diff --git a/Boilerplate/jsonProcessor.lua b/Boilerplate/jsonProcessor.lua
index 7ef897e..51b8d52 100644
--- a/Boilerplate/jsonProcessor.lua
+++ b/Boilerplate/jsonProcessor.lua
@@ -322,15 +322,11 @@ function JsonProcessor(info)
 
             local iface = proj.processor
 
-            if (isWeakCircularReference(dep)) then
-                print("handling circular reference", dep)
-                iface:handleReference(true)
-                return
-            end
-
             if (isProjectLoaded(dep)) then
                 defines(("_auhas_" .. dep):upper() .. "=1")
-                iface:handleReference()
+                
+                iface:handleReference(isWeakCircularReference(dep))
+
                 if (not this.info.isStatic) then
                     iface:handleLink()
                 end
diff --git a/Boilerplate/project.lua b/Boilerplate/project.lua
index 8e1c277..c79fb58 100644
--- a/Boilerplate/project.lua
+++ b/Boilerplate/project.lua
@@ -76,6 +76,16 @@ local boilerplateProject = function(name, projectType, src, inc, dest, root)
         if ((projectType == "SharedLib") or
             (projectType == "StaticLib")) then
             pic "On"
+
+            if (usingGXX) then
+                -- TODO: we dont actually support gxx 
+                -- We expect clang or msvc
+                -- msvcs thread local is fine, windows has always had decent thread in/out callbacks 
+                -- clang has a cross platform, per variable solution
+                --  -> `__thread <type> <name>  __attribute__((tls_model("initial-exec")));`
+                --  initial-exec is recommended when pic is on. does not work for dynamically loaded modules
+                buildoptions{"-ftls-model=initial-exec"} 
+            end
         end
     end 
 
diff --git a/aurora.lua b/aurora.lua
index d7750ff..d33fca6 100644
--- a/aurora.lua
+++ b/aurora.lua
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ function addVisit(ina)
 
     local project = {
         info = info,
-        processor = nil
+        processor = nil,
+        deps = {}
     }
 
     local cwd = getroot()
@@ -143,7 +144,8 @@ function addScript(ina)
 
     local project = {
         info = info,
-        processor = nil
+        processor = nil,
+        deps = {}
     }
     
     local procesor = userRequire(args.script)
@@ -185,12 +187,15 @@ _G["_resolved_dep"] = {}
 function processDepSearch(proj, resolveProject)
     local name = proj.info.name
 
+
     _G["_resolved_dep"][name] = name
 
     if (not proj.resolvedDeps) then
         if (proj.processor.resolveDependencies) then
             proj.processor:resolveDependencies(function(name, soft) 
 
+                table.insert(proj.deps, name)
+
                 if (_G["_resolved_dep"][name]) then
                     return
                 end
@@ -316,8 +321,26 @@ function processProject(name, required,  noNs)
     return true 
 end 
 
-function isWeakCircularReference(name)
-    return projectsblocked[name] and not projectsemitted[name]
+function isWeakCircularReference(depName)
+    local curName = getCurrentProjectName()
+
+    local cur = projectsprocessor[curName]
+    if (not cur) then
+        return
+    end
+
+    local dep = projectsprocessor[depName]
+    if (not dep) then
+        return
+    end
+   
+    for index, value in ipairs(dep.deps) do
+        if value == curName then
+            return true
+        end
+    end
+
+    return false
 end
 
 function isProjectLoaded(name)