diff --git a/scripthaus.md b/scripthaus.md
index 01d9759f1..55c247b76 100644
--- a/scripthaus.md
+++ b/scripthaus.md
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ GO_LDFLAGS="-s -w -X main.BuildTime=$(date +'%Y%m%d%H%M')"
 (cd waveshell; CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=darwin GOARCH=arm64 go build -ldflags="$GO_LDFLAGS" -o ../bin/mshell/mshell-v0.3-darwin.arm64 main-waveshell.go)
 (cd waveshell; CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -ldflags="$GO_LDFLAGS" -o ../bin/mshell/mshell-v0.3-linux.amd64 main-waveshell.go)
 (cd waveshell; CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=arm64 go build -ldflags="$GO_LDFLAGS" -o ../bin/mshell/mshell-v0.3-linux.arm64 main-waveshell.go)
-(cd wavesrv; CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -ldflags="$GO_LDFLAGS" -o ../bin/wavesrv ./cmd)
+(cd wavesrv; CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -tags "osusergo,netgo,sqlite_omit_load_extension" -ldflags "-X main.BuildTime=$(date +'%Y%m%d%H%M')" -o ../bin/wavesrv ./cmd)
 node_modules/.bin/electron-forge make
 ```
 
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ GO_LDFLAGS="-s -w -X main.BuildTime=$(date +'%Y%m%d%H%M')"
 (cd waveshell; CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=darwin GOARCH=arm64 go build -ldflags="$GO_LDFLAGS" -o ../bin/mshell/mshell-v0.3-darwin.arm64 main-waveshell.go)
 (cd waveshell; CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -ldflags="$GO_LDFLAGS" -o ../bin/mshell/mshell-v0.3-linux.amd64 main-waveshell.go)
 (cd waveshell; CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=arm64 go build -ldflags="$GO_LDFLAGS" -o ../bin/mshell/mshell-v0.3-linux.arm64 main-waveshell.go)
-(cd wavesrv; CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -ldflags="$GO_LDFLAGS" -o ../bin/wavesrv ./cmd)
+# adds -extldflags=-static, *only* on linux (macos does not support fully static binaries) to avoid a glibc dependency
+(cd wavesrv; CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -tags "osusergo,netgo,sqlite_omit_load_extension" -ldflags "-linkmode 'external' -extldflags=-static $GO_LDFLAGS" -o ../bin/wavesrv ./cmd)
 node_modules/.bin/electron-forge make
 ```
 
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ open out/Wave-darwin-x64/Wave.app
 ```bash
 # @scripthaus command build-wavesrv
 cd wavesrv
-CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -ldflags "-X main.BuildTime=$(date +'%Y%m%d%H%M')" -o ../bin/wavesrv ./cmd
+CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -tags "osusergo,netgo,sqlite_omit_load_extension" -ldflags "-X main.BuildTime=$(date +'%Y%m%d%H%M')" -o ../bin/wavesrv ./cmd
 ```
 
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