diff --git a/src/error.h b/src/error.h
index 381d5b2..3783761 100644
--- a/src/error.h
+++ b/src/error.h
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@
 
 #define ERROR_BUF_SIZE 128
 
-atrb_nonnull(1) atrb_format(printf, 1, 2) extern inline void debug(char const*, ...);          // prints a '\n' suffixed debug msg to stdout with a maximum buf size of @ref ERROR_BUF_SIZE
-atrb_nonnull(1) atrb_format(printf, 1, 2) extern inline void info(char const*, ...);           // prints a '\n' suffixed info msg to stdout with a maximum buf size of @ref ERROR_BUF_SIZE
-atrb_nonnull(1) atrb_format(printf, 1, 2) extern inline void warn(char const*, ...);           // prints a '\n' suffixed warn msg to stderr with a maximum buf size of @ref ERROR_BUF_SIZE
-atrb_nonnull(1) atrb_format(printf, 1, 2) extern inline void error(char const*, ...);          // prints a '\n' suffixed error msg to stderr with a maximum buf size of @ref ERROR_BUF_SIZE
-atrb_nonnull(1) atrb_format(printf, 1, 2) noreturn extern inline void fatal(char const*, ...); // prints a '\n' suffixed fatal msg to stderr with a maximum buf size of @ref ERROR_BUF_SIZE and immediately aborts execution
+atrb_nonnull(1) atrb_format(printf, 1, 2) static inline void debug(char const*, ...);          // prints a '\n' suffixed debug msg to stdout with a maximum buf size of @ref ERROR_BUF_SIZE
+atrb_nonnull(1) atrb_format(printf, 1, 2) static inline void info(char const*, ...);           // prints a '\n' suffixed info msg to stdout with a maximum buf size of @ref ERROR_BUF_SIZE
+atrb_nonnull(1) atrb_format(printf, 1, 2) static inline void warn(char const*, ...);           // prints a '\n' suffixed warn msg to stderr with a maximum buf size of @ref ERROR_BUF_SIZE
+atrb_nonnull(1) atrb_format(printf, 1, 2) static inline void error(char const*, ...);          // prints a '\n' suffixed error msg to stderr with a maximum buf size of @ref ERROR_BUF_SIZE
+atrb_nonnull(1) atrb_format(printf, 1, 2) noreturn static inline void fatal(char const*, ...); // prints a '\n' suffixed fatal msg to stderr with a maximum buf size of @ref ERROR_BUF_SIZE and immediately aborts execution
 
 // macro to write fmt vardiac args to buf
 #define WRITE_VA_ARGS(buf, fmt)                    \
@@ -23,31 +23,31 @@ atrb_nonnull(1) atrb_format(printf, 1, 2) noreturn extern inline void fatal(char
 		va_end(args);                              \
 	};
 
-extern inline void debug(char const* restrict fmt, ...) {
+static inline void debug(char const* restrict fmt, ...) {
 	char buf[ERROR_BUF_SIZE] = {0};
 	WRITE_VA_ARGS(buf, fmt);
 	printf("\033[95mD: \"%s\"\033[0m\n", buf); // reduced parameter use by not using fprintf
 }
 
-extern inline void info(char const* fmt, ...) {
+static inline void info(char const* fmt, ...) {
 	char buf[ERROR_BUF_SIZE] = {0};
 	WRITE_VA_ARGS(buf, fmt);
 	printf("I: \"%s\"\n", buf);
 }
 
-extern inline void warn(char const* fmt, ...) {
+static inline void warn(char const* fmt, ...) {
 	char buf[ERROR_BUF_SIZE] = {0};
 	WRITE_VA_ARGS(buf, fmt);
 	fprintf(stderr, "\033[93mW: \"%s\"\033[0m\n", buf);
 }
 
-extern inline void error(char const* fmt, ...) {
+static inline void error(char const* fmt, ...) {
 	char buf[ERROR_BUF_SIZE] = {0};
 	WRITE_VA_ARGS(buf, fmt);
 	fprintf(stderr, "\033[91mE: \"%s\"\033[0m\n", buf);
 }
 
-extern inline void fatal(char const* fmt, ...) {
+static inline void fatal(char const* fmt, ...) {
 	char buf[ERROR_BUF_SIZE] = {0};
 	WRITE_VA_ARGS(buf, fmt);
 	fprintf(stderr, "\033[101mF: \"%s\"\033[0m\n", buf);