diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0229f37..326f1e7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -49,7 +49,12 @@ add_subdirectory(third-party/libxm SYSTEM)
 
 
 if(LINUX)
-        set(SYSTEM_SOURCE_FILES src/system/linux/twn_elf.c)
+        set(SYSTEM_SOURCE_FILES
+                src/system/linux/twn_elf.c
+                $<$<BOOL:${TWN_FEATURE_DYNLIB_GAME}>:src/game_object/twn_linux_game_object.c>)
+elseif(WIN32)
+        set(SYSTEM_SOURCE_FILES
+                $<$<BOOL:${TWN_FEATURE_DYNLIB_GAME}>:src/game_object/twn_win32_game_object.c>)
 else()
         set(SYSTEM_SOURCE_FILES)
 endif()
@@ -80,7 +85,6 @@ set(TWN_SOURCE_FILES
         src/twn_util.c include/twn_util.h
         src/twn_input.c include/twn_input.h
         src/twn_camera.c include/twn_camera.h
-        src/twn_game_object.c
 
         src/twn_textures.c src/twn_textures_c.h
         src/rendering/twn_rendering.c src/rendering/twn_rendering_c.h
@@ -90,7 +94,8 @@ set(TWN_SOURCE_FILES
         src/rendering/twn_circles.c
 
         # for dynamic load based solution main is compiled in a separate target
-        $<$<NOT:$<BOOL:${TWN_FEATURE_DYNLIB_GAME}>>:src/twn_main.c>
+        $<$<NOT:$<BOOL:${TWN_FEATURE_DYNLIB_GAME}>>:src/twn_main.c
+                                                    src/game_object/twn_static_game_object.c>
 
         ${SYSTEM_SOURCE_FILES})
 
diff --git a/src/game_object/twn_linux_game_object_c.h b/src/game_object/twn_linux_game_object.c
similarity index 94%
rename from src/game_object/twn_linux_game_object_c.h
rename to src/game_object/twn_linux_game_object.c
index 4bd0f39..cc5442c 100644
--- a/src/game_object/twn_linux_game_object_c.h
+++ b/src/game_object/twn_linux_game_object.c
@@ -140,3 +140,10 @@ bool game_object_try_reloading(void) {
 void game_object_tick(void) {
     game_tick_callback();
 }
+
+void *game_object_get_game_tick_address(void) {
+#pragma GCC diagnostic push 
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wpedantic"
+    return (void *)&game_tick_callback;
+#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
+}
diff --git a/src/game_object/twn_static_game_object_c.h b/src/game_object/twn_static_game_object.c
similarity index 58%
rename from src/game_object/twn_static_game_object_c.h
rename to src/game_object/twn_static_game_object.c
index 9b7935e..931f142 100644
--- a/src/game_object/twn_static_game_object_c.h
+++ b/src/game_object/twn_static_game_object.c
@@ -19,3 +19,10 @@ bool game_object_try_reloading(void) {
 void game_object_tick(void) {
     game_tick();
 }
+
+void *game_object_get_game_tick_address(void) {
+#pragma GCC diagnostic push 
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wpedantic"
+    return (void *)&game_tick;
+#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
+}
diff --git a/src/game_object/twn_win32_game_object_c.h b/src/game_object/twn_win32_game_object.c
similarity index 100%
rename from src/game_object/twn_win32_game_object_c.h
rename to src/game_object/twn_win32_game_object.c
diff --git a/src/system/linux/twn_elf.c b/src/system/linux/twn_elf.c
index 9696c2f..cd5e219 100644
--- a/src/system/linux/twn_elf.c
+++ b/src/system/linux/twn_elf.c
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
-#include "elf.h"
+#include "twn_elf.h"
+#include "twn_game_object_c.h"
 
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/auxv.h>
 #include <elf.h>
 #include <linux/limits.h>
+#define __USE_GNU
+#include <dlfcn.h>
 
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -17,10 +20,21 @@ bool infer_elf_section_bounds(const char *const restrict name,
 {
     bool result = false;
     char buf[PATH_MAX];
-    ssize_t l = readlink("/proc/self/exe", buf, PATH_MAX);
-    if (l == -1)
-        goto ERR_CANT_READLINK;
-    buf[l] = 0; /* readlink() doesn't write a terminator */
+    bool from_shared_object;
+    Dl_info info;
+
+    if (!dladdr(game_object_get_game_tick_address(), &info)) {
+        /* statically linked */
+        from_shared_object = false;
+        ssize_t l = readlink("/proc/self/exe", buf, PATH_MAX);
+        if (l == -1)
+            goto ERR_CANT_READLINK;
+        buf[l] = 0; /* readlink() doesn't write a terminator */
+    } else {
+        /* dynamically linked */
+        from_shared_object = true;
+        memcpy(buf, "libgame.so", sizeof "libgame.so");
+    }
 
     int elf = open(buf, O_RDONLY);
     if (elf == -1)
@@ -51,8 +65,15 @@ bool infer_elf_section_bounds(const char *const restrict name,
 
         if (strcmp(&sh[shdr.sh_name], name) == 0) {
             result = true;
-            *vm_start = getauxval(AT_ENTRY) - ehdr.e_entry + (char *)shdr.sh_addr;
-            *vm_end   = getauxval(AT_ENTRY) - ehdr.e_entry + (char *)shdr.sh_addr + shdr.sh_size;
+
+            if (!from_shared_object) {
+                *vm_start = getauxval(AT_ENTRY) - ehdr.e_entry + (char *)shdr.sh_addr;
+                *vm_end   = getauxval(AT_ENTRY) - ehdr.e_entry + (char *)shdr.sh_addr + shdr.sh_size;
+            } else {
+                *vm_start = (uintptr_t)info.dli_fbase + (char *)shdr.sh_addr;
+                *vm_end   = (uintptr_t)info.dli_fbase + (char *)shdr.sh_addr + shdr.sh_size;
+            }
+
             break;
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/twn_game_object.c b/src/twn_game_object.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 1431033..0000000
--- a/src/twn_game_object.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#if defined(TWN_FEATURE_DYNLIB_GAME)
-    #if defined(__linux__)
-        #include "game_object/twn_linux_game_object_c.h"
-    #elif defined(_WIN32)
-        #include "game_object/twn_win32_game_object_c.h"
-    #else
-        #warning "TWN_FEATURE_DYNLIB_GAME is set, but not supported"
-        #include "game_object/twn_static_game_object_c.h"
-    #endif
-#else
-    #include "game_object/twn_static_game_object_c.h"
-#endif
diff --git a/src/twn_game_object_c.h b/src/twn_game_object_c.h
index 2c50ad9..1d11cc9 100644
--- a/src/twn_game_object_c.h
+++ b/src/twn_game_object_c.h
@@ -18,5 +18,6 @@ bool game_object_try_reloading(void);
 
 void game_object_tick(void);
 
+void *game_object_get_game_tick_address(void);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/twn_textures.c b/src/twn_textures.c
index cfdf915..ffd9fdc 100644
--- a/src/twn_textures.c
+++ b/src/twn_textures.c
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ void textures_update_atlas(struct texture_cache *cache) {
 }
 
 /* EXPERIMANTAL: LIKELY TO BE REMOVED! */
-#if defined(__linux__) && !defined(HOT_RELOAD_SUPPORT) /* use rodata elf section for fast lookups of repeating textures */
+#if defined(__linux__) /* use rodata elf section for fast lookups of repeating textures */
 
 #include "system/linux/twn_elf.h"