diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 2302992..c7a69a4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ jobs:
         pulseaudio
         seatd
         wayland
+        lld
+        expat
+        fontconfig
+        freetype2
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       with:
         submodules: true
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 6a15cc7..d17cab1 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 [submodule "simple-wrapper"]
 	path = simple-wrapper
 	url = https://github.com/pop-os/simple-wrapper
+[submodule "cosmic-settings"]
+        path = cosmic-settings
+        url = https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-settings
 [submodule "cosmic-settings-daemon"]
 	path = cosmic-settings-daemon
 	url = https://github.com/pop-os/cosmic-settings-daemon
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 44ef8f9..7a9fa2e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -38,7 +38,11 @@ optionally (though the build-system might currently require these libraries):
 - libsystemd
 - libpulse
 - pop-launcher
-
+- libexpat1-dev,
+- libfontconfig-dev,
+- libfreetype-dev,
+- lld,
+ 
 ### Testing
 
 The easiest way to test Cosmic DE currently is by building a systemd system extension (see `man systemd-sysext`).
diff --git a/cosmic-applibrary b/cosmic-applibrary
index e7e8377..d89bc2d 160000
--- a/cosmic-applibrary
+++ b/cosmic-applibrary
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit e7e83771b41603e6851d042622701e3eb90b9ab6
+Subproject commit d89bc2d208317dfdef6a07230e3e2e06902e5404
diff --git a/cosmic-settings b/cosmic-settings
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..efdd934
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cosmic-settings
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit efdd934e6219acbfccb60e6fc65a9a064a323471
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index 4b757b8..86dd70c 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ _meson_install dir destdir:
 
 build:
     mkdir -p build
+    {{ just }} cosmic-settings/build-release
     {{ just }} cosmic-applets/build
-    {{ just }} _meson_build cosmic-applibrary
+    {{ just }} cosmic-applibrary/build-release
     {{ just }} cosmic-bg/build-release
     {{ make }} -C cosmic-comp all
     {{ just }} cosmic-launcher/build-release
@@ -28,12 +29,13 @@ build:
 sysext dir=`echo $(pwd)/cosmic-sysext` version=("nightly-" + `git rev-parse --short HEAD`): build && (_extension_release dir version)
     mkdir -p {{dir}}/usr/lib/extension-release.d/
     {{ just }} rootdir={{dir}} cosmic-applets/install
-    {{ just }} _meson_install cosmic-applibrary {{dir}}
+    {{ just }} rootdir={{dir}} cosmic-applibrary/install
     {{ just }} rootdir={{dir}} cosmic-bg/install
     {{ make }} -C cosmic-comp install DESTDIR={{dir}}
     {{ just }} rootdir={{dir}} cosmic-launcher/install
     {{ make }} -C cosmic-osd install DESTDIR={{dir}} prefix=/usr
     {{ make }} -C cosmic-panel install DESTDIR={{dir}} prefix=/usr
+    {{ just }} rootdir={{dir}} cosmic-settings/install
     {{ make }} -C cosmic-settings-daemon install DESTDIR={{dir}} prefix=/usr
     {{ make }} -C xdg-desktop-portal-cosmic install DESTDIR={{dir}} prefix=/usr
     {{ just }} rootdir={{dir}} cosmic-session/install
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ clean:
     rm -rf cosmic-launcher/target
     rm -rf cosmic-panel/target
     rm -rf cosmic-osd/target
+    rm -rf cosmic-settings/target
     rm -rf cosmic-settings-daemon/target
     rm -rf cosmic-session/target
     rm -rf xdg-desktop-portal-cosmic/target