
+if [ ! -d ./build/"$ELF_SOURCE" ]; then
+        echo "Extracting Elftoolchain tarball to ./build/"
+        tar -xpf ./sources/"$ELF_TAR" -C ./build
+else
+        echo "Elftoolchain source already extracted."
+fi
+
+echo "Buliding musl headers"
+if [ -f "./build/$ELF_SOURCE" ]; then
+        echo "ELFTOOLCHAIN  already built, skipping..."
+        exit
+fi
+
+cd ./build/"$ELF_SOURCE"
+
+echo "patching elftoolchain-cross..."
+
+patch -Np1 < ../../patches/elftoolchain/*
+
+echo "Installing elftoolchain-cross..."
+
+bmake WITH_ADDITIONAL_DOCUMENTATION=no \
+      WITH_TESTS=no \
+      MANTARGET=man
diff --git a/scripts/headers.sh b/scripts/headers.sh
index 999f659..b315b37 100755
--- a/scripts/headers.sh
+++ b/scripts/headers.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 set -eu
 
-ARCH=$(uname -m)
-FROOT="$ARCH-musllvm"
+source ./scripts/config.sh
+
 LINUX_TAR=$(ls ./sources/linux-*.tar.* 2>/dev/null | head -n 1 | xargs basename)
 if [ -z "$LINUX_TAR" ]; then
         echo "ERR: No Linux tarball found in sources directory"
diff --git a/scripts/musl-cross.sh b/scripts/musl-cross.sh
index cd7c7c0..76f34b3 100755
--- a/scripts/musl-cross.sh
+++ b/scripts/musl-cross.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 set -eu
 
-ARCH=$(uname -m)
-FROOT="../$ARCH-musllvm" # make install in source dir
+source ./scripts/config.sh
+
 MUSL_TAR=$(ls ./sources/musl-*.tar.* 2>/dev/null | head -n 1 | xargs basename)
 if [ -z "$MUSL_TAR" ]; then
         echo "ERR: No Musl tarball found in sources directory"
@@ -32,4 +32,7 @@ fi
 cd ./build/"$MUSL_SOURCE"
 
 echo "Installing musl headers..."
-DESTDIR=$FROOT make ARCH=$(uname -m) install-headers
+./configure \
+	--prefix=/
+
+DESTDIR=../../$CROSS make ARCH=$(uname -m) install-headers
diff --git a/sources.list b/sources.list
index 2983f20..14afac9 100644
--- a/sources.list
+++ b/sources.list
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/linux-6.17.7.tar.xz
 https://musl.libc.org/releases/musl-1.2.5.tar.gz
 https://pub.sortix.org/libz/libz-1.2.8.2025.03.07.tar.gz
 https://github.com/chimera-linux/libatomic-chimera/archive/refs/tags/v0.90.0.tar.gz
+https://sourceforge.net/projects/elftoolchain/files/Sources/elftoolchain-0.7.1/elftoolchain-0.7.1.tar.bz2
 https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/releases/download/llvmorg-21.1.2/llvm-21.1.2.src.tar.xz
 https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/releases/download/llvmorg-21.1.2/cmake-21.1.2.src.tar.xz
 https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/releases/download/llvmorg-21.1.2/third-party-21.1.2.src.tar.xz