diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3bbb130..519219c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ else
 endif
 
 # Common include and library paths
-INCLUDE_PATHS      = -I$(DPP_PATH)/include
+INCLUDE_PATHS      = -I$(DPP_PATH)/include -I../sqlite3
 DPP_BUILD_DIR      = $(DPP_PATH)/build/library
 
 # Platform-specific versioned library filename
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ else
 endif
 
 # Library flags
-LIB_PATHS          = -L$(DPP_BUILD_DIR)
+LIB_PATHS          = -L$(DPP_BUILD_DIR) -L../sqlite3
 LIBRARIES          = -ldpp -lsqlite3 
 
 # Build type specific flags
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ C_FLAGS            = $(COMMON_FLAGS) -std=c17
 CXX_FLAGS          = $(COMMON_FLAGS) -std=c++17 -Wno-deprecated-declarations
 
 # Objects
-OBJECTS            = $(EXECUTABLE_NAME).o 
+OBJECTS            = $(EXECUTABLE_NAME).o
 OBJECT_FILES       = $(patsubst %,$(OBJ_DIR)/%,$(OBJECTS))
 
 # Build rules
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c5f6e92..3599734 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,32 +17,37 @@ Prototype C++ Discord bot, that supports 2 features
 
 ## Build
 
-### Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
+### Ubuntu Linux
 
 ```
-sudo apt update
-sudo apt upgrade -y
-sudo apt install build-essential curl git cmake zlib1g-dev libssl-dev -y
-mkdir workdir
-cd workdir
-git clone https://github.com/brainboxdotcc/DPP.git
-cd DPP
-cmake -B ./build
-cmake --build ./build -j8
-cd ..
-git clone https://git.indoodle.com/oomer/poomer-discord.git
-cd poomer-discord
-curl -LO https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nothings/stb/master/stb_image.h
-curl -LO https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nothings/stb/master/stb_image_write.h
+sudo apt install build-essential git cmake -y
+mkdir workdir && cd workdir
+mkdir zlib libssl DPP poomer-discord sqlite3 && cd zlib
+git clone https://github.com/madler/zlib.git .
+./configure --static
+make -j4
+cd ../libssl && git clone https://github.com/openssl/openssl.git .
+./Configure linux-x86_64 no-shared
+make -j4
+cd ../DPP && git clone https://github.com/brainboxdotcc/DPP.git .
+#zlib wants an absolute path to help cmake find_package work, ssl requires explicit vars
+cmake -B ./build \
+  -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$PWD/../zlib;$PWD/../libssl"
+cmake --build ./build -j4
+cd ../sqlite3
+wget https://www.sqlite.org/2025/sqlite-autoconf-3510100.tar.gz
+tar xzf sqlite-autoconf-3510100.tar.gz --strip-components=1
+./configure --enable-static --disable-shared && make -j4
+cd ../poomer-discord && git clone https://git.indoodle.com/oomer/poomer-discord.git .
+wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nothings/stb/master/stb_image.h
+wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nothings/stb/master/stb_image_write.h
 make all -j4
 ```
 
-
 ### MacOS
 
 ```
-mkdir workdir
-cd workdir
+mkdir workdir && cd workdir
 mkdir homebrew
 curl -L https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/tarball/master | tar xz --strip-components 1 -C homebrew
 eval "$(homebrew/bin/brew shellenv)"