diff --git a/renderer/CMakeLists.txt b/renderer/CMakeLists.txt
index f34f2da..3ba8f5f 100644
--- a/renderer/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/renderer/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,5 +36,6 @@ target_link_libraries(renderer
         spirv-cross-core
         spirv-cross-glsl)
 target_compile_definitions(renderer PUBLIC GLM_FORCE_RADIANS GLM_FORCE_DEPTH_ZERO_TO_ONE GLM_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL)
+target_compile_options(renderer PUBLIC -fexceptions) # needed for spirv-cross and dxbc
 
 add_library(Novus::Renderer ALIAS renderer)
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diff --git a/renderer/src/rendersystem.cpp b/renderer/src/rendersystem.cpp
index 69a428a..551fbfd 100644
--- a/renderer/src/rendersystem.cpp
+++ b/renderer/src/rendersystem.cpp
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ RenderSystem::RenderSystem(Renderer &renderer, GameData *data)
 void RenderSystem::testInit(::RenderModel *m)
 {
     qInfo() << "initialzing render system with dummy data...";
-    RenderModel model{.internal_model = new ::RenderModel(*m),
-                      .shpk = physis_parse_shpk(physis_gamedata_extract_file(m_data, "shader/sm5/shpk/character.shpk"))};
+    RenderModel model{.shpk = physis_parse_shpk(physis_gamedata_extract_file(m_data, "shader/sm5/shpk/character.shpk")),
+                      .internal_model = new ::RenderModel(*m)};
     m_renderModels.push_back(model);
 }