diff --git a/CopiumEngine/CopiumEngine.vcxproj b/CopiumEngine/CopiumEngine.vcxproj
index e2c9f28..f725376 100644
--- a/CopiumEngine/CopiumEngine.vcxproj
+++ b/CopiumEngine/CopiumEngine.vcxproj
@@ -156,8 +156,8 @@
       <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
       <OptimizeReferences>true</OptimizeReferences>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
-      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(ProjectDir)ext/lib/;C:/VulkanSDK/1.3.236.0/Lib;%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>vulkan-1.lib;glfw3.lib;shaderc_combinedd.lib;msdfgen-core.lib;msdfgen-ext.lib;msdf-atlas-gen.lib;freetyped.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(SolutionDir)libs\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\;C:/VulkanSDK/1.3.236.0/Lib;%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>vulkan-1.lib;glfw3.lib;shaderc_combined.lib;msdfgen-core.lib;msdfgen-ext.lib;msdf-atlas-gen.lib;freetype.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
     </Link>
     <PreBuildEvent>
       <Command>
diff --git a/CopiumEngine/src/copium/core/DebugMessenger.cpp b/CopiumEngine/src/copium/core/DebugMessenger.cpp
index e1d511f..5d38978 100644
--- a/CopiumEngine/src/copium/core/DebugMessenger.cpp
+++ b/CopiumEngine/src/copium/core/DebugMessenger.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ namespace Copium
     layers->emplace_back("VK_LAYER_KHRONOS_validation");
   }
 #else
-  DebugMessenger::DebugMessenger(VkInstance instance)
+  DebugMessenger::DebugMessenger(Instance& instance)
     : instance{instance}
   {}
 
diff --git a/ext/projects/freetype/freetype.vcxproj b/ext/projects/freetype/freetype.vcxproj
index ada66b7..1ff8449 100644
--- a/ext/projects/freetype/freetype.vcxproj
+++ b/ext/projects/freetype/freetype.vcxproj
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">
     <IncludePath>$(SolutionDir)ext/repos/freetype/include;$(IncludePath)</IncludePath>
+    <OutDir>$(SolutionDir)libs\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
     <ClCompile>
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@
     <ClCompile>
       <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>%(PreprocessorDefinitions);WIN32;_WINDOWS;FT2_BUILD_LIBRARY;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_WARNINGS;CMAKE_INTDIR="Debug"</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>%(PreprocessorDefinitions);WIN32;_WINDOWS;FT2_BUILD_LIBRARY;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_WARNINGS;</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
     </ClCompile>
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions);_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions);WIN32;_WINDOWS;FT2_BUILD_LIBRARY;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_WARNINGS;</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
     </ClCompile>
diff --git a/ext/projects/msdf-atlas-gen/msdf-atlas-gen.vcxproj b/ext/projects/msdf-atlas-gen/msdf-atlas-gen.vcxproj
index 1015849..d3f7ff1 100644
--- a/ext/projects/msdf-atlas-gen/msdf-atlas-gen.vcxproj
+++ b/ext/projects/msdf-atlas-gen/msdf-atlas-gen.vcxproj
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'" Label="Configuration">
-    <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
+    <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
     <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
     <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@
     <IncludePath>$(VC_IncludePath);$(WindowsSDK_IncludePath);$(SolutionDir)ext/repos/msdf-atlas-gen/msdfgen;$(SolutionDir)ext/repos/msdf-atlas-gen/artery-font-format</IncludePath>
     <OutDir>$(SolutionDir)libs/$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
   </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">
+    <OutDir>$(SolutionDir)libs/$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
+    <IncludePath>$(VC_IncludePath);$(WindowsSDK_IncludePath);$(SolutionDir)ext/repos/msdf-atlas-gen/msdfgen;$(SolutionDir)ext/repos/msdf-atlas-gen/artery-font-format</IncludePath>
+  </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
     <ClCompile>
       <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
@@ -121,8 +125,9 @@
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions);_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;MSDF_ATLAS_PUBLIC=;</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
+      <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>
diff --git a/ext/projects/msdfgen-core/msdfgen-core.vcxproj b/ext/projects/msdfgen-core/msdfgen-core.vcxproj
index 125e27e..c134e46 100644
--- a/ext/projects/msdfgen-core/msdfgen-core.vcxproj
+++ b/ext/projects/msdfgen-core/msdfgen-core.vcxproj
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">
     <OutDir>$(SolutionDir)libs\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
   </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">
+    <OutDir>$(SolutionDir)libs/$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
+  </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
     <ClCompile>
       <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
diff --git a/ext/projects/msdfgen-ext/msdfgen-ext.vcxproj b/ext/projects/msdfgen-ext/msdfgen-ext.vcxproj
index e003378..79a469a 100644
--- a/ext/projects/msdfgen-ext/msdfgen-ext.vcxproj
+++ b/ext/projects/msdfgen-ext/msdfgen-ext.vcxproj
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">
     <TargetName>msdfgen-ext</TargetName>
+    <OutDir>$(SolutionDir)libs/$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\</OutDir>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">
     <TargetName>msdfgen-ext</TargetName>
@@ -128,6 +129,7 @@
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
       <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(SolutionDir)ext\repos\freetype\include;</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>