diff --git a/3rdParty/curl/ext/CMakeLists.txt b/3rdParty/curl/ext/CMakeLists.txt
index 31e04e9..e69f1aa 100644
--- a/3rdParty/curl/ext/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/3rdParty/curl/ext/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ set(OPENSSL_SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/deps_curl/openssl-src)
 set(OPENSSL_INSTALL_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/INSTALL)
 set(OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR ${OPENSSL_INSTALL_DIR}/include)
 set(OPENSSL_TAG OpenSSL_1_1_1n)
+set(OPENSSL_USE_STATIC_LIBS TRUE)
 
 find_program(PERL_EXECUTABLE perl)
 if (NOT PERL_EXECUTABLE)
@@ -30,6 +31,51 @@ endif ()
 
 set(CURL_GIT_TAG curl-8_8_0)
 
+function(InstallOpenSSL)
+    ExternalProject_Add(
+            OpenSSL
+            PREFIX ${OPENSSL_SOURCE_DIR}
+            GIT_REPOSITORY ${OPENSSL_REPO}
+            GIT_TAG ${OPENSSL_TAG}
+            GIT_SHALLOW TRUE
+            CONFIGURE_COMMAND ${PERL_EXECUTABLE} ${OPENSSL_PERL_CONFIGURE_COMMAND} --prefix=${OPENSSL_INSTALL_DIR} --openssldir=${OPENSSL_INSTALL_DIR} no-shared no-tests
+            BUILD_COMMAND ${OPENSSL_MAKE_COMMAND}
+            INSTALL_COMMAND ${OPENSSL_MAKE_COMMAND} install
+            INSTALL_DIR ${OPENSSL_INSTALL_DIR}
+            USES_TERMINAL_DOWNLOAD TRUE
+            USES_TERMINAL_CONFIGURE TRUE
+            USES_TERMINAL_BUILD TRUE
+            USES_TERMINAL_INSTALL TRUE
+        )
+endfunction()
+
+function(InstallCurl DEPENDENCY_TARGETS OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR)
+    ExternalProject_Add(
+        curl
+        DEPENDS ${DEPENDENCY_TARGETS}
+        GIT_REPOSITORY ${CURL_REPO}
+        GIT_TAG ${CURL_GIT_TAG}
+        GIT_SHALLOW TRUE
+        SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/curl
+        BINARY_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/curl-build
+        CMAKE_GENERATOR ${CMAKE_GENERATOR}
+        CMAKE_ARGS
+            -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE:FILEPATH=${TOOLCHAIN_FILE}
+            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=Release
+            -DCURL_USE_OPENSSL:BOOL=ON
+            -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=${OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR}
+            -DOPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR=${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}
+            -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/INSTALL
+            -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/INSTALL
+        BUILD_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/curl-build --config Release
+        INSTALL_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --install ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/curl-build --config Release
+        USES_TERMINAL_DOWNLOAD TRUE
+        USES_TERMINAL_CONFIGURE TRUE
+        USES_TERMINAL_BUILD TRUE
+        USES_TERMINAL_INSTALL TRUE
+    )
+endfunction()
+
 if (APPLE)
     ExternalProject_Add(
         curl
@@ -55,48 +101,33 @@ if (APPLE)
         USES_TERMINAL_BUILD TRUE
         USES_TERMINAL_INSTALL TRUE
     )
-else ()
-    ExternalProject_Add(
-        OpenSSL
-        PREFIX ${OPENSSL_SOURCE_DIR}
-        GIT_REPOSITORY ${OPENSSL_REPO}
-        GIT_TAG ${OPENSSL_TAG}
-        GIT_SHALLOW TRUE
-        CONFIGURE_COMMAND ${PERL_EXECUTABLE} ${OPENSSL_PERL_CONFIGURE_COMMAND} --prefix=${OPENSSL_INSTALL_DIR} --openssldir=${OPENSSL_INSTALL_DIR}
-        BUILD_COMMAND ${OPENSSL_MAKE_COMMAND}
-        INSTALL_COMMAND ${OPENSSL_MAKE_COMMAND} install
-        INSTALL_DIR ${OPENSSL_INSTALL_DIR}
-        USES_TERMINAL_DOWNLOAD TRUE
-        USES_TERMINAL_CONFIGURE TRUE
-        USES_TERMINAL_BUILD TRUE
-        USES_TERMINAL_INSTALL TRUE
-    )
+elseif (WIN32)
 
+    set(CURL_DEPDENDENCY_TARGETS "")
+    set(OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR ${OPENSSL_INSTALL_DIR})
+    list(APPEND CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH ${OPENSSL_INSTALL_DIR})
+    
+    find_package(OpenSSL QUIET)
+    if(NOT OpenSSL_FOUND)
+        message("OpenSSL not found. Building OpenSSL from sources...")
+        set(CURL_DEPDENDENCY_TARGETS OpenSSL)
+        InstallOpenSSL()
+    else ()
+        set(CURL_DEPDENDENCY_TARGETS OpenSSL::SSL OpenSSL::Crypto)
+        message("OpenSSL is already built. Root directory is ${OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR}, include directory is ${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}")
+    endif()
+
+    find_package(CURL QUIET)
+    if (NOT CURL_FOUND)
+        message("CURL not found. Building CURL from sources...")
+        # set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF) set(BUILD_STATIC_LIBS ON)
+        InstallCurl(${CURL_DEPDENDENCY_TARGETS} ${OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR})
+    else ()
+        message("CURL is already built")
+    endif ()
+else ()
+    InstallOpenSSL()
     ExternalProject_Get_Property(OpenSSL INSTALL_DIR)
     set(OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR ${INSTALL_DIR})
-
-    ExternalProject_Add(
-        curl
-        DEPENDS OpenSSL
-        GIT_REPOSITORY ${CURL_REPO}
-        GIT_TAG ${CURL_GIT_TAG}
-        GIT_SHALLOW TRUE
-        SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/curl
-        BINARY_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/curl-build
-        CMAKE_GENERATOR ${CMAKE_GENERATOR}
-        CMAKE_ARGS
-            -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE:FILEPATH=${TOOLCHAIN_FILE}
-            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=Release
-            -DCURL_USE_OPENSSL:BOOL=ON
-            -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=${OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR}
-            -DOPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR=${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}
-            -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/INSTALL
-            -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/INSTALL
-        BUILD_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/curl-build --config Release
-        INSTALL_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --install ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/curl-build --config Release
-        USES_TERMINAL_DOWNLOAD TRUE
-        USES_TERMINAL_CONFIGURE TRUE
-        USES_TERMINAL_BUILD TRUE
-        USES_TERMINAL_INSTALL TRUE
-    )
-endif ()
\ No newline at end of file
+    InstallCurl(OpenSSL ${OPENSSL_ROOT_DIR})
+endif ()
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 59616c4..2935299 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ if(IOS)
     file(GLOB_RECURSE resources CONFIGURE_DEPENDS "openVulkanoCpp/*.storyboard" "openVulkanoCpp/*.xib")
     add_executable(openVulkanoCpp examples/main.m ${resources})
 else()
-    file(GLOB_RECURSE sources CONFIGURE_DEPENDS "openVulkanoCpp/*.c" "openVulkanoCpp/*.cpp" "examples/*.cpp")
-    add_executable(openVulkanoCpp examples/main.cpp ${resources})
+    file(GLOB_RECURSE sources CONFIGURE_DEPENDS "openVulkanoCpp/*.h" "openVulkanoCpp/*.c" "openVulkanoCpp/*.hpp" "openVulkanoCpp/*.cpp" "examples/*.hpp" "examples/*.cpp")
+    add_executable(openVulkanoCpp examples/main.cpp)
 endif()
 FilterPlatformPaths(sources)
 SetWarningSettings(openVulkanoCpp)
@@ -62,27 +62,20 @@ endif ()
 if (WIN32)
     # Ws2
     target_link_libraries(openVulkanoCpp PRIVATE Ws2_32)
-
-    file(GLOB_RECURSE DLLS "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/*.dll")
-    
-    if (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Release")
-        set(EXE_OUTPUT_DIR "${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_RELEASE}" )
-    elseif (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "MinSizeRel")
-        set(EXE_OUTPUT_DIR "${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_MINSIZEREL}" )
-    elseif (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "RelWithDebInfo")
-        set(EXE_OUTPUT_DIR "${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_RELWITHDEBINFO}" )
-    elseif (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
-        set(EXE_OUTPUT_DIR "${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_DEBUG}" )
-    else ()
-        set(EXE_OUTPUT_DIR "${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}" )
-    endif()
     
+    # grabs libcurl.dll libssl-1_1-x64.dll libcrypto-1_1-x64.dll
+    # TODO: statically link libcurl and it's dependencies
+    file(GLOB_RECURSE DLLS "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/deps_curl/INSTALL/bin/*.dll")
     foreach(DLL ${DLLS})
         add_custom_command(TARGET openVulkanoCpp POST_BUILD
             COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different
-            ${DLL} ${EXE_OUTPUT_DIR}
+            ${DLL} $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:openVulkanoCpp>
         )
     endforeach()
+    
+    set(CURL_STATIC_LIBS ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/deps_curl/deps_curl)
+    file(GLOB_RECURSE LIBS "${CURL_STATIC_LIBS}/*.lib")
+    target_link_libraries(openVulkanoCpp PRIVATE ${LIBS})
 endif ()
 
 SetupVulkan(openVulkanoCpp)