diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 5495f9b..97ef736 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include "cythoned/bridge.h"
+#include "build/bridge.h"
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -17,15 +17,16 @@
 #define TAG_INSTR 9
 #define TAG_TERMT 10
 
-#define COMM 5
-#define ITER 500
+#define COMM 25
+#define ITER 100
 #define BS 32
 #define EMB 32
 #define WIN 2
 #define FLPC 1
 
 #define in_range(i, x) (size_t i = 0; i < (x); i++)
-// I am honestly VERY sorry for this but power corrupts even the best of us
+// I am honestly VERY sorry for this
+// but the power of macros corrupts even the best of us
 
 #define INFO_PRINTF(fmt, ...) \
     do { fprintf(stderr, fmt, __VA_ARGS__); } while(0)
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@
 
 int g_argc;  // sorry!
 
-typedef enum{
+typedef enum {
     TOKENIZER,
     FILTERER,
     BATCHER,
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 50f8270..7e2ad46 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -11,9 +11,18 @@ numpy_header = include_directories(run_command(
   'python3', '-c', 'import numpy;print(numpy.get_include())'
 ).stdout().strip())
 
-executable(
-  'fedavg_mpi', 'main.c', 'cythoned/bridge.c',
+cython = find_program('cython')
+bridge = custom_target('bridge',
+  output: ['bridge.c', 'bridge.h'],
+  input: 'bridge.pyx',
+  command: [cython, '-3', '@INPUT@', '-o', 'bridge.c'])
+
+executable('fedavg_mpi',
+  'main.c', bridge,
   dependencies: [mpi, python],
   include_directories: numpy_header,
-  link_args: '-Wl,-w'
-)
+  link_args: '-Wl,-w')
+
+run_command('cp',
+  meson.current_build_dir() + 'compile_commands.json',
+  meson.current_source_dir())