diff --git a/3rdParty/CMakeLists.txt b/3rdParty/CMakeLists.txt
index 7e5c561..f76cbe2 100644
--- a/3rdParty/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/3rdParty/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ add_subdirectory(boost)
 add_subdirectory(units)
 add_subdirectory(libjpeg-turbo)
 add_subdirectory(msdf)
-if (NOT IOS)
+if (NOT IOS AND ENABLE_CURL)
     add_subdirectory(curl)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/3rdParty/assimp/CMakeLists.txt b/3rdParty/assimp/CMakeLists.txt
index bb42c64..782c75b 100644
--- a/3rdParty/assimp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/3rdParty/assimp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ if (NOT IOS)
 endif ()
 if (assimp_FOUND OR ASSIMP_FOUND)
     message("Using system assimp")
-elseif (USE_ASSIMP)
+elseif (ENABLE_ASSIMP)
     message("Building assimp from sources")
     if(NOT DEFINED ASSIMP_REPO)
         set(ASSIMP_REPO https://github.com/assimp/assimp.git)
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b99c074..b26832d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,8 +33,9 @@ project (OpenVulkano VERSION 1.0 LANGUAGES C CXX)
 SetOptimisationSettings()
 
 # ------------------------- CMAKE OPTIONS -------------------------
-option(USE_ASSIMP "If assimp should be used" ON)
 option(TRACY_ENABLE "Enable Tracy Profiler" OFF)
+option(ENABLE_ASSIMP "If assimp should be used" ON)
+option(ENABLE_CURL "If curl should be used" ON)
 option(ENABLE_TEST "Enable testing" ON)
 option(ENABLE_EXAMPLE "Enable examples" ON)
 option(ENABLE_MSDF "Enable msdf library" ON)
diff --git a/openVulkanoCpp/CMakeLists.txt b/openVulkanoCpp/CMakeLists.txt
index 5b7a6d5..ae21b7b 100644
--- a/openVulkanoCpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/openVulkanoCpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ SetShaderDependency(openVulkanoCpp
 if (NOT ANDROID AND NOT IOS)
     target_link_libraries(openVulkanoCpp PUBLIC glfw pugixml)
     target_link_libraries(openVulkanoCpp PUBLIC ftxui::screen ftxui::dom ftxui::component)
-    LinkCurl(openVulkanoCpp)
+    if (ENABLE_CURL)
+        LinkCurl(openVulkanoCpp)
+    endif()
 endif()
 
 target_link_libraries(openVulkanoCpp PUBLIC magic_enum yaml-cpp fmt spdlog glm pugixml stb eigen utf8cpp imgui_internal TracyClient stud-uuid ryml unordered_dense units)