diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 85cc3a795b08ae3e8edbd8e19debc3a04b11389d..350b2293203e034934c65b86b58e582df846c398 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -49,39 +49,40 @@ rpm deb: | build-all
 # install -d -m 755 build/bin/* $(PREFIX)/bin/lumberjack
 # install -d build/lib/* $(PREFIX)/lib
 
-backoff.c: backoff.h
-harvester.c: harvester.h proto.h str.h
-emitter.c: emitter.h ring.h
-lumberjack.c: backoff.h harvester.h emitter.h
-str.c: str.h
-proto.c: proto.h str.h 
-ring.c: ring.h
-harvester.c: build/include/insist.h 
-lumberjack.c: build/include/insist.h 
+backoff.o: backoff.c backoff.h
+harvester.o: harvester.c harvester.h proto.h str.h sleepdefs.h
+emitter.o: emitter.c emitter.h ring.h sleepdefs.h
+lumberjack.o: lumberjack.c backoff.h harvester.h emitter.h
+str.o: str.c str.h
+proto.o: proto.c proto.h str.h sleepdefs.h
+ring.o: ring.c ring.h
+
+harvester.o: build/include/insist.h 
+lumberjack.o: build/include/insist.h 
 
 # Vendor'd dependencies
 # If VENDOR contains 'zeromq' download and build it.
 ifeq ($(filter zeromq,$(VENDOR)),zeromq)
-emitter.c: build/include/zmq.h 
-harvester.c: build/include/zmq.h
-lumberjack.c:  build/include/zmq.h 
+emitter.o: build/include/zmq.h 
+harvester.o: build/include/zmq.h
+lumberjack.o:  build/include/zmq.h 
 build/bin/lumberjack: | build/bin build/lib/libzmq.$(LIBEXT)
 endif # zeromq
 
 ifeq ($(filter jemalloc,$(VENDOR)),jemalloc)
-harvester.c lumberjack.c ring.c str.c: build/include/jemalloc/jemalloc.h
+harvester.o lumberjack.o ring.o str.o: build/include/jemalloc/jemalloc.h
 build/bin/lumberjack: | build/lib/libjemalloc.$(LIBEXT)
 endif # jemalloc
 
 ifeq ($(filter openssl,$(VENDOR)),openssl)
-proto.c: build/include/openssl/ssl.h
-lumberjack.c:  build/include/openssl/ssl.h
+proto.o: build/include/openssl/ssl.h
+lumberjack.o:  build/include/openssl/ssl.h
 build/bin/lumberjack: | build/lib/libssl.$(LIBEXT)
 build/bin/lumberjack: | build/lib/libcrypto.$(LIBEXT)
 endif # openssl
 
 ifeq ($(filter zlib,$(VENDOR)),zlib)
-proto.c: build/include/zlib.h
+proto.o: build/include/zlib.h
 build/bin/lumberjack: | build/lib/libz.$(LIBEXT)
 endif # zlib
 
@@ -90,13 +91,10 @@ test: | build/test/test_ring
 	build/test/test_ring
 
 # Tests
-test_ring.c: ring.h build/include/jemalloc/jemalloc.h build/include/insist.h
+test_ring.o: ring.h build/include/jemalloc/jemalloc.h build/include/insist.h
 build/test/test_ring: test_ring.o ring.o  | build/test
 	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^ -ljemalloc
 
-proto.o: proto.c
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $^
-
 build/bin/lumberjack.sh: lumberjack.sh | build/bin
 	install -m 755 $^ $@
 
diff --git a/emitter.c b/emitter.c
index 7509186dc0ae59f54c5889f525c6c6ee27a70873..05c152f24d1128ea71d6d453081ea208e7e3abf0 100644
--- a/emitter.c
+++ b/emitter.c
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@
 
 #include <sys/resource.h>
 
-static struct timespec MIN_SLEEP = { 0, 10000000 }; /* 10ms */
-static struct timespec MAX_SLEEP = { 15, 0 }; /* 15 */
+#include "sleepdefs.h"
 
 void *emitter(void *arg) {
   struct emitter_config *config = arg;
diff --git a/harvester.c b/harvester.c
index 0f040bf83d822dd37d3e3a0716f29a9c08903a32..d0f17c4bfc303706a0f6ddc18d8972a10a4f3580 100644
--- a/harvester.c
+++ b/harvester.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "harvester.h"
 #include "backoff.h"
 #include "insist.h"
+#include "sleepdefs.h"
 
 #ifdef __MACH__
 /* OS X is dumb, or I am dumb, or we are both dumb. I don't know anymore,
@@ -26,9 +27,6 @@ extern int gethostname(char *name, size_t namelen);
 #define EMITTER_SOCKET "inproc://emitter"
 #define BUFFERSIZE 16384
 
-static struct timespec MIN_SLEEP = { 0, 10000000 }; /* 10ms */
-static struct timespec MAX_SLEEP = { 15, 0 }; /* 15 */
-
 /* A free function that simply calls free(3) for zmq_msg */
 //static inline void free2(void *data, void __attribute__((__unused__)) *hint) {
   //free(data);
diff --git a/proto.c b/proto.c
index bd4a2f6508352482a294afdc913660970565b38a..dd588ba155d37b7a5f6ffe1cdac927809858c42a 100644
--- a/proto.c
+++ b/proto.c
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@
 #include "openssl/ssl.h"
 #include "openssl/err.h"
 
-static struct timespec MIN_SLEEP = { 0, 10000000 }; /* 10ms */
-static struct timespec MAX_SLEEP = { 15, 0 }; /* 15 */
+#include "sleepdefs.h"
 
 static void lumberjack_init(void);
 static int lumberjack_tcp_connect(struct lumberjack *lumberjack);
diff --git a/sleepdefs.h b/sleepdefs.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4647d7ff9984c34fd58d1fafae80dcf0480b7e70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sleepdefs.h
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#ifndef _SLEEPDEFS_H_
+#define _SLEEPDEFS_H_
+static struct timespec MIN_SLEEP = { 0, 10000000 }; /* 10ms */
+static struct timespec MAX_SLEEP = { 1, 0 }; /* 15 */
+#endif /* _SLEEPDEFS_H_ */