diff --git a/get_libwallet_api.sh b/get_libwallet_api.sh
index 9e2f65ce..34c2e6b3 100755
--- a/get_libwallet_api.sh
+++ b/get_libwallet_api.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ rm -fr $BITMONERO_DIR/build
 mkdir -p $BITMONERO_DIR/build/release
 pushd $BITMONERO_DIR/build/release
 
-cmake -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$BITMONERO_DIR"  ../..
+cmake -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -D STATIC=ON -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$BITMONERO_DIR"  ../..
 
 pushd $BITMONERO_DIR/build/release/src/wallet
 make -j$CPU_CORE_COUNT
diff --git a/monero-core.pro b/monero-core.pro
index 8574205f..4b071fb1 100644
--- a/monero-core.pro
+++ b/monero-core.pro
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ CONFIG += c++11
 
 INCLUDEPATH += $$WALLET_ROOT/include
 
-message($$INCLUDEPATH)
 
 HEADERS += \
     filter.h \
@@ -32,7 +31,16 @@ SOURCES = *.qml \
           wizard/*.qml
 }
 
-LIBS += -L$$WALLET_ROOT/lib -lwallet
+LIBS += -L$$WALLET_ROOT/lib \
+        -lwallet_merged \
+        -lboost_serialization \
+        -lboost_thread \
+        -lboost_system \
+        -lboost_date_time \
+        -lboost_filesystem \
+        -lboost_regex
+
+
 
 # translations files;
 TRANSLATIONS = monero-core_en.ts \ # English (could be untranslated)