diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0617ead..1c0d9cc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 SRC = src/fetch.c
-CC ?= cc
 CFLAGS = -O2 -std=c99 -Wall -Wextra
-LDFLAGS = -lpthread
+LDFLAGS =
 DEBUGFLAGS = -g -Og -std=c99 -Wall -Wextra
 PREFIX ?= /usr/local
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 446fb5c..7cd71ab 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,14 +9,13 @@
 Fast and simple system info (for UNIX based operating systems) written in POSIX compliant C99, that can be configured at compile time by editing the <a href="src/config.h">config.h</a> file. It uses the C Preprocessor to implement config options at compile time. <br> <br>
 
 <h3> Why use afetch? </h3>
-afetch is written in C99, meaning that it should be able to be compiled with almost all C compilers. As well as being written in a very fast language, it's multithreaded. This makes it even faster, as well as distinguishing it from similar programs written is POSIX sh. The only limitations it has is the speed of your distros package manager! </p>
+afetch is written in C99, meaning that it should be able to be compiled with almost all C compilers. As well as being written in a very fast language. The only bottleneck it has is the speed of your distros package manager! </p>
 
 
 **Requirements**
 *  `/etc/os-release` file for package count on Linux
 *  A C compiler
 *  A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_POSIX_library">compatible C standard library</a> implementation
-*  pthreads
 
 **Package count supported**
 
diff --git a/src/fetch.c b/src/fetch.c
index 2cdaa4f..4458427 100644
--- a/src/fetch.c
+++ b/src/fetch.c
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #define _POSIX_C_SOURCE 200809L
 
-#include <pthread.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -63,15 +62,14 @@ char *pipeRead(const char *exec)
 	return returnVal;
 }
 
-void *kernel()
+void kernel()
 {
 	static struct utsname kernelData;
 	uname(&kernelData);
 	krnlver = kernelData.release;
-	return NULL;
 }
 
-void *uptime()
+void uptime()
 {
 	struct timespec time;
 #ifdef CLOCK_BOOTTIME
@@ -87,10 +85,9 @@ void *uptime()
 	uptimeH = time.tv_sec / 3600;
 	uptimeM = (time.tv_sec / 60) - (time.tv_sec / 3600 * 60);
 #endif
-	return NULL;
 }
 
-void *user()
+void user()
 {
 	username = getenv("USER");
 
@@ -98,11 +95,9 @@ void *user()
 	   are allowed in UNIX-like operating
 	   systems. I'll have to look into it */
 	/* username = lowerCase(username); */
-
-	return NULL;
 }
 
-void *shell()
+void shell()
 {
 	char *shell = getenv("SHELL");
 	char *slash = strrchr(shell, '/');
@@ -110,10 +105,9 @@ void *shell()
 		shell = slash + 1;
 	}
 	shellname = shell;
-	return NULL;
 }
 
-void *os()
+void os()
 {
 	static struct utsname sysInfo;
 	uname(&sysInfo);
@@ -126,7 +120,7 @@ void *os()
 		int line = 0;
 		FILE *f = fopen("/etc/os-release", "rt");
 		if (f == NULL || osContents == NULL)
-			return "Linux";
+			return;
 		/* look through each line of /etc/os-release until we're on the
 		 * NAME= line */
 		while (fgets(osContents, 512, f)) {
@@ -511,13 +505,12 @@ void *os()
 		lowerCase(osname);
 	if (ForceUpperCase)
 		upperCase(osname);
-	return NULL;
 }
 
-void *colourDraw()
+void colourDraw()
 {
 	if (PrintColours == false)
-		return NULL;
+		return;
 
 	printf("    ");
 	for (int i = 30; i < 38; i++) {
@@ -529,39 +522,30 @@ void *colourDraw()
 	}
 
 	printf("\n");
-	return NULL;
 }
 
 int main()
 {
 	struct utsname sysInfo;
 	uname(&sysInfo);
-	pthread_t threads[6];
-
-	pthread_create(&threads[0], NULL, user, NULL);
-	pthread_create(&threads[1], NULL, os, NULL);
-	pthread_create(&threads[2], NULL, kernel, NULL);
-	pthread_create(&threads[3], NULL, uptime, NULL);
-	pthread_create(&threads[4], NULL, shell, NULL);
 
-	pthread_join(threads[0], NULL);
+	user();
+	kernel();
+	uptime();
+	shell();
+	os();
 	/* os function must be run to get info.col1 */
-	pthread_join(threads[1], NULL);
 	printf("%s", info.col1);
 	printf("%s    %s%s%s\n", info.col2, UserText, TextColour, username);
 	printf("%s    %s%s%s\n", info.col3, OsText, TextColour, osname);
-	pthread_join(threads[2], NULL);
 	printf("%s    %s%s%s\n", info.col4, KernelText, TextColour, krnlver);
-	pthread_join(threads[3], NULL);
 	printf("%s    %s%s%ldh %ldm\n", info.col5, UptimeText, TextColour, uptimeH,
 	       uptimeM);
-	pthread_join(threads[4], NULL);
 	printf("%s    %s%s%s\n", info.col6, ShellText, TextColour, shellname);
 	printf("%s    %s%s%s\n", info.col7, PackageText, TextColour, pkgCount);
 	printf("%s\n", info.col8);
 
-	pthread_create(&threads[5], NULL, colourDraw, NULL);
-	pthread_join(threads[5], NULL);
+	colourDraw();
 	printf("%s", RESET);
 	return 0;
 }