diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3882731db..8842f0ded 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ endif(WITH_SHELLHOOKS)
 
 add_compile_options(${OPTIMIZE_FLAGS} ${CRYPTO_FLAGS})
 
+# Always build PIC
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+
 set(ABSEIL_DIR vendor/abseil-cpp)
 
 add_subdirectory(vendor/gtest)
@@ -117,9 +120,6 @@ add_subdirectory(vendor/cxxopts)
 add_subdirectory(vendor/nlohmann)
 include_directories(SYSTEM vendor/cxxopts/include)
 
-# Always build PIC
-set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
-
 if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang")
   add_compile_options(-Wno-unknown-warning-option)
 endif()
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 274d530e0..f82077ddb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ CXX ?= c++
 
 BUILD_TYPE ?= Debug
 
-PYTHON ?= python3
+PYTHON ?= python
+PYTHON3 ?= python3
 
 SETCAP ?= which setcap && setcap cap_net_admin,cap_net_bind_service=+eip
 
@@ -165,7 +166,7 @@ shadow-build: shadow-configure
 	$(MAKE) -C $(BUILD_ROOT)
 
 shadow-run: shadow-build
-	$(PYTHON) $(REPO)/contrib/shadow/genconf.py $(SHADOW_CONFIG)
+	$(PYTHON3) $(REPO)/contrib/shadow/genconf.py $(SHADOW_CONFIG)
 	cp $(SHADOW_PLUGIN) $(REPO)/libshadow-plugin-lokinet.so
 	$(SHADOW_BIN) $(SHADOW_OPTS) $(SHADOW_CONFIG) | $(SHADOW_PARSE)
 
@@ -187,7 +188,7 @@ testnet-build: testnet-configure
 testnet:
 	cp $(EXE) $(TESTNET_EXE)
 	mkdir -p $(TESTNET_ROOT)
-	$(PYTHON) $(REPO)/contrib/testnet/genconf.py --bin=$(TESTNET_EXE) --svc=$(TESTNET_SERVERS) --clients=$(TESTNET_CLIENTS) --dir=$(TESTNET_ROOT) --out $(TESTNET_CONF) --ifname=$(TESTNET_IFNAME) --baseport=$(TESTNET_BASEPORT) --ip=$(TESTNET_IP) --netid=$(TESTNET_NETID)
+	$(PYTHON3) $(REPO)/contrib/testnet/genconf.py --bin=$(TESTNET_EXE) --svc=$(TESTNET_SERVERS) --clients=$(TESTNET_CLIENTS) --dir=$(TESTNET_ROOT) --out $(TESTNET_CONF) --ifname=$(TESTNET_IFNAME) --baseport=$(TESTNET_BASEPORT) --ip=$(TESTNET_IP) --netid=$(TESTNET_NETID)
 	LLARP_DEBUG=$(TESTNET_DEBUG) supervisord -n -d $(TESTNET_ROOT) -l $(TESTNET_LOG) -c $(TESTNET_CONF)
 
 $(TEST_EXE): debug
@@ -279,7 +280,7 @@ docker-kubernetes:
 	docker build -f docker/loki-svc-kubernetes.Dockerfile .
 
 install-pylokinet:
-	cd $(REPO)/contrib/py/pylokinet && $(PYTHON) setup.py install
+	cd $(REPO)/contrib/py/pylokinet && $(PYTHON3) setup.py install
 
 kubernetes-install: install install-pylokinet
 
diff --git a/cmake/shadow.cmake b/cmake/shadow.cmake
index 6bdd95bb1..deed362b1 100644
--- a/cmake/shadow.cmake
+++ b/cmake/shadow.cmake
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ include_directories(${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH})
 include(ShadowTools)
 add_compile_options(-fno-inline -fno-strict-aliasing )
 add_definitions(-DTESTNET=1)
-add_definitions(-DSHADOW_TESTNET)
+add_definitions(-DLOKINET_SHADOW)
 include_directories(${SHADOW_ROOT}/include)
diff --git a/contrib/shadow/genconf.py b/contrib/shadow/genconf.py
index 8cc6bf3b2..0a4c0794a 100644
--- a/contrib/shadow/genconf.py
+++ b/contrib/shadow/genconf.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ def getSetting(s, name, fallback): return name in s and s[name] or fallback
 shadowRoot = getSetting(os.environ, "SHADOW_ROOT",
                         os.path.join(os.environ['HOME'], '.shadow'))
 
-libpath = 'libshadow-plugin-lokinet-shared.so'
+libpath = 'libshadow-plugin-lokinet.so'
 
 
 def nodeconf(conf, baseDir, name, ifname=None, port=None):
diff --git a/llarp/testnet.c b/llarp/testnet.c
index 60f501489..7825445be 100644
--- a/llarp/testnet.c
+++ b/llarp/testnet.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#ifdef SHADOW_TESTNET
+#ifdef LOKINET_SHADOW
 #include <llarp.h>
 
 /** insert shadow test network specific code here */
diff --git a/vendor/abseil-cpp/absl/debugging/internal/vdso_support.cc b/vendor/abseil-cpp/absl/debugging/internal/vdso_support.cc
index 85b52bc8f..29162622f 100644
--- a/vendor/abseil-cpp/absl/debugging/internal/vdso_support.cc
+++ b/vendor/abseil-cpp/absl/debugging/internal/vdso_support.cc
@@ -184,7 +184,11 @@ int GetCPU() {
 // global constructors.
 static class VDSOInitHelper {
  public:
-  VDSOInitHelper() { VDSOSupport::Init(); }
+  VDSOInitHelper() {
+#ifndef LOKINET_SHADOW
+    VDSOSupport::Init();
+#endif
+  }
 } vdso_init_helper;
 
 }  // namespace debugging_internal