diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 61e1ed0..7672ede 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${YACC_GENERATED_SOURCE_FILE}
 # Setup Glib 2.0                                   #
 # ------------------------------------------------ #
 
+include(FindPkgConfig)
 find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
 pkg_search_module(GLIB REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET glib-2.0)
     
@@ -81,8 +82,18 @@ pkg_search_module(GLIB REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET glib-2.0)
 #  LLVM backend                                    #
 # ------------------------------------------------ #
 
-find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
-pkg_search_module(LLVM REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET llvm17)
+# Fetch LLVM link configuration
+execute_process(COMMAND llvm-config --libs all
+                OUTPUT_VARIABLE LLVM_LIBS)
+# Strip whitespace from output
+string(STRIP "${LLVM_LIBS}" LLVM_LIBS)
+# Link all targets to LLVM
+link_libraries(${LLVM_LIBS})
+
+execute_process(COMMAND llvm-config --includedir
+                OUTPUT_VARIABLE LLVM_INCLUDE_DIR)
+string(STRIP "${LLVM_INCLUDE_DIR}" LLVM_INCLUDE_DIR)
+include_directories(${LLVM_INCLUDE_DIR})
 
 # ------------------------------------------------ #
 #  Source                                          #
@@ -90,7 +101,6 @@ pkg_search_module(LLVM REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET llvm17)
 
 include_directories(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src)
 include_directories(PRIVATE ${GLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-include_directories(PRIVATE ${LLVM_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 
 file(GLOB_RECURSE SOURCE_FILES src/*.c)
 
diff --git a/run-docker-build.sh b/run-docker-build.sh
index aaec9c6..0028067 100755
--- a/run-docker-build.sh
+++ b/run-docker-build.sh
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ echo "+--------------------------------------+"
 echo "| RUNNING check test                   |"
 echo "+--------------------------------------+"
 
-docker run servostar/gemstone:devkit-"$SDK" sh run-check-test.sh
+docker run --rm --name "devkit-$SDK-check-test"- servostar/gemstone:devkit-"$SDK" sh run-check-test.sh
 if [ ! $? -eq 0 ]; then
   echo "===> failed to run build or checks"
   exit 1
diff --git a/sdk/Dockerfile b/sdk/Dockerfile
index fb63cad..1cba1d3 100644
--- a/sdk/Dockerfile
+++ b/sdk/Dockerfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ LABEL description="base image for building the gemstone programming language com
 LABEL website="https://github.com/Servostar/gemstone"
 
 # install dependencies
-RUN apk add build-base gcc make cmake bison flex git python3 graphviz glib glib-dev llvm17-dev
+RUN apk add build-base gcc make cmake bison flex git python3 graphviz glib glib-dev llvm17-libs llvm17-dev
 
 # create user for build
 RUN adduser --disabled-password lorang
diff --git a/src/llvm/backend.c b/src/llvm/backend.c
index 04c23f0..6bd5997 100644
--- a/src/llvm/backend.c
+++ b/src/llvm/backend.c
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 
 #include <assert.h>
+#include <ast/ast.h>
 #include <codegen/backend.h>
 #include <llvm-c/Core.h>
 #include <llvm-c/TargetMachine.h>
-#include <sys/log.h>
-#include <ast/ast.h>
 #include <llvm/backend.h>
 #include <llvm/parser.h>
+#include <sys/log.h>
 
 Target create_native_target() {
     DEBUG("creating native target...");
@@ -34,9 +34,7 @@ Target create_native_target() {
     return target;
 }
 
-Target create_target_from_config() {
-    PANIC("NOT IMPLEMENTED");
-}
+Target create_target_from_config() { PANIC("NOT IMPLEMENTED"); }
 
 static void delete_string(String string) {
     DEBUG("deleting string...");
@@ -59,9 +57,7 @@ void delete_target(Target target) {
     delete_string(target.triple);
 }
 
-typedef enum LLVMBackendError_t {
-    UnresolvedImport
-} LLVMBackendError;
+typedef enum LLVMBackendError_t { UnresolvedImport } LLVMBackendError;
 
 static BackendError llvm_backend_codegen(const Module* unit, void** output) {
     return parse_module(unit, output);
@@ -76,7 +72,9 @@ static BackendError llvm_backend_codegen_deinit(void) {
 }
 
 void llvm_backend_init() {
-    BackendError err = set_backend(&llvm_backend_codegen_init, &llvm_backend_codegen_deinit, &llvm_backend_codegen, "LLVM");
+    BackendError err =
+        set_backend(&llvm_backend_codegen_init, &llvm_backend_codegen_deinit,
+                    &llvm_backend_codegen, "LLVM");
 
     if (err.kind != Success) {
         PANIC("unable to init llvm backend: %ld", err);
diff --git a/tests/llvm/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/llvm/CMakeLists.txt
index e4dcdc9..1fc14cc 100644
--- a/tests/llvm/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/llvm/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ string(STRIP "${LLVM_LIBS}" LLVM_LIBS)
 # Link all targets to LLVM
 link_libraries(${LLVM_LIBS})
 
+execute_process(COMMAND llvm-config --includedir
+                OUTPUT_VARIABLE LLVM_INCLUDE_DIR)
+string(STRIP "${LLVM_INCLUDE_DIR}" LLVM_INCLUDE_DIR)
+include_directories(${LLVM_INCLUDE_DIR})
+
 # ------------------------------------------------------- #
 # CTEST 1
 # test llvm backend codegen for global variables