diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index dc2398f..c850ead 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,9 +13,11 @@ setup_project_options(
         STANDARD 23
         INTERFACE_TARGET mirai_project_options
 )
+configure_project_defaults()
 
-set(SPDLOG_FMT_EXTERNAL OFF)
-set(SPDLOG_FMT_EXTERNAL_HO ON)
+set(SDL_STATIC ON CACHE BOOL "Build SDL as a static library")
+set(SPDLOG_FMT_EXTERNAL OFF CACHE BOOL "Use external fmt library in spdlog")
+set(SPDLOG_FMT_EXTERNAL_HO ON CACHE BOOL "Use header-only external fmt library in spdlog")
 
 add_subdirectory(third_party/vma_hpp/include)
 add_subdirectory(third_party/vma_hpp/VulkanMemoryAllocator)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index aae2e17..38229f3 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ simple_library(STATIC)
 
 target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC
     Vulkan::Vulkan
-    SDL3::SDL3
+    SDL3::SDL3-static
     freetype
     harfbuzz
     yogacore