diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 6dd46103..9e8f3129
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ SRCS=	\
 	sha2.c \
 	sighandlers.c \
 	simulate.c \
-	sqlite3.c \
+	sqlite-amalgamation-3070900/sqlite3.c \
 	srandomdev.c \
 	str.c \
 	strbuf.c \
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ HDRS=	fifo.h \
 
 LDFLAGS=@LDFLAGS@ @PORTAUDIO_LIBS@ @SRC_LIBS@ @SPANDSP_LIBS@ @CODEC2_LIBS@ @PTHREAD_LIBS@
 
-CFLAGS=	@CPPFLAGS@ @CFLAGS@ @PORTAUDIO_CFLAGS@ @SRC_CFLAGS@ @SPANDSP_CFLAGS@ @PTHREAD_CFLAGS@ $(VOIPTEST_CFLAGS) 
+CFLAGS=	-Isqlite-amalgamation-3070900 @CPPFLAGS@ @CFLAGS@ @PORTAUDIO_CFLAGS@ @SRC_CFLAGS@ @SPANDSP_CFLAGS@ @PTHREAD_CFLAGS@ $(VOIPTEST_CFLAGS) 
 CFLAGS+=-fPIC
 CFLAGS+=-Wall -Wno-unused-value
 -include Makefile.dbg
@@ -105,9 +105,9 @@ DEFS=	@DEFS@
 
 all:	servald libmonitorclient.so libmonitorclient.a
 
-sqlite3.o:	sqlite3.c
+sqlite-amalgamation-3070900/sqlite3.o:	sqlite-amalgamation-3070900/sqlite3.c
 	@echo CC $<
-	@$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(DEFS) -c $<
+	@$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(DEFS) -c $< -o sqlite-amalgamation-3070900/sqlite3.o
 
 %.o:	%.c $(HDRS)
 	@echo CC $<
diff --git a/sqlite3.c b/sqlite3.c
deleted file mode 120000
index dfac0759..00000000
--- a/sqlite3.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-sqlite-amalgamation-3070900/sqlite3.c
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/testframework.sh b/testframework.sh
index 0247a9c7..a2731a05 100644
--- a/testframework.sh
+++ b/testframework.sh
@@ -844,7 +844,13 @@ _tfw_parse_times_to_milliseconds() {
 }
 
 _tfw_assert() {
-   if ! "$@"; then
+   local sense=
+   while [ "$1" = '!' ]; do
+      sense="$sense !"
+      shift
+   done
+   "$@"
+   if [ $sense $? -ne 0 ]; then
       _tfw_failmsg "assertion failed: ${_tfw_message:-$*}"
       _tfw_backtrace
       return 1
diff --git a/tests/config b/tests/config
index 15363cf1..e59f126b 100755
--- a/tests/config
+++ b/tests/config
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ setup() {
 doc_GetCreateInstanceDir="Get creates instance directory"
 setup_GetCreateInstanceDir() {
    setup
-   assert [ ! -d "$SERVALINSTANCE_PATH" ]
+   assert ! [ -d "$SERVALINSTANCE_PATH" ]
 }
 test_GetCreateInstanceDir() {
    executeOk_servald config get
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ test_GetCreateInstanceDir() {
 doc_SetCreateInstanceDir="Set creates instance directory"
 setup_SetCreateInstanceDir() {
    setup
-   assert [ ! -d "$SERVALINSTANCE_PATH" ]
+   assert ! [ -d "$SERVALINSTANCE_PATH" ]
 }
 test_SetCreateInstanceDir() {
    executeOk_servald config set foo bar