diff --git a/compiler/build/src/link.rs b/compiler/build/src/link.rs
index 39084a1e2f..8e2b98c5b9 100644
--- a/compiler/build/src/link.rs
+++ b/compiler/build/src/link.rs
@@ -122,6 +122,18 @@ fn link_linux(
     host_input_path: &Path,
     dest_filename: &Path,
 ) -> io::Result<Child> {
+    let libcrt_path = if Path::new("/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu").exists() {
+        Path::new("/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu")
+    } else {
+        Path::new("/usr/lib")
+    };
+    let libgcc_path = if Path::new("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1").exists() {
+        Path::new("/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1")
+    } else if Path::new("/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1").exists() {
+        Path::new("/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1")
+    } else {
+        Path::new("/usr/lib/libgcc_s.so.1")
+    };
     // NOTE: order of arguments to `ld` matters here!
     // The `-l` flags should go after the `.o` arguments
     Command::new("ld")
@@ -130,9 +142,9 @@ fn link_linux(
         .args(&[
             "-arch",
             arch_str(target),
-            "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/crti.o",
-            "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/crtn.o",
-            "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/Scrt1.o",
+            libcrt_path.join("crti.o").to_str().unwrap(),
+            libcrt_path.join("crtn.o").to_str().unwrap(),
+            libcrt_path.join("Scrt1.o").to_str().unwrap(),
             "-dynamic-linker",
             "/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2",
             // Inputs
@@ -149,7 +161,7 @@ fn link_linux(
             "-lc_nonshared",
             "-lc++",
             "-lunwind",
-            // "-lgcc", // TODO will eventually need compiler_rt from gcc or something - see https://github.com/rtfeldman/roc/pull/554#discussion_r496370840
+            libgcc_path.to_str().unwrap(),
             // Output
             "-o",
             binary_path.to_str().unwrap(), // app
diff --git a/compiler/load/src/docs.rs b/compiler/load/src/docs.rs
index 7dd777962e..ac1dd3036f 100644
--- a/compiler/load/src/docs.rs
+++ b/compiler/load/src/docs.rs
@@ -350,8 +350,14 @@ pub fn load(
     let arena = Bump::new();
 
     // Reserve one CPU for the main thread, and let all the others be eligible
-    // to spawn workers.
-    let num_workers = num_cpus::get() - 1;
+    // to spawn workers. We use .max(2) to enforce that we always
+    // end up with at least 1 worker - since (.max(2) - 1) will
+    // always return a number that's at least 1. Using
+    // .max(2) on the initial number of CPUs instead of
+    // doing .max(1) on the entire expression guards against
+    // num_cpus returning 0, while also avoiding wrapping
+    // unsigned subtraction overflow.
+    let num_workers = num_cpus::get().max(2) - 1;
 
     let mut worker_arenas = bumpalo::collections::Vec::with_capacity_in(num_workers, &arena);
 
diff --git a/compiler/load/src/file.rs b/compiler/load/src/file.rs
index 4bd0060d03..7d55993c8c 100644
--- a/compiler/load/src/file.rs
+++ b/compiler/load/src/file.rs
@@ -823,8 +823,15 @@ fn load<'a>(
 where
 {
     // Reserve one CPU for the main thread, and let all the others be eligible
-    // to spawn workers.
-    let num_workers = num_cpus::get() - 1;
+    // to spawn workers. We use .max(2) to enforce that we always
+    // end up with at least 1 worker - since (.max(2) - 1) will
+    // always return a number that's at least 1. Using
+    // .max(2) on the initial number of CPUs instead of
+    // doing .max(1) on the entire expression guards against
+    // num_cpus returning 0, while also avoiding wrapping
+    // unsigned subtraction overflow.
+    let num_workers = num_cpus::get().max(2) - 1;
+
     let worker_arenas = arena.alloc(bumpalo::collections::Vec::with_capacity_in(
         num_workers,
         arena,
diff --git a/examples/.gitignore b/examples/.gitignore
index 789188bb46..c66fcb3fdd 100644
--- a/examples/.gitignore
+++ b/examples/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 app
 host.o
+c_host.o
diff --git a/examples/quicksort/platform/src/lib.rs b/examples/quicksort/platform/src/lib.rs
index 3af3cee432..ddbadca30f 100644
--- a/examples/quicksort/platform/src/lib.rs
+++ b/examples/quicksort/platform/src/lib.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ extern "C" {
     fn quicksort(list: RocList<i64>) -> RocList<i64>;
 }
 
-const NUM_NUMS: usize = 1_000_000;
+const NUM_NUMS: usize = 10_000;
 
 #[no_mangle]
 pub fn rust_main() -> isize {
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ pub fn rust_main() -> isize {
         let mut nums = Vec::with_capacity(NUM_NUMS);
 
         for index in 0..nums.capacity() {
-            let num = index as i64 % 12345;
+            let num = index as i64 % 123;
 
             nums.push(num);
         }
diff --git a/roc_std/src/lib.rs b/roc_std/src/lib.rs
index 7b50cd2a0b..1888770ef8 100644
--- a/roc_std/src/lib.rs
+++ b/roc_std/src/lib.rs
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ impl<T> RocList<T> {
             let value = *self.get_storage_ptr();
 
             // NOTE doesn't work with elements of 16 or more bytes
-            match usize::cmp(&0, &value) {
+            match isize::cmp(&(value as isize), &0) {
                 Equal => Some(Storage::ReadOnly),
                 Less => Some(Storage::Refcounted(value)),
                 Greater => Some(Storage::Capacity(value)),