diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 53afb22..c4720bf 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,25 @@ set(CMAKE_INSTALL_MESSAGE LAZY)
 set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF)
 set(CMAKE_WINDOWS_EXPORT_ALL_SYMBOLS ON)
 
-set(EXTERNAL_ROOT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/external)
 
-set(CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE ${EXTERNAL_ROOT}/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake)
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+set(CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake)
+
+project(RayTracer)
+
+set(CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/build)
+set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/build)
+#Workaround for vs, because it places artifacts into an additional subfolder
+set(CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_DEBUG ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/build)
+set(CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_RELEASE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/build)
+set(CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_RELWITHDEBINFO ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/build)
+set(CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_MINSIZEREL ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/build)
+set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_DEBUG ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/build)
+set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_RELEASE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/build)
+set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_RELWITHDEBINFO ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/build)
+set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_MINSIZEREL ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/build)
+
+find_package(Assimp CONFIG REQUIRED)
+
+add_executable(RayTracer "")
+
+add_subdirectory(src/)
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diff --git a/CMakeSettings.json b/CMakeSettings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..385f27e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CMakeSettings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "configurations": [
+    {
+      "name": "x64-Debug",
+      "generator": "Visual Studio 17 2022 Win64",
+      "configurationType": "Debug",
+      "inheritEnvironments": [ "msvc_x64_x64" ],
+      "buildRoot": "${projectDir}\\build\\${name}",
+      "installRoot": "${projectDir}\\out\\install\\${name}",
+      "cmakeCommandArgs": "",
+      "buildCommandArgs": "",
+      "ctestCommandArgs": ""
+    }
+  ]
+}
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diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..187ee1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+target_sources(RayTracer 
+	PRIVATE 
+		main.cpp)
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ffc6dab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+int main() {
+	return 0;
+}
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diff --git a/vcpkg.json b/vcpkg.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7833c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vcpkg.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "dependencies": ["assimp", "glfw3", "glm", "stb", "fmt"]
+}
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