CLion IDE doesn't recognize my C symbols - c

Just installed the new CLion IDE and wanted to try it.
Wrote a simple C program in a single source file that has 2 functions: foo() and bar(). main() calls foo and foo calls bar.
Tried to find references of both of the funcs and got nothing. Same goes for call hierarchy. I assume I forgot to configure something.
The C file compiles with gcc.
I googled the problem but found nothing helpful.
Any ideas?
Thanks

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