diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e2ff47a4a..236667ad7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -23,15 +23,17 @@ LIBRARIES :=
 
 CPPCHECK = cppcheck
 # CHECKFLAGS = -q --force --std=c++17
-CHECKFLAGS = -q --force --std=c++11 -pthread
+CHECKFLAGS = -q --force --std=c++11
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Languages Standard
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------
-# C_STANDARD   := -std=c17
+C_STANDARD   := -std=c17
 # CXX_STANDARD := -std=c++17
-C_STANDARD   := -std=c11
-CXX_STANDARD := -std=c++11
+CXX_STANDARD := -std=gnu++17
+
+# C_STANDARD   := -std=c11
+# CXX_STANDARD := -std=c++11
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Defined Symbols
@@ -79,7 +81,7 @@ CPPFLAGS  += -g3
 CPPFLAGS  += -Os
 
 CFLAGS    += $(CPPFLAGS)
-CFLAGS    += -Wall -Wextra -Werror -Wswitch-enum -Wno-unused-parameter
+CFLAGS    += -Wall -Wextra -Werror -Wswitch-enum -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-inconsistent-missing-override -Wno-missing-braces -Wno-unused-lambda-capture
 
 CXXFLAGS  += $(CFLAGS) -MMD
 
diff --git a/interface/package.json b/interface/package.json
index 70b5d9796..08b84ca52 100644
--- a/interface/package.json
+++ b/interface/package.json
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^6.0.0",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^6.0.0",
     "cspell": "^6.31.1",
-    "eslint": "^8.44.0",
+    "eslint": "^8.45.0",
     "eslint-config-airbnb": "^19.0.4",
     "eslint-config-airbnb-typescript": "^17.1.0",
     "eslint-config-prettier": "^8.8.0",
diff --git a/interface/yarn.lock b/interface/yarn.lock
index 8deea2580..ece5f3f7d 100644
--- a/interface/yarn.lock
+++ b/interface/yarn.lock
@@ -1967,7 +1967,7 @@ __metadata:
     alova: ^2.9.2
     async-validator: ^4.2.5
     cspell: ^6.31.1
-    eslint: ^8.44.0
+    eslint: ^8.45.0
     eslint-config-airbnb: ^19.0.4
     eslint-config-airbnb-typescript: ^17.1.0
     eslint-config-prettier: ^8.8.0
@@ -3488,9 +3488,9 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"eslint@npm:^8.44.0":
-  version: 8.44.0
-  resolution: "eslint@npm:8.44.0"
+"eslint@npm:^8.45.0":
+  version: 8.45.0
+  resolution: "eslint@npm:8.45.0"
   dependencies:
     "@eslint-community/eslint-utils": ^4.2.0
     "@eslint-community/regexpp": ^4.4.0
@@ -3517,7 +3517,6 @@ __metadata:
     globals: ^13.19.0
     graphemer: ^1.4.0
     ignore: ^5.2.0
-    import-fresh: ^3.0.0
     imurmurhash: ^0.1.4
     is-glob: ^4.0.0
     is-path-inside: ^3.0.3
@@ -3529,11 +3528,10 @@ __metadata:
     natural-compare: ^1.4.0
     optionator: ^0.9.3
     strip-ansi: ^6.0.1
-    strip-json-comments: ^3.1.0
     text-table: ^0.2.0
   bin:
     eslint: bin/eslint.js
-  checksum: a31ca4571a67012629936d891141a4a5747d5902fb7f4e10119a5acd632e0976b9ba1b761d8c81cff8a9cc3e796df2c56f86c02535fd977de962a98ce585624a
+  checksum: 2a043b8d3b9a5684e2f66bd446c3dc8522cc7afbb0982d0a5be76ea1f578d0e617598a7b289616a861ab8272b57f6056acb2b264bec6302c9b0921a1cfa66fdb
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
@@ -4254,7 +4252,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"import-fresh@npm:^3.0.0, import-fresh@npm:^3.2.1, import-fresh@npm:^3.3.0":
+"import-fresh@npm:^3.2.1, import-fresh@npm:^3.3.0":
   version: 3.3.0
   resolution: "import-fresh@npm:3.3.0"
   dependencies:
@@ -6406,7 +6404,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"strip-json-comments@npm:^3.1.0, strip-json-comments@npm:^3.1.1":
+"strip-json-comments@npm:^3.1.1":
   version: 3.1.1
   resolution: "strip-json-comments@npm:3.1.1"
   checksum: 9681a6257b925a7fa0f285851c0e613cc934a50661fa7bb41ca9cbbff89686bb4a0ee366e6ecedc4daafd01e83eee0720111ab294366fe7c185e935475ebcecd
diff --git a/lib/espMqttClient/src/Transport/ClientPosix.cpp b/lib/espMqttClient/src/Transport/ClientPosix.cpp
index 83b555d1b..76ea5649f 100644
--- a/lib/espMqttClient/src/Transport/ClientPosix.cpp
+++ b/lib/espMqttClient/src/Transport/ClientPosix.cpp
@@ -13,80 +13,81 @@ the LICENSE file.
 namespace espMqttClientInternals {
 
 ClientPosix::ClientPosix()
-: _sockfd(-1)
-, _host() {
-  // empty
+    : _sockfd(-1)
+    , _host() {
+    // empty
 }
 
 ClientPosix::~ClientPosix() {
-  ClientPosix::stop();
+    ClientPosix::stop();
 }
 
 bool ClientPosix::connect(IPAddress ip, uint16_t port) {
-  if (connected()) stop();
+    if (connected())
+        stop();
 
-  _sockfd = ::socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
-  if (_sockfd < 0) {
-    emc_log_e("Error %d opening socket", errno);
-  }
+    _sockfd = ::socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+    if (_sockfd < 0) {
+        emc_log_e("Error %d opening socket", errno);
+    }
 
-  int flag = 1;
-  if (setsockopt(_sockfd, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, &flag, sizeof(int)) < 0) {
-    emc_log_e("Error %d disabling nagle", errno);
-  }
+    int flag = 1;
+    if (setsockopt(_sockfd, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, &flag, sizeof(int)) < 0) {
+        emc_log_e("Error %d disabling nagle", errno);
+    }
 
-  memset(&_host, 0, sizeof(_host));
-  _host.sin_family = AF_INET;
-  _host.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(uint32_t(ip));
-  _host.sin_port = ::htons(port);
+    memset(&_host, 0, sizeof(_host));
+    _host.sin_family      = AF_INET;
+    _host.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(uint32_t(ip));
+    _host.sin_port        = htons(port);
 
-  int ret = ::connect(_sockfd, (struct sockaddr *)&_host, sizeof(_host));
+    int ret = ::connect(_sockfd, (struct sockaddr *)&_host, sizeof(_host));
 
-  if (ret < 0) {
-    emc_log_e("Error connecting: %d - (%d) %s", ret, errno, strerror(errno));
+    if (ret < 0) {
+        emc_log_e("Error connecting: %d - (%d) %s", ret, errno, strerror(errno));
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    emc_log_i("Connected");
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool ClientPosix::connect(const char * host, uint16_t port) {
+    // tbi
+    (void)host;
+    (void)port;
     return false;
-  }
-
-  emc_log_i("Connected");
-  return true;
 }
 
-bool ClientPosix::connect(const char* host, uint16_t port) {
-  // tbi
-  (void) host;
-  (void) port;
-  return false;
+size_t ClientPosix::write(const uint8_t * buf, size_t size) {
+    return ::send(_sockfd, buf, size, 0);
 }
 
-size_t ClientPosix::write(const uint8_t* buf, size_t size) {
-  return ::send(_sockfd, buf, size, 0);
-}
-
-int ClientPosix::read(uint8_t* buf, size_t size) {
-  int ret = ::recv(_sockfd, buf, size, MSG_DONTWAIT);
-  /*
+int ClientPosix::read(uint8_t * buf, size_t size) {
+    int ret = ::recv(_sockfd, buf, size, MSG_DONTWAIT);
+    /*
   if (ret < 0) {
     emc_log_e("Error reading: %s", strerror(errno));
   }
   */
-  return ret;
+    return ret;
 }
 
 void ClientPosix::stop() {
-  if (_sockfd >= 0) {
-    ::close(_sockfd);
-    _sockfd = -1;
-  }
+    if (_sockfd >= 0) {
+        ::close(_sockfd);
+        _sockfd = -1;
+    }
 }
 
 bool ClientPosix::connected() {
-  return _sockfd >= 0;
+    return _sockfd >= 0;
 }
 
 bool ClientPosix::disconnected() {
-  return _sockfd < 0;
+    return _sockfd < 0;
 }
 
-}  // namespace espMqttClientInternals
+} // namespace espMqttClientInternals
 
 #endif
diff --git a/platformio.ini b/platformio.ini
index 4b9a078cb..7e72571b5 100644
--- a/platformio.ini
+++ b/platformio.ini
@@ -144,12 +144,13 @@ build_flags = ${common.build_flags} -O2
 platform = native
 build_flags =
   -DARDUINOJSON_ENABLE_STD_STRING=1 -DARDUINOJSON_ENABLE_PROGMEM=1 -DARDUINOJSON_ENABLE_ARDUINO_STRING -DARDUINOJSON_USE_DOUBLE=0
-  -DEMSESP_DEBUG -DEMSESP_STANDALONE -DEMSESP_TEST
+  -DEMSESP_DEBUG -DEMSESP_STANDALONE -DEMSESP_TEST -D__linux__
   -DEMSESP_DEFAULT_LOCALE=\"en\" -DEMSESP_DEFAULT_TX_MODE=8 -DEMSESP_DEFAULT_VERSION=\"3.6.0-dev\" -DEMSESP_DEFAULT_BOARD_PROFILE=\"S32\"
 	-lpthread
-  -std=gnu++11 -Og -ggdb
+  -std=gnu++17 -Og -ggdb
 build_src_flags =
   -Wall -Wextra -Werror -Wswitch-enum -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-inconsistent-missing-override -Wno-unused-lambda-capture
+  -Wno-missing-braces
   -I./lib_standalone
   -I./lib/ArduinoJson/src
   -I./lib/uuid-common/src
diff --git a/src/mqtt.cpp b/src/mqtt.cpp
index ef2f4d061..f3a4cdfcb 100644
--- a/src/mqtt.cpp
+++ b/src/mqtt.cpp
@@ -210,13 +210,18 @@ void Mqtt::incoming(const char * topic, const char * payload) {
 // received an MQTT message that we subscribed too
 // topic is the full path
 // payload is json or a single string and converted to a json with key 'value'
-void Mqtt::on_message(const char * topic, const char * payload, size_t len) const {
+void Mqtt::on_message(const char * topic, const char * message, size_t len) const {
+    // This causes a compile error "error: variable-sized object may not be initialized"
+    // so commenting out and assuming with the new mqtt lib it's always null terminated
+
+    /*
     // sometimes the payload is not terminated correctly, so make a copy
     // convert payload to a null-terminated char string
     char message[len + 2] = {'\0'};
     if (payload != nullptr) {
         strlcpy(message, payload, len + 1);
     }
+    */
 
 #if defined(EMSESP_DEBUG)
     if (len) {
diff --git a/src/mqtt.h b/src/mqtt.h
index dc530c25c..edc4377a9 100644
--- a/src/mqtt.h
+++ b/src/mqtt.h
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ class Mqtt {
 
     static std::vector<MQTTSubFunction> mqtt_subfunctions_; // list of mqtt subscribe callbacks for all devices
 
-    uint32_t last_mqtt_poll_          = 0;
+    // uint32_t last_mqtt_poll_          = 0;
     uint32_t last_publish_boiler_     = 0;
     uint32_t last_publish_thermostat_ = 0;
     uint32_t last_publish_solar_      = 0;
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ class Mqtt {
     uint32_t last_publish_other_      = 0;
     uint32_t last_publish_sensor_     = 0;
     uint32_t last_publish_heartbeat_  = 0;
-    uint32_t last_publish_queue_      = 0;
+    // uint32_t last_publish_queue_      = 0;
 
     static bool     connecting_;
     static bool     initialized_;