diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 97e64fa..37ab61e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 default: build_exec_dbg
 
 # creates executable using profile info generated by profile
-build_exec: rebuild_all # profile
+build_exec: # profile
 	@cbuild/call_task.sh build_exec  2>&1 | tee -a make_raw.log
 
 # creates executable with debug info and no optimizations
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fd16220..a9cd128 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,17 +8,23 @@ GUI is based on [Dear ImGui](https://github.com/ocornut/imgui) and [SDL](https:/
 ```shell
 git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/Timerix22/GraphC
 ```
-2. Install **SDL2** from package manager or compile it from source
-```shell
-cd SDL2
-./configute
-make -j [number of cpu cores]
-make install
-# on windows
-mkdir ../libs
-cp ./build/.libs/*.dll ../libs/
-```
-If it didn't work, read [SDL docs](SDL2/docs/README.md) and [INSTALL.txt](SDL2/INSTALL.txt)).  
+2. Install **SDL2** from package manager or compile it from source.  
+    **If you are using msys, switch to mingw64 shell.**
+    ```shell
+    cd dependencies/SDL2
+    ./configure
+    make -j [number of cpu threads]
+    ```
+    Then you can install it systemwide: 
+    ```shell
+    make install
+    ```
+    or copy to ./libs: 
+    ```shell
+    mkdir -p ../../libs
+    cp ./build/.libs/SDL2.dll ../../libs/
+    ```
+    If it didn't work, read [SDL docs](dependencies/SDL2/docs/README.md) and [INSTALL.txt](dependencies/SDL2/INSTALL.txt).  
 
 3. Compile the program
 ```shell
diff --git a/default.config b/default.config
index b85ecb1..dbe90ce 100644
--- a/default.config
+++ b/default.config
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ case "$OS" in
     WINDOWS)
         EXEC_FILE="$PROJECT.exe"
         INCLUDE="-I./dependencies/imgui -I./dependencies/SDL2/include"
-        LINKER_LIBS="-L./$OBJDIR/libs/ -lSDL2 -lopengl32 -lpthread -lws2_32"
+        LINKER_LIBS="-L./libs/ -l:SDL2.dll -lopengl32 -lpthread -lws2_32"
         ;;
     LINUX)
         EXEC_FILE="$PROJECT"
         INCLUDE="-I./dependencies/imgui -I./dependencies/SDL2/include"
-        LINKER_LIBS="-L./$OBJDIR/libs/ -lSDL2 -lGL"
+        LINKER_LIBS="-L./libs/ -lSDL2 -lGL"
         ;;
     *)
         error "operating system $OS has no configuration variants"
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ case "$TASK" in
         # -flto applies more optimizations across object files
         # -flto=auto is needed to multithreaded copilation
         # -fuse-linker-plugin is required to use static libs with lto, it strips away all
-        C_ARGS="-O2 -flto=auto -fuse-linker-plugin"
+        C_ARGS="-O2 -flto=auto -fuse-linker-plugin -static"
         #-fprofile-use -fprofile-prefix-path=$(realpath $OBJDIR)/objects
         CPP_ARGS="$C_ARGS"
         LINKER_ARGS="$CPP_ARGS $LINKER_LIBS"
diff --git a/dependencies/SDL2 b/dependencies/SDL2
index c2ee45f..903d888 160000
--- a/dependencies/SDL2
+++ b/dependencies/SDL2
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit c2ee45f5ffbba6ff6962eb24fd117586a38cce5e
+Subproject commit 903d888cc31d283ccaaaa7e5b5a324c50a103e87
diff --git a/dependencies/imnodes b/dependencies/imnodes
index 83af906..63f942f 160000
--- a/dependencies/imnodes
+++ b/dependencies/imnodes
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 83af9066dbf8dceef44009ef21ac1d6d042db2a3
+Subproject commit 63f942fae90ab787d50fe4c13c7504be7852aa1d
diff --git a/src/gui/main_window.cpp b/src/gui/main_window.cpp
index 03b30ba..7320448 100644
--- a/src/gui/main_window.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/main_window.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ f32 getMainWindowDPI(){
 
 Maybe main_window_open(const char* window_title){
     SDL_TRY_ZERO(SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO));
+    SDL_version v;
+    SDL_GetVersion(&v);
+    kprintf("SDL version: %u.%u.%u\n", v.major, v.minor, v.patch);
     // GL 3.0 + GLSL 130
     const char* glsl_version = "#version 130";
     SDL_TRY_ZERO( SDL_GL_SetAttribute(SDL_GL_CONTEXT_FLAGS, 0));
diff --git a/tasks/pre_build.sh b/tasks/pre_build.sh
index 579e4bd..e200432 100644
--- a/tasks/pre_build.sh
+++ b/tasks/pre_build.sh
@@ -7,5 +7,14 @@ if [ ! -f libs/fonts_embedded.a ]; then
     fi
 fi
 
-# copy all precompiled libs
-cp libs/* $OBJDIR/libs/
+set -x
+# copy precompiled static libs to objects
+cp libs/*.a "$OBJDIR/libs/"
+
+# copy precompiled shared libs to outdir
+if [ $OS == 'WINDOWS' ]; then
+    cp libs/*.dll "$OUTDIR"
+else
+    cp libs/*.so "$OUTDIR"
+fi
+set +x