diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9a4e3d67..b56c3e2c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -163,7 +163,8 @@ target_include_directories(mimalloc-obj PUBLIC
     $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${mi_install_dir}/include>
 )
 
-install(TARGETS mimalloc-obj EXPORT mimalloc DESTINATION ${mi_install_dir})
+# seems to lead to cmake warnings/errors on some systems, disable for now :-(
+# install(TARGETS mimalloc-obj EXPORT mimalloc DESTINATION ${mi_install_dir})
 
 install(FILES $<TARGET_OBJECTS:mimalloc-obj>
         DESTINATION ${mi_install_dir}
diff --git a/cmake/mimalloc-config.cmake b/cmake/mimalloc-config.cmake
index b7ced994..12da076e 100644
--- a/cmake/mimalloc-config.cmake
+++ b/cmake/mimalloc-config.cmake
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/mimalloc.cmake)
+get_filename_component(MIMALLOC_TARGET_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}" PATH)
diff --git a/include/mimalloc-atomic.h b/include/mimalloc-atomic.h
index 3fe30474..c8fd2ac1 100644
--- a/include/mimalloc-atomic.h
+++ b/include/mimalloc-atomic.h
@@ -157,15 +157,15 @@ static inline uint32_t mi_atomic_subtract32(volatile uint32_t* p, uint32_t sub)
 }
 static inline bool mi_atomic_compare_exchange32(volatile uint32_t* p, uint32_t exchange, uint32_t compare) {
   MI_USING_STD
-  return atomic_compare_exchange_weak_explicit((volatile _Atomic(uint32_t)*)p, &compare, exchange, memory_order_relaxed, memory_order_seq_cst);
+  return atomic_compare_exchange_weak_explicit((volatile _Atomic(uint32_t)*)p, &compare, exchange, memory_order_release, memory_order_relaxed);
 }
 static inline bool mi_atomic_compare_exchange(volatile uintptr_t* p, uintptr_t exchange, uintptr_t compare) {
   MI_USING_STD
-  return atomic_compare_exchange_weak_explicit((volatile atomic_uintptr_t*)p, &compare, exchange, memory_order_relaxed, memory_order_seq_cst);
+  return atomic_compare_exchange_weak_explicit((volatile atomic_uintptr_t*)p, &compare, exchange, memory_order_release, memory_order_relaxed);
 }
 static inline uintptr_t mi_atomic_exchange(volatile uintptr_t* p, uintptr_t exchange) {
   MI_USING_STD
-  return atomic_exchange_explicit((volatile atomic_uintptr_t*)p, exchange, memory_order_relaxed);
+  return atomic_exchange_explicit((volatile atomic_uintptr_t*)p, exchange, memory_order_acquire);
 }
 static inline uintptr_t mi_atomic_read(volatile uintptr_t* p) {
   MI_USING_STD
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index a9efaff9..42d4a2f4 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ target_link_libraries(static-override PUBLIC mimalloc-static)
 add_executable(static-override-cxx  main-override.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(static-override-cxx PUBLIC mimalloc-static)
 
-# and with a static object file; need to link with pthread explicitly :-(
-add_executable(static-override-obj main-override.c $<TARGET_OBJECTS:mimalloc-obj>)
-target_include_directories(static-override-obj PUBLIC $<TARGET_PROPERTY:mimalloc-obj,INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>)
+# and with a static object file
+add_executable(static-override-obj main-override.c ${MIMALLOC_TARGET_DIR}/mimalloc.o)
+target_include_directories(static-override-obj PUBLIC ${MIMALLOC_TARGET_DIR}/include)
 target_link_libraries(static-override-obj PUBLIC pthread)