diff --git a/deps/CMakeLists.txt b/deps/CMakeLists.txt
index 4084142..dd6b111 100644
--- a/deps/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/deps/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,23 +3,21 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
 if("${POLYSCOPE_BACKEND_OPENGL3_GLFW}")
 
   ## Glad
-  add_subdirectory(glad)
 
   ## GLFW
   set(GLFW_BUILD_DOCS OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
   set(GLFW_BUILD_TESTS OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
   set(GLFW_BUILD_EXAMPLES OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
   set(GLFW_INSTALL OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
-  add_subdirectory(glfw)
+  find_package(glfw3 REQUIRED)
 endif()
 
 if("${POLYSCOPE_BACKEND_OPENGL_MOCK}")
 endif()
 
 ## Imgui
-add_subdirectory(imgui)
 
 ## Argparse
 
 ## STB stuff
-add_subdirectory(stb)
+add_library(stb OBJECT stb_impl.cpp)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 5e5ab62..21410ce 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ if("${POLYSCOPE_BACKEND_OPENGL3_GLFW}")
 
   # Link settings
   list(APPEND BACKEND_LIBS
-    glfw ${GLFW_LIBRARIES}
+    ${GLFW_LIBRARIES}
   )
 
   if(APPLE)
@@ -283,13 +283,8 @@ add_definitions(-DNOMINMAX)
 
 # Include settings
 target_include_directories(polyscope PUBLIC "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../include")
-target_include_directories(polyscope PUBLIC "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../deps/glm")
-#target_include_directories(polyscope PRIVATE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../deps/args") # not used, polyscope generates no apps directly
-target_include_directories(polyscope PRIVATE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../deps/happly")
-target_include_directories(polyscope PRIVATE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../deps/json/include")
-target_include_directories(polyscope PRIVATE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../deps/stb")
-target_include_directories(polyscope PRIVATE "${BACKEND_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
         
 # Link settings
 target_link_libraries(polyscope PUBLIC imgui)
 target_link_libraries(polyscope PRIVATE "${BACKEND_LIBS}" stb)
+install(TARGETS polyscope LIBRARY DESTINATION lib ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
diff --git a/src/polyscope.cpp b/src/polyscope.cpp
index d270e36..1887ef1 100644
--- a/src/polyscope.cpp
+++ b/src/polyscope.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 #include "stb_image.h"
 
-#include "json/json.hpp"
+#include "nlohmann/json.hpp"
 using json = nlohmann::json;
 
 
diff --git a/src/view.cpp b/src/view.cpp
index 6b93f88..31b73ee 100644
--- a/src/view.cpp
+++ b/src/view.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 #include "imgui.h"
 
-#include "json/json.hpp"
+#include "nlohmann/json.hpp"
 using json = nlohmann::json;
 
 namespace polyscope {