--- a/src/command_line_parsing.c
+++ b/src/command_line_parsing.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 /*  #define _GNU_SOURCE must appear before <string.h> and <getopt.h> for strndup  and getopt_long*/
 
 
-globalData globals;
+extern globalData globals;
 unsigned int startsector;
 extern char* OUTDIR, *LOGFILE, *WORKDIR, *TEMPDIR;
 static fileinfo_t ** files;
--- a/src/menu.c
+++ b/src/menu.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ extern globalData globals;
 
 uint16_t norm_x=PAL_X, norm_y=PAL_Y;  // TODO: adjust for ntsc #define NTSC_Y 480
 extern uint16_t totntracks;
-uint8_t maxbuttons, resbuttons;
+extern uint8_t maxbuttons, resbuttons;