diff --git a/wacc-syntax/extension.js b/wacc-syntax/extension.js
index 35638c7..5641e55 100644
--- a/wacc-syntax/extension.js
+++ b/wacc-syntax/extension.js
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ function activate(context) {
         if (document.languageId !== 'wacc') return;
 
         let diagnostics = [];
-        let errors = generateErrors(document.getText());
-
+        let errors = generateErrors(document.getText(), document.fileName);
         errors.forEach(error => {
             console.log(error);
             let range = new vscode.Range(error.line - 1 , error.column - 1, error.line - 1, error.column + error.size);
@@ -32,22 +31,21 @@ function deactivate() {
     console.log('IntelliWACC is deactivating...');
 }
 
-function generateErrors(code) {
+function generateErrors(code, filePath) {
     try {
         console.log("generating errors")
         const fs = require('fs');
-        const tmpFilePath = '/tmp/temp_wacc_file.wacc';
+        const tmpFilePath = parse(filePath).dir + '/.temp_wacc_file.wacc';
         fs.writeFileSync(tmpFilePath, code);
 
         let output;
         try {
-            // currently only works if the wacc compiler exe is in the parent directory
-            const waccExePath = `${__dirname}/wacc_exe`;
+            const waccExePath = `${__dirname}/wacc-compiler`;
             output = execSync(`${waccExePath} ${tmpFilePath}`, { encoding: 'utf8', stdio: 'pipe' });
         } catch (err) {
-            console.log("this aint working buddy")
-            console.log(err)
+            console.log("Error running compiler");
             output = err.stdout;
+            console.log(output);
         }
         let errors = [];
         errorRegex = /\(line ([\d]+), column ([\d]+)\):\n([^>]+)([^\^]+)([\^]+)\n([^\n]+)([^\(]*)/g
diff --git a/wacc-syntax/package.json b/wacc-syntax/package.json
index 2346bf1..ecd8e57 100644
--- a/wacc-syntax/package.json
+++ b/wacc-syntax/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,16 @@
       "language": "wacc",
       "scopeName": "source.wacc",
       "path": "./syntaxes/wacc.tmLanguage.json"
-    }]
+    }],
+    "properties": {
+      "files.exclude": {
+        "type": "object",
+        "default": {
+          "**/.temp_wacc_file.*": true
+        },
+        "description": "Configure patterns for excluding files and folders."
+      }
+    }
   },
   "scripts": {
     "vscode:prepublish": "npm run compile",
diff --git a/wacc-syntax/wacc_exe b/wacc-syntax/wacc_exe
deleted file mode 100755
index 215fbde..0000000
Binary files a/wacc-syntax/wacc_exe and /dev/null differ