diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index abfe76bd..6e13ce70 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ if (USE_STANDALONE)
     add_definitions(-DSTANDALONE)
     add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} ${SRC_DIR})
 else()
-    add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} SHARED ${SRC_DIR})
+    add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} STATIC ${SRC_DIR})
 endif()
 
 if(NOT CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "MSVC")
@@ -71,13 +71,13 @@ else()
             $<$<CONFIG:Debug>:
                 /w;
                 /Od;
-                /MDd
+                /MTd
             >
             $<$<CONFIG:Release>:
                 /Oi;
                 /Gy;
                 /W3;
-                /MD
+                /MT
             >
             /STACK:16777216
             /permissive-;
@@ -89,13 +89,13 @@ else()
     elseif("${CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_NAME}" STREQUAL "Win32")
         target_compile_options(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE
             $<$<CONFIG:Debug>:
-                /MDd
+                /MTd
             >
             $<$<CONFIG:Release>:
                 /O2;
                 /Oi;
                 /Gy;
-                /MD
+                /MT
             >
             /STACK:16777216
             /permissive-;
@@ -139,7 +139,12 @@ endif()
 
 # Fetch Dependencies
 
-if(EXISTS "/mnt/c/WINDOWS/system32/wsl.exe")
+if(MSVC)
+    set(CMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY "MultiThreaded$<$<CONFIG:Debug>:Debug>")
+    set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} /STACK:16777216")
+endif()
+
+if(NOT USE_STANDALONE AND EXISTS "/mnt/c/WINDOWS/system32/wsl.exe")
     FetchContent_Declare(
         GSL
         GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/Microsoft/GSL.git
@@ -171,6 +176,9 @@ endif()
 
 # Link YamlCpp
 
+set(YAML_CPP_BUILD_TOOLS OFF)
+set(YAML_CPP_BUILD_TESTS OFF)
+set(YAML_CPP_DISABLE_UNINSTALL ON)
 FetchContent_Declare(
     yaml-cpp
     GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp.git
diff --git a/src/storm/SWrapper.cpp b/src/storm/SWrapper.cpp
index 811e31bf..00da1def 100644
--- a/src/storm/SWrapper.cpp
+++ b/src/storm/SWrapper.cpp
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ bool SWrapper::CreateFile(const std::string& path, std::vector<char> data) {
     }
 
     if(!SFileCreateFile(this->hMpq, path.c_str(), theTime, size, 0, MPQ_FILE_COMPRESS, &hFile)){
-        throw std::runtime_error("Failed to create file at path " + path + " with error " + std::to_string(GetLastError()));
+        return false;
     }
 
     if(!SFileWriteFile(hFile, (void*) raw, size, MPQ_COMPRESSION_ZLIB)){