diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6fb4c05..733e054 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ SET(LIB_METHOD STATIC) #SHARED / STATIC
 option(BUILD_DOC "Build documentation" ON) # additional dependency for Doxygen
 option(PACKAGING "Allow Packaging to <exe>, <deb> or <rpm>" ON) # additional dependencies for RPMbuild,dpkg  or NSIS
 option(TESTS "Build Tests" ON) # additional dependencies for GTEST - to build tests
-option(GUI "Build GUI elements" OFF) # additional dependencies to QT libraries needed
-set(WinBuild false)
+option(GUI "Build GUI elements" ON) # additional dependencies to QT libraries needed
+set(WinBuild true)
 
 # helper variables
 SET(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ if (${WinBuild})
     message(STATUS "Using LIBCONFIG++ lib(s): ${LIBCONFIG++_LIBRARIES}")
 
     include_directories(${LIBCONFIG++_INCLUDE_DIRS} inc)
+
+    if (${GUI})
+        set(CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH "/usr/${TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX}/sys-root/mingw/lib/cmake")
+    endif ()
 else ()
     find_package(CURL REQUIRED)
     if (CURL_INCLUDE_DIRS AND CURL_LIBRARIES)
@@ -130,6 +134,15 @@ else ()
     include_directories(${LIBCONFIG_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 endif ()
 
+if (${GUI})
+    set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
+    set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR ON)
+
+    find_package(Qt5Widgets REQUIRED)
+    find_package(Qt5PrintSupport REQUIRED)
+    find_package(Qt5Sql REQUIRED)
+endif ()
+
 message("")
 
 #read sample config
@@ -175,12 +188,6 @@ add_executable(iprefresher src/main.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(iprefresher dynuiprefresher api ${CURL_LIBRARIES} ${LIBCONFIG++_LIBRARIES})
 
 if (${GUI})
-    set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
-    set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR ON)
-
-    find_package(Qt5Widgets REQUIRED)
-    find_package(Qt5PrintSupport REQUIRED)
-    find_package(Qt5Sql REQUIRED)
     set(QT5_LIBRARIES Qt5::Widgets Qt5::PrintSupport Qt5::Sql)
 
     set(UI_SOURCES
diff --git a/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp b/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp
index 7294823..2c758d9 100644
--- a/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -1,22 +1,24 @@
-#include <inc/api/IPAPI.h>
-#include <inc/IPRefresher.h>
 #include "MainWindow.h"
 #include "ui_mainwindow.h"
 
-#include "inc/Config.h"
-#include "inc/Logger.h"
+#include "api/IPAPI.h"
+#include "IPRefresher.h"
+#include "Config.h"
+#include "Logger.h"
+
+#include <thread>
 
 MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) : QMainWindow(parent), ui(new Ui::MainWindow) {
     ui->setupUi(this);
 
     // needs to be defined out of scope -- would be termintated after this constructor.
-//    myThread = std::thread([this](){
-//        IPAPI ipapi;
-//        std::string ip = ipapi.getGlobalIp();
-//        Logger::message("Current global IP: " + ip);
-//        std::string msg = "Your current global IP: "+ip;
-//        ui->labelCurrentIP->setText(msg.c_str());
-//    });
+    new std::thread([this]() {
+        IPAPI ipapi;
+        std::string ip = ipapi.getGlobalIp();
+        Logger::message("Current global IP: " + ip);
+        std::string msg = "Your current global IP: " + ip;
+        this->ui->labelCurrentIP->setText(msg.c_str());
+    });
 
 
     if (Config::validateConfig())
@@ -28,7 +30,6 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) : QMainWindow(parent), ui(new Ui::MainWi
     connect(ui->buttonRefreshIP, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(refreshIPBtn()));
 
     connect(this, SIGNAL(appendLogField(QString)), ui->textLog, SLOT(appendPlainText(QString)));
-//    connect(this, SIGNAL(setProgressBarValue(int)), ui->progressmanual, SLOT(setValue(int)));
 }
 
 MainWindow::~MainWindow() {
@@ -54,30 +55,15 @@ void MainWindow::refreshIPBtn() {
     Logger::message("start refreshing Dynu IP.");
     appendLogField("");
     appendLogField("start refreshing Dynu IP.");
-new std::thread([this](){
-    IPRefresher ipr;
-    if (Config::readConfig()) {
-        ipr.checkIPAdress(false);
-    } else {
-        std::cout << "incorrect credentials!" << std::endl;
-    }
-
-    Logger::message("Finished refreshing Dynu IP.");
-    appendLogField("Finished refreshing Dynu IP.");
-    delete this;
-});
-//    myThread = std::thread([this](){
-//        IPRefresher ipr;
-//        if (Config::readConfig()) {
-//            ipr.checkIPAdress(false);
-//        } else {
-//            std::cout << "incorrect credentials!" << std::endl;
-//        }
-//
-//        Logger::message("Finished refreshing Dynu IP.");
-//        appendLogField("Finished refreshing Dynu IP.");
-//        ui->textLog->appendPlainText("Finished refreshing Dynu IP.");
-//    });
-
+    new std::thread([this]() {
+        IPRefresher ipr;
+        if (Config::readConfig()) {
+            ipr.checkIPAdress(false);
+        } else {
+            std::cout << "incorrect credentials!" << std::endl;
+        }
 
+        Logger::message("Finished refreshing Dynu IP.");
+        this->appendLogField("Finished refreshing Dynu IP.");
+    });
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/gui/MainWindow.h b/src/gui/MainWindow.h
index dbdc2b8..288a2fc 100644
--- a/src/gui/MainWindow.h
+++ b/src/gui/MainWindow.h
@@ -4,29 +4,29 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include <thread>
 #include <QtWidgets/QMainWindow>
 
 namespace Ui {
     class MainWindow;
 }
 
-class MainWindow : public QMainWindow{
+class MainWindow : public QMainWindow {
 Q_OBJECT
 
 public:
     explicit MainWindow(QWidget *parent = nullptr);
+
     ~MainWindow();
 
 private:
     Ui::MainWindow *ui;
-    std::thread myThread;
 private slots:
-//    void startdownloadBtn();
-void checkConfigBtn();
-void refreshIPBtn();
+
+    void checkConfigBtn();
+
+    void refreshIPBtn();
+
 signals:
+
     void appendLogField(QString);
-//    void setInfoLabelText(QString);
-//    void setProgressBarValue(int);
 };
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/maingui.cpp b/src/maingui.cpp
index 3e10667..ec9a7a0 100644
--- a/src/maingui.cpp
+++ b/src/maingui.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     std::cout << "gui here!" << std::endl;
+    QCoreApplication::addLibraryPath(".");
 
     QApplication a(argc, argv);
     MainWindow w;