diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2604c20..9f149bb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 
 # Ignore build folders
 **/build
+**/lib
 # Ignore platform specific build folders
 build-*/
 
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2e98a2d..5918f8b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 set(CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES "arm64;x86_64")
 set(CMAKE_CXX_VISIBILITY_PRESET hidden)
 
-set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE} /MT")
+if (MSVC)
+    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE} /MT")
+endif()
 
 project(ffmpeg-api VERSION 1.0.0)
 
@@ -16,6 +18,7 @@ add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} SHARED
 
 set_property(TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTY MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY "MultiThreaded$<$<CONFIG:Final>:Final>")
 
+
 if (NOT DEFINED ENV{GEODE_SDK})
     message(FATAL_ERROR "Unable to find Geode SDK! Please define GEODE_SDK environment variable to point to Geode")
 else()
@@ -39,8 +42,14 @@ if (WIN32)
         ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/swscale.lib
         ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/libx264.lib
         ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/x265-static.lib
-        Ws2_32.lib mfplat.lib mf.lib secur32.lib crypt32.lib mfuuid.lib
-        mf mfplat mfuuid bcrypt strmiids.lib
+        ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/ws2_32.lib
+        ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/mfplat.lib
+        ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/mf.lib
+        ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/secur32.lib
+        ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/crypt32.lib
+        ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/mfuuid.lib
+        ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/bcrypt.lib
+        ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/strmiids.lib
     ) # windows
 elseif (ANDROID) 
     if (ANDROID_ABI STREQUAL "arm64-v8a")
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3cc00aa..78cd44d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -61,14 +61,13 @@ To get the needed libraries on Windows, you can use vcpkg:
 ```sh
 vcpkg install ffmpeg[core,avcodec,avformat,avutil,swscale,swresample,amf,x264,x265,nvcodec]:x64-windows-static --recurse
 ```
+the other libraries are part of the Windows SDK
 
 ## Android
-Clone [this](https://github.com/EclipseMenu/ffmpeg-android-maker/) repository and run ffmpeg-android-maker.sh, this will produce static libraries in the build folder:
+To get the needed libraries on Android, you can use [this](https://github.com/EclipseMenu/ffmpeg-android-maker/) script. Read the README in the repository for further instructions.
 ```sh
 git clone https://github.com/EclipseMenu/ffmpeg-android-maker/
 cd ffmpeg-android-maker
 ./ffmpeg-android-maker.sh
 ```
-Read the README in the repository for further instructions.
-
 You can either run it natively on Linux or using WSL on Windows.
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