diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3efb228..312336a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 VERSION=1.03
 
 JC= javac
-JFLAGS= -Xlint:unchecked -d bin -sourcepath src -cp $(CLASSPATH)
+JFLAGS= -Xlint:unchecked -d bin -sourcepath src -cp $(CLASSPATH) -encoding UTF-8
 CLASSPATH= lib/commons-cli-1.4.jar:lib/nbt-4.1.jar
-DL= fetch
-DLFLAGS= 
-#DL= curl
-#DLFLAGS= -Os
+#DL= fetch
+#DLFLAGS=
+DL= curl
+DLFLAGS= -OLs
 RM= rm -f
 
 default: makedir srcdist bindist
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@ lib/commons-cli-1.4.jar: lib/dist/commons-cli-1.4-bin.tar.gz
 	@( cd lib ; tar xzf dist/commons-cli-1.4-bin.tar.gz ; mv commons-cli-1.4/commons-cli-1.4.jar . ; rm -rf commons-cli-1.4 )
 
 lib/dist/commons-cli-1.4-bin.tar.gz:
-	@( cd lib/dist ; $(DL) $(DLFLAGS) https://www-us.apache.org/dist//commons/cli/binaries/commons-cli-1.4-bin.tar.gz )
+	@( cd lib/dist ; $(DL) $(DLFLAGS) https://archive.apache.org/dist/commons/cli/binaries/commons-cli-1.4-bin.tar.gz )
 
 lib/nbt-4.1.jar: lib/dist/4.1.tar.gz
-	@( cd lib ; tar xzf dist/4.1.tar.gz ; cd NBT-4.1 ; gradlew build ; mv build/libs/nbt-4.1.jar .. ; cd .. ; rm -rf NBT-4.1 )
+	@( cd lib ; tar xzf dist/4.1.tar.gz ; cd NBT-4.1 ; ./gradlew build ; mv build/libs/nbt-4.1.jar .. ; cd .. ; rm -rf NBT-4.1 )
 
 lib/dist/4.1.tar.gz:
-	@( cd lib/dist ; $(DL) $(DLFLAGS) https://github.com/Querz/NBT/archive/4.1.tar.gz )
+	@( cd lib/dist ; $(DL) $(DLFLAGS) https://github.com/Querz/NBT/archive/refs/tags/4.1.tar.gz )
 
 clean:
 	@$(RM) -r bin/*
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a6b9a59..e68ddef 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ This utility fully supports the Lord of the Rings mod (LOTRmod) v35.3.
 
 # Compilation
 
+## the following dependencies are needed for building:
+- java 1.8 to 8
+- zip
+- unzip
+- curl
+
 Just type "make" in a Unix-like computer.
 
 You'll need a Java Compiler (I used Java 1.8) and a zip package.