diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d378578..32b6560 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ find_package(glm REQUIRED)
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
 	add_definitions(-DDEBUG)
 endif()
-
 if(APPLE AND NOT TARGET SDL2::SDL2)
     add_library(SDL2::SDL2 UNKNOWN IMPORTED)
     set_target_properties(SDL2::SDL2 PROPERTIES
@@ -26,6 +25,12 @@ if(APPLE AND NOT TARGET SDL2::SDL2)
     INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 endif()
 
+# workaround for linking dbus/glib ourselves
+if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
+    set_target_properties(SDL2::SDL2 PROPERTIES
+        IMPORTED_LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES_NOCONFIG "")
+endif()
+
 if(NOT TARGET assimp::assimp)
     add_library(assimp::assimp UNKNOWN IMPORTED)
 
@@ -46,6 +51,10 @@ add_executable(Graph
     src/postpass.cpp
     src/dofpass.cpp
     src/imguipass.cpp)
+target_compile_options(Graph
+    PUBLIC
+    -fno-exceptions
+    -fno-rtti)
 target_link_libraries(Graph
     PUBLIC
     SDL2::SDL2