diff --git a/driver/CMakeLists.txt b/driver/CMakeLists.txt
index 93067d6..b4150a9 100644
--- a/driver/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/driver/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,14 +26,6 @@ if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE AND NOT CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)
 endif()
 
 
-if (MSVC)
-    # all warnings as errors
-    add_compile_options(/W4 /WX)
-else()
-    # all warnings as errors
-    add_compile_options(-Wall -Wextra -pedantic -Werror -Wno-missing-braces)
-endif()
-
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -O2")
 
 # options
@@ -112,12 +104,16 @@ set(LAZY_SOCKETS_INCLUDE_DIR "lazy-sockets/src/")
 add_subdirectory("gaze_master_plugins")
 
 set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)
-find_package(Boost REQUIRED)
+add_subdirectory(boost)
+
+file(GLOB Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS
+  "./boost/libs/*/include"
+)
 
 # actual build instructions
 include_directories(
   ${OPENVR_INCLUDE_DIR}
-  ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIR}
+  ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS}
   ${SHROOM_INCLUDE_DIR}
   ${LAZY_SOCKETS_INCLUDE_DIR}
   "src/plugins/"
@@ -138,17 +134,23 @@ add_library(${TARGET_NAME} SHARED
   ${driver_hobovr_src}
 )
 
+if (MSVC)
+    # all warnings as errors
+    target_compile_options(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE /W4 /WX)
+else()
+    # all warnings as errors
+    target_compile_options(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE -Wall -Wextra -pedantic -Werror -Wno-missing-braces)
+endif()
+
 target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME}
   "${OPENVR_LIBRARIES}"
   shoom
   lazy_sockets
   -lstdc++fs
-  ${Boost_DLL_LIBRARY}
+  boost_dll
   ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
 )
 
-message(NOTICE "boost_root: ${BOOST_ROOT}|")
-
 install(
   TARGETS
     ${TARGET_NAME}
diff --git a/driver/gaze_master_plugins/CMakeLists.txt b/driver/gaze_master_plugins/CMakeLists.txt
index e8c9a63..47916d3 100644
--- a/driver/gaze_master_plugins/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/driver/gaze_master_plugins/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
 project(gaze_master_example_plugin)
 
-set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)
-find_package(Boost REQUIRED)
-
 add_library(gaze_logger SHARED
 	"../src/plugins/gaze_master_plugin_interface.h"
 	"src/plugin.cpp"
@@ -17,7 +14,6 @@ target_include_directories(gaze_logger PRIVATE
 )
 
 target_link_libraries(gaze_logger PRIVATE
-	${Boost_DLL_LIBRARY}
 	${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
 )