diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8812d1b..7bea2d1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,19 +1,21 @@
 CXX ?= g++
 OPTFLAGS ?= -O3 -march=native
 VECTOR_SIZE ?= 268435456
-ENABLE_EVENTIFY ?= YES 
+ENABLE_EVENTIFY ?= YES
 
+CXXFLAGS = -std=c++20 -fopenmp
 CPPFLAGS = -DVECTOR_SIZE=$(VECTOR_SIZE)
 INCLUDES = -I./include
-CXXFLAGS = $(CPPFLAGS) -std=c++20 -fopenmp $(INCLUDES) $(OPTFLAGS)
 LDFLAGS = -fopenmp
 
-ifeq ($(ENABLE_EVENTIFY), "YES")
+ifeq ($(ENABLE_EVENTIFY), YES)
 	CPPFLAGS += -DENABLE_EVENTIFY
 	INCLUDES += -I$(EVENTIFY_ROOT)/include
 	LDFLAGS += -L$(EVENTIFY_ROOT)/lib -leventify
 endif
 
+CXXFLAGS += $(CPPFLAGS) $(INCLUDES) $(OPTFLAGS)
+
 SRC_DIR = src
 INCLUDE_DIR = include
 OBJ_DIR = obj