diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8fd2d6d..8622097 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ go.o:
 	@# with slashes we create a global symbol alias for kernel.Kmain
 	@echo "[objcopy] creating global symbol alias 'kernel.Kmain' for 'github.com/achilleasa/gopher-os/kernel.Kmain' in go.o"
 	@objcopy \
-		--add-symbol kernel.Kmain=.text:0x`nm $(BUILD_DIR)/go.o | grep "kernel.Kmain" | cut -d' ' -f1` \
+		--add-symbol kernel.Kmain=.text:0x`nm $(BUILD_DIR)/go.o | grep "kernel.Kmain$$" | cut -d' ' -f1` \
 		 $(BUILD_DIR)/go.o $(BUILD_DIR)/go.o
 
 binutils_version_check: