diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 8831600..79e3ef6 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 add_subdirectory(core)
+add_subdirectory(compiler)
 add_subdirectory(compression)
 add_subdirectory(database)
 add_subdirectory(network)
diff --git a/src/compiler/CMakeLists.txt b/src/compiler/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c8f4bed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/compiler/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+list(APPEND compiler_HEADERS 
+    Lexer.h
+    )
+
+list(APPEND compiler_LIB_INCLUDES 
+    Lexer.cpp
+    )
+
+add_library(compiler SHARED ${compiler_LIB_INCLUDES} ${compiler_HEADERS})
+
+target_include_directories(compiler PUBLIC
+                          "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}"
+                          )
+set_target_properties( compiler PROPERTIES WINDOWS_EXPORT_ALL_SYMBOLS ON ) 
+
+target_link_libraries( compiler PUBLIC core)
+
+set_property(TARGET compiler PROPERTY FOLDER src)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/compiler/Lexer.cpp b/src/compiler/Lexer.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/compiler/Lexer.h b/src/compiler/Lexer.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/image/CMakeLists.txt b/src/image/CMakeLists.txt
index e886c12..aaf7b16 100644
--- a/src/image/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/image/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ list(APPEND image_LIB_INCLUDES
     )
 
 list(APPEND image_LIBS core)
+list(APPEND image_DEFINES "")
 
 find_package(PNG QUIET)
 if(PNG_FOUND)
@@ -20,12 +21,14 @@ list(APPEND image_LIBS PNG::PNG)
 list(APPEND image_LIB_INCLUDES 
     PngWriterLibPng.cpp
     )
-target_compile_definitions(image PRIVATE HAS_LIBPNG)
+list(APPEND image_DEFINES HAS_LIBPNG)
 else()
 message(STATUS "LIBRARY CHECK: libPNG not found - disabling libPNG based image i/o.")
 endif() 
 
+
 add_library(image SHARED ${image_LIB_INCLUDES} ${image_HEADERS})
+#target_compile_definitions(image PRIVATE ${image_DEFINES})
 
 target_include_directories(image PUBLIC
                           "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}"
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index a49d2f3..5d60950 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ list(APPEND TestFiles
             audio/TestAudioWriter.cpp
             audio/TestMidiReader.cpp
             core/TestBinaryStream.cpp
+            compiler/TestLexer.cpp
             compression/TestStreamCompressor.cpp
             database/TestDatabase.cpp
             fonts/TestFontReader.cpp
@@ -25,8 +26,8 @@ list(APPEND TestFiles
             video/TestVideoDecoder.cpp
             windows/TestWaylandWindow.cpp
             web/TestMarkdownParser.cpp
-            web/TestXmlParser.cpp
 			web/TestSvgWriter.cpp)         
+            web/TestXmlParser.cpp)
 
 find_package(PkgConfig)            
 pkg_check_modules(DBUS dbus-1)
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ foreach(TestFile ${TestFiles})
 	cmake_path(GET TestFileName STEM TestName)
 
     add_executable(${TestName}  ${TestFile})
+
     target_link_libraries(${TestName} PUBLIC core compression fonts network image publishing video database geometry audio graphics web client test_utils ${DBUS_LIBRARIES})
 	set_property(TARGET ${TestName} PROPERTY FOLDER test)
 endforeach()
diff --git a/test/compiler/TestLexer.cpp b/test/compiler/TestLexer.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..22ca09c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/compiler/TestLexer.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv)
+{
+	return 0;
+}