diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 468167ea..ead48206 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -48,8 +48,12 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++0x -Wall")
 # Configure the use of QT4
 find_package(Qt4 COMPONENTS QtCore QtGui QtNetwork REQUIRED QUIET)
 
-# add protocol buffers
+# add protocol buffers (make sure to find the static version)
+set(CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES_OLD ${CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES})
+set(CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES ".a")
 find_package(Protobuf REQUIRED)
+set(CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES ${CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES_OLD})
+set(CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES_OLD)
 
 #add libusb and pthreads
 find_package(libusb-1.0 REQUIRED)
diff --git a/deploy/hyperion.tar.gz b/deploy/hyperion.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 74e192a8..00000000
Binary files a/deploy/hyperion.tar.gz and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/deploy/hyperion.tar.gz.REMOVED.git-id b/deploy/hyperion.tar.gz.REMOVED.git-id
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9770ad39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy/hyperion.tar.gz.REMOVED.git-id
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+69287788649383ba7926e315debc69b7f4bd82a0
\ No newline at end of file