diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4437c0f..4f634e6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 .svn
 hexagon
 hexagon.exe
+hexagon-*
diff --git a/make-mingw.sh b/make-mingw.sh
index c8c0fae..dc97cd6 100644
--- a/make-mingw.sh
+++ b/make-mingw.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-g++ -O3 -o hexagon.exe -I/mingw64/include -L/mingw64/lib main.cc src/*.cc\
+g++ -O3 -DNDEBUG -o hexagon.exe -I/mingw64/include -L/mingw64/lib main.cc src/*.cc\
   -std=c++17 -static -lpdcurses -lgdi32 -lcomdlg32 -lwinmm -luser32 -lwinpthread\
-  -lstdc++ -mwindows
+  -lstdc++ -mconsole -s