diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7e886ed..6f5d4a0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ set(BUILD_STATIC OFF CACHE BOOL "")
 option(USE_VGMSTREAM "Enable using the VGMStream libraries (Unimplemented)" OFF)
 
 find_package(PkgConfig)
-add_subdirectory(subprojects/jsoncpp)
+pkg_check_modules(jsoncpp IMPORTED_TARGET jsoncpp)
+#add_subdirectory(subprojects/jsoncpp)
 find_package(SDL2 REQUIRED)
 find_package(sdbus-c++ REQUIRED)
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
@@ -146,9 +147,9 @@ if(${ASCLI_EXE} STREQUAL "ASCLIEXE-NOTFOUND")
 else()
     add_test(NAME "verify appstream metadata" COMMAND ${ASCLI_EXE} validate --no-net --pedantic "assets/com.complecwaft.Looper.metainfo.xml")
 endif()
-target_link_libraries(looper PUBLIC liblooper libvgmstream jsoncpp ${UI_BACKENDS})
+target_link_libraries(looper PUBLIC liblooper libvgmstream PkgConfig::jsoncpp ${UI_BACKENDS})
 install(TARGETS looper ${EXTRA_LIBS})
 install(FILES assets/icon.svg DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/)
 install(FILES assets/com.complecwaft.Looper.desktop DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/applications)
 install(FILES assets/com.complecwaft.Looper.metainfo.xml DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/metainfo)
-install(DIRECTORY assets/translations/ TYPE LOCALE PATTERN "*" EXCLUDE PATTERN "looper.pot")
\ No newline at end of file
+install(DIRECTORY assets/translations/ TYPE LOCALE PATTERN "*" EXCLUDE PATTERN "looper.pot")