diff --git a/kernel/makefile b/kernel/makefile
index 4ecf824..aa0fd1c 100644
--- a/kernel/makefile
+++ b/kernel/makefile
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ initclk.obj: initclk.c  $(INITHEADERS) $(TARGET).lnk
 
 #the string functions for INIT_TEXT
 iasmsupt.obj: asmsupt.asm $(TARGET).lnk
-	$(NASM) -D$(COMPILER) -D_INIT -f obj $(NASMFLAGS) -o iasmsupt.obj asmsupt.asm
+	$(NASM) -D$(COMPILER) -D_INIT -f obj $(NASMFLAGS) -o $@ asmsupt.asm
 
 #the printf for INIT_TEXT - yet another special case, this file includes prf.c
 iprf.obj: iprf.c prf.c $(HDR)portab.h $(TARGET).lnk
diff --git a/mkfiles/gcc.mak b/mkfiles/gcc.mak
index dea06e2..189c267 100644
--- a/mkfiles/gcc.mak
+++ b/mkfiles/gcc.mak
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ NASMFLAGS+=-DWITHFAT32
 endif
 
 NASM=$(XNASM)
-NASMFLAGS+=-i../hdr/ -DXCPU=$(XCPU) -felf -o $@
+NASMFLAGS+=-i../hdr/ -DXCPU=$(XCPU) -felf
 
 CC=ia16-elf-gcc -c
 CL=ia16-elf-gcc
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ LINK=$(XLINK) -Tkernel.ld -Wl,-Map,kernel.map -o kernel.exe $(OBJS) -Wl,--whole-
 
 #               *Implicit Rules*
 .asm.obj :
-	$(NASM) -D$(COMPILER) $(NASMFLAGS) $*.asm
+	$(NASM) -D$(COMPILER) $(NASMFLAGS) -o $@ $<
 
 .c.obj :
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $*.c