diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8d1be9a..5dc3cde 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 SRCDIR		:= src
 INCLUDEDIR	:= src
 
-CC			:= $(shell which gcc-13 || which gcc || which clang)
+CC			:= $(shell which gcc || which clang)
 CFLAGS		:= -std=c99 -pedantic -Wall -Wextra -I $(INCLUDEDIR)
 CDEBUG		:= -g
 CRELEASE	:= -O2
diff --git a/src/cmdapp.c b/src/cmdapp.c
index c87925a..57da50d 100644
--- a/src/cmdapp.c
+++ b/src/cmdapp.c
@@ -742,6 +742,9 @@ int ca_parse(void* user_data) {
                        && strcmp(result.opt->long_opt, "version") == 0) {
                 ca_print_version();
             } else {
+                if (result.opt->flags & CA_OPT_ARG) {
+                    *result.opt->result = result.arg;
+                }
                 if (app.opt_callback) {
                     app.opt_callback(result.opt->short_opt,
                         result.opt->long_opt, result.arg, user_data);
diff --git a/test/Makefile b/test/Makefile
index c7c5d09..373272c 100644
--- a/test/Makefile
+++ b/test/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Purpose:	builds the test program for the libcmdapp library.
 # Requires:	the libcmdapp library to be installed.
 
-CC		:= $(shell which gcc-13 || which gcc || which clang)
+CC		:= $(shell which gcc || which clang)
 CFLAGS	:= -std=c99 -pedantic -Wall -Wextra \
 		   -Wno-unused-parameter
 SRC		:= main.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ EXEC	:= main
 LIB		:= cmdapp
 
 CFLAGS 	+= -I/usr/local/include/$(LIB)
-LIBCONF := -L/usr/local/lib -l$(LIB)
+LIBCONF := /usr/local/lib/libcmdapp.a #-L/usr/local/lib -l$(LIB)
 
 test: build_test
 	@bash -c '\
diff --git a/test/main.c b/test/main.c
index 726b65f..c4d31b9 100644
--- a/test/main.c
+++ b/test/main.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char* argv[]) {
         return 1;
     }
 
-    printf("a was passed: %s\n", (*a) ? "true" : "false");
+    printf("a was passed: %s (arg was %s)\n", (*a) ? "true" : "false", a_arg);
 
     free(app);
 }