diff --git a/engine/core/src/MemoryTracker.zig b/engine/core/src/MemoryTracker.zig
index 4b00556..62fc5f4 100644
--- a/engine/core/src/MemoryTracker.zig
+++ b/engine/core/src/MemoryTracker.zig
@@ -169,12 +169,12 @@ pub fn init(backingAllocator: std.mem.Allocator, settings: SetupSettings) @This(
         core.engine_logs("[dmt] Enabling Detailed Memory Tracking");
     }
 
-    const stackCompactor = if (EnableMemoryTimeline) core.StackCompactor.create(std.heap.c_allocator) catch null else null;
+    const stackCompactor = if (EnableMemoryTimeline) core.StackCompactor.create(std.heap.smp_allocator) catch null else null;
 
     return .{
         .backingAllocator = backingAllocator,
         .stackCompactor = stackCompactor,
-        .timeline = if (EnableMemoryTimeline) EventTimeline.init(std.heap.c_allocator) catch null else null,
+        .timeline = if (EnableMemoryTimeline) EventTimeline.init(std.heap.smp_allocator) catch null else null,
     };
 }
 
diff --git a/engine/core/tests/tests.zig b/engine/core/tests/tests.zig
index fa6d71b..01bb619 100644
--- a/engine/core/tests/tests.zig
+++ b/engine/core/tests/tests.zig
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ test "simple systems setup for core" {
     defer core.shutdown_module(allocator);
 
     engine_logs("systems started, shutting down");
+
+    engine_logs("this is a new print added to the test function");
+    engine_logs("this is a new print added to the test function");
     memory.MTPrintStatsDelta();
 
     try test_loadingConfigs();
diff --git a/lib/tracy/build.zig b/lib/tracy/build.zig
index 48a4734..7e80293 100644
--- a/lib/tracy/build.zig
+++ b/lib/tracy/build.zig
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
         .target = target,
         .optimize = optimize,
         .root_source_file = b.path("tracy.zig"),
-        .link_libc = true,
-        .link_libcpp = true,
+        .link_libc = tracy_enabled,
+        .link_libcpp = tracy_enabled,
     });
 
     if (tracy_enabled) {