diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5a3e3088..608ba52b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -64,3 +64,4 @@ build/*
 
 # others
 .DS_Store
+.cache/
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8cdad317..54867185 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -77,7 +77,13 @@ if(MSVC)
     set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS TRUE)
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "/std:c++17 ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
 else()
-    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-fPIC ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
+    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-fPIC -std=c++17 ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
+    if(APPLE)
+        # Add macOS SDK paths for standard library headers
+        execute_process(COMMAND xcrun --show-sdk-path OUTPUT_VARIABLE MACOS_SDK_PATH OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+        set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -isysroot ${MACOS_SDK_PATH}")
+        include_directories(SYSTEM ${MACOS_SDK_PATH}/usr/include/c++/v1)
+    endif()
 endif()
 
 # if ("${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" STREQUAL "Debug")
diff --git a/src/test/test_apply_xfer.cpp b/src/test/test_apply_xfer.cpp
index bce0b970..a270a947 100644
--- a/src/test/test_apply_xfer.cpp
+++ b/src/test/test_apply_xfer.cpp
@@ -93,5 +93,5 @@ int main() {
     }
   }
 
-  best_graph->to_qasm("test.qasm", false, false);
+  best_graph->to_qasm(std::string("test.qasm"), false, false);
 }
diff --git a/src/test/test_from_and_to_qasm.cpp b/src/test/test_from_and_to_qasm.cpp
index 241adecd..e6558a78 100644
--- a/src/test/test_from_and_to_qasm.cpp
+++ b/src/test/test_from_and_to_qasm.cpp
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ int main() {
   //                GateType::rxx3});
   auto graph =
       Graph::from_qasm_file(&ctx, "../experiment/nam_rm_circs/gf2^6_mult.qasm");
-  graph->to_qasm("test.qasm", false, false);
+  graph->to_qasm(std::string("test.qasm"), false, false);
 }
diff --git a/src/test/test_graph_to_qasm.cpp b/src/test/test_graph_to_qasm.cpp
index b0bcfc70..08a3ca3d 100644
--- a/src/test/test_graph_to_qasm.cpp
+++ b/src/test/test_graph_to_qasm.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ int main() {
   }
 
   Graph graph(&ctx, dag);
-  graph.to_qasm("temp.qasm", /*print_result=*/true, true);
+  graph.to_qasm(std::string("temp.qasm"), /*print_result=*/true, true);
   graph.draw_circuit("temp.qasm", "temp.png");
 }
diff --git a/src/test/test_rigetti_td_disabled.cpp b/src/test/test_rigetti_td_disabled.cpp
index 031dd4d9..2c3310f4 100644
--- a/src/test/test_rigetti_td_disabled.cpp
+++ b/src/test/test_rigetti_td_disabled.cpp
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
       &union_ctx_0, eqs_h_cz, fn, /*print_message=*/
       true);
   graph_after_h_cz_merge->to_qasm(
-      "circuit/voqc-benchmarks/after_h_cz_merge.qasm", false, false);
+      std::string("circuit/voqc-benchmarks/after_h_cz_merge.qasm"), false,
+      false);
 
   // Shift the context to Rigetti Agave
   RuleParser rules({"h q0 = rx q0 pi; rz q0 0.5pi; rx q0 0.5pi; rz q0 -0.5pi;",