diff --git a/tests/log_test.c b/tests/log_test.c
index d73a223..37039ec 100644
--- a/tests/log_test.c
+++ b/tests/log_test.c
@@ -4,14 +4,24 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <semaphore.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
 
 int out_fd[2];
 int err_fd[2];
 
 const char *out_message = "standard message";
 const char *err_message = "error message";
+const char *sem_name = "/alog_testing_sem";
 
 int main() {
+  // RPC sync mechanism. Start locked
+  sem_t *sem = sem_open(sem_name, O_CREAT, 0x777, 0);
+  if (sem_unlink(sem_name)) {
+    perror("couldnt unlink semaphore");
+    // might as well proceed since it is a leak anyways
+  }
+
   // make RPC pipe
   pipe(out_fd);
   pipe(err_fd);
@@ -23,7 +33,9 @@ int main() {
 
   pid_t childpid;
   if ((childpid = fork()) == -1) {
-    perror("fork fail");
+    perror("cannot fork");
+    sem_close(sem);
+    deinit_alog();
     return 1;
   }
 
@@ -40,14 +52,18 @@ int main() {
     alog(ERROR, err_message);
     alog(PRINT, out_message);
 
-    exit(0);
+    if (sem_post(sem)) {
+      perror("cannot increment semaphore");
+      return 1;
+    }
   // parent process
   } else {
     // we can do checks from here
     char out_read_buffer[128] = {0};
     char err_read_buffer[128] = {0};
-
-    usleep(10);
+    if (sem_wait(sem)) {
+      perror("cannot decrement semaphore");
+    }
 
     read(err_fd[0], err_read_buffer, 128);
     // cant check read len because of timestamp
@@ -75,8 +91,8 @@ int main() {
 
 
     printf("out and err log printing are successfull.\n");
+    sem_close(sem);
+    deinit_alog();
   }
-
-  deinit_alog();
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/tests/tests.mk b/tests/tests.mk
index ef5360f..7681cee 100644
--- a/tests/tests.mk
+++ b/tests/tests.mk
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ ALOG_TESTS = $(ALOG_TEST_SRCS:.c=)
 
 $(ALOG_TESTS): $(ALOG_LIB)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -g -o $(BUILD_DIR)/$@.o -c tests/$@.c
-	$(CC) -o $(TARGET_DIR)/$@ $(BUILD_DIR)/$@.o $(ALOG_LIB)
+	$(CC) -o $(TARGET_DIR)/$@ $(BUILD_DIR)/$@.o $(ALOG_LIB) -lpthread
 	chmod +x $(TARGET_DIR)/$@
 
 alog-tests: $(ALOG_TESTS)