diff --git a/application/CMakeLists.txt b/application/CMakeLists.txt
index 90bb0c049..99ee7f468 100644
--- a/application/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/application/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ elseif(WIN32)
 endif()
 
 # directories to look for dependencies
-set(DIRS ${QT_LIBS_DIR} ${QT_LIBEXECS_DIR})
+set(DIRS ${QT_LIBS_DIR} ${QT_LIBEXECS_DIR} ${CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY} ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY})
 
 ################################ FILES ################################
 
diff --git a/depends/rainbow/CMakeLists.txt b/depends/rainbow/CMakeLists.txt
index 74c593ff9..6eeb2adc2 100644
--- a/depends/rainbow/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/depends/rainbow/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,9 +13,8 @@ include/rainbow.h
 src/rainbow.cpp
 )
 
-#add_definitions(-DRAINBOW_LIBRARY)
-add_definitions(-DRAINBOW_STATIC)
+add_definitions(-DRAINBOW_LIBRARY)
 set(RAINBOW_INCLUDE_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include" PARENT_SCOPE)
-add_library(rainbow STATIC ${RAINBOW_SOURCES})
+add_library(rainbow SHARED ${RAINBOW_SOURCES})
 
 qt5_use_modules(rainbow Core Gui)