diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c0b1aa8..dbc329c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -68,3 +68,5 @@ install_manifest.txt
 compile_commands.json
 CTestTestfile.cmake
 _deps
+
+.project
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0822c3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "cmake/sdl2"]
+	path = cmake/sdl2
+	url = https://github.com/sleepyspider1/sdl2-cmake-modules.git
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index fc92792..3c50426 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@
 
 # Written by JackCarterSmith, 2021
 # This code is released under the AST license.
+set(CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE ON)
+list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/sdl2)
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)
 cmake_policy(VERSION 3.1)
 
 # define project
-project(ast VERSION 1.0.0 DESCRIPTION "Arena Survival Tournament" LANGUAGES C)
+project(AST VERSION 1.0.0 DESCRIPTION "Arena Survival Tournament" LANGUAGES C)
 set(AST_NAME AST-${PROJECT_VERSION})
 configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/config.h.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/config.h @ONLY)
 
@@ -18,6 +20,8 @@ include(CheckCSourceCompiles)
 
 find_package(SDL2 REQUIRED)
 include_directories(${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIR})
+find_package(SDL2_image REQUIRED)
+include_directories(${SDL2_IMAGE_INCLUDE_DIR})
 
 # define src/headers files
 
@@ -26,22 +30,22 @@ FILE(GLOB AST_HRDS src/*.h)
 SOURCE_GROUP("Source Files" FILES ${AST_SCRS})
 SOURCE_GROUP("Header Files" FILES ${AST_HRDS})
 
-# begin building ast
+# begin building AST
 
 #set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Debug)
 #include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
-add_executable(ast ${AST_SCRS} ${AST_HRDS})
-#set_property(TARGET ast PROPERTY C_STANDARD 99)
-set_target_properties(ast PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME ${AST_NAME})
+add_executable(AST ${AST_SCRS} ${AST_HRDS})
+#set_property(TARGET AST PROPERTY C_STANDARD 99)
+set_target_properties(AST PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME ${AST_NAME})
 if(MSVC)
 	# msvc does not append 'lib' - do it here to have consistent name
-	set_target_properties(ast PROPERTIES PREFIX "lib")
-	set_target_properties(ast PROPERTIES IMPORT_PREFIX "lib")
+	set_target_properties(AST PROPERTIES PREFIX "lib")
+	set_target_properties(AST PROPERTIES IMPORT_PREFIX "lib")
 endif()
-target_link_libraries(ast ${SDL2_LIBRARIES})
+target_link_libraries(AST ${SDL2_LIBRARIES} ${SDL2_IMAGE_LIBRARIES})
 
 # install executable
 
-install(TARGETS ast
+install(TARGETS AST
 	RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
 )
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cmake/sdl2 b/cmake/sdl2
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..92d3901
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/sdl2
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 92d390139bf6c0dfea7bcf1c7d6c981fa8ab6800