diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXUdpSocket.cpp b/ixwebsocket/IXUdpSocket.cpp
index e6fe4cc9..46eaaf92 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXUdpSocket.cpp
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXUdpSocket.cpp
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 #include "IXNetSystem.h"
 #include <sstream>
-#include <strings.h>
+#include <cstring>
 
 namespace ix
 {
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 77df6767..9cf82bc2 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -96,13 +96,14 @@ if (JSONCPP_FOUND)
   target_link_libraries(ixwebsocket_unittest ${JSONCPP_LIBRARIES})
 endif()
 
+# library with the most dependencies come first
+target_link_libraries(ixwebsocket_unittest ixbots)
 target_link_libraries(ixwebsocket_unittest ixsnake)
 target_link_libraries(ixwebsocket_unittest ixcobra)
+target_link_libraries(ixwebsocket_unittest ixsentry)
 target_link_libraries(ixwebsocket_unittest ixwebsocket)
 target_link_libraries(ixwebsocket_unittest ixcrypto)
 target_link_libraries(ixwebsocket_unittest ixcore)
-target_link_libraries(ixwebsocket_unittest ixsentry)
-target_link_libraries(ixwebsocket_unittest ixbots)
 
 target_link_libraries(ixwebsocket_unittest spdlog)
 
diff --git a/ws/CMakeLists.txt b/ws/CMakeLists.txt
index 2bf69575..0e5e422f 100644
--- a/ws/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ws/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -60,13 +60,14 @@ add_executable(ws
   ws_dns_lookup.cpp
   ws.cpp)
 
+# library with the most dependencies come first
+target_link_libraries(ws ixbots)
 target_link_libraries(ws ixsnake)
 target_link_libraries(ws ixcobra)
+target_link_libraries(ws ixsentry)
 target_link_libraries(ws ixwebsocket)
 target_link_libraries(ws ixcrypto)
 target_link_libraries(ws ixcore)
-target_link_libraries(ws ixsentry)
-target_link_libraries(ws ixbots)
 
 target_link_libraries(ws spdlog)