diff --git a/1988/westley/Makefile b/1988/westley/Makefile
index 2fffe9e31..f23f4db10 100644
--- a/1988/westley/Makefile
+++ b/1988/westley/Makefile
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ include ../../var.mk
 # Common C compiler warnings to silence
 #
 CSILENCE= -Wno-error -Wno-implicit-function-declaration -Wno-return-type \
-	-Wno-strict-prototypes
+	-Wno-strict-prototypes -Wno-implicit-int
 
 # Common C compiler warning flags
 #
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ CDEFINE=
 
 # Include files that are needed to compile
 #
-CINCLUDE=
+CINCLUDE= -include stdio.h
 
 # Optimization
 #
diff --git a/1988/westley/try.sh b/1988/westley/try.sh
index ef88b6f4b..e37ca0aef 100755
--- a/1988/westley/try.sh
+++ b/1988/westley/try.sh
@@ -1,15 +1,22 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# try.sh - demonstrate IOCCC winner 1988/westley
+#
 
-clear
-
-if [[ ! -x "westley" ]]; then
-    echo "$ cc westley.c -o westley"
-    cc -std=gnu89 -Wno-error -Wno-implicit-function-declaration -Wno-return-type    -O3 westley.c -o westley || exit 1
+# make sure CC is set so that when we do make CC="$CC" it isn't empty. Doing it
+# this way allows us to have the user specify a different compiler in an easy
+# way.
+if [[ -z "$CC" ]]; then
+    CC="cc"
 fi
 
-echo "$ cat westley.c"
+make CC="$CC" all >/dev/null || exit 1
+
+# clear screen after compilation so that only the entry is shown
+clear
+
+echo "$ cat westley.c" 1>&2
 cat westley.c
 sleep 1
-
-echo "$ ./westley"
+echo "$ ./westley" 1>&2
 ./westley
diff --git a/1988/westley/westley.c b/1988/westley/westley.c
index 2bcf1123e..c946907ff 100644
--- a/1988/westley/westley.c
+++ b/1988/westley/westley.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #define _ F-->00||-F-OO--;
-int F=00,OO=00;main(){F_OO();printf("%1.3f\n",4.*-F/OO/OO);}F_OO()
+float F=00,OO=00;main(){F_OO();printf("%1.3f\n",4.*-F/OO/OO);}F_OO()
 {
             _-_-_-_
        _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
diff --git a/thanks-for-fixes.md b/thanks-for-fixes.md
index b37f0cc3e..34a9dfa7c 100644
--- a/thanks-for-fixes.md
+++ b/thanks-for-fixes.md
@@ -758,6 +758,9 @@ was fixed by Misha Dynin, based on the judges' remarks, so that this would work
 with modern C compilers. We encourage you to try the alternate version to see
 what happens with current compilers! See the README.md files for details.
 
+Cody changed the `int`s to be `float` as that's what they are printed as: not
+strictly necessary but nonetheless more correct, even if not warned against.
+
 Cody added the [try.sh](1988/westley/try.sh) script to show the magic of the
 entry as seeing the code with the result at once is far more beautiful.