diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index aad085d..725fe10 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.26)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.22)
 project(SimLOD)
 
 include(FetchContent)
@@ -19,7 +19,19 @@ set_property(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} PROPERTY VS_STARTUP_PROJECT $
 set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTIES VS_DEBUGGER_WORKING_DIRECTORY "$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:${PROJECT_NAME}>"
                                                VS_DEBUGGER_COMMAND           "$<TARGET_FILE:${PROJECT_NAME}>"
                                                VS_DEBUGGER_ENVIRONMENT       "PATH=%PATH%;${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}")
-
+# Build options based on CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE
+function(configure_build_type)
+	if (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
+		target_compile_options(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE -O0 -g)
+	elseif (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Release")
+		target_compile_options(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE -O3)
+	else()
+		message(WARNING "No CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE specified, defaulting to Release settings.")
+		set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "Release" CACHE STRING "Default build type: Release" FORCE)
+		target_compile_options(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE -O3)
+	endif ()
+endfunction()
+configure_build_type()
 
 target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE
     include
@@ -29,14 +41,13 @@ target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE
 # Dependencies
 
 ## CUDA toolkit
-find_package(CUDAToolkit 11.7 REQUIRED)
+find_package(CUDAToolkit 11.8 REQUIRED)
 target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE
 	CUDAToolkit_INCLUDE_DIRS)
+
 target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME}
 	CUDA::cuda_driver
-	CUDA::nvrtc
-	CUDA::nvrtc_static
-	CUDA::nvrtc_builtins_static)
+	CUDA::nvrtc)
 
 ## OpenGL
 find_package(OpenGL REQUIRED)
diff --git a/include/CudaModularProgram.h b/include/CudaModularProgram.h
index 59a8bb1..2217db9 100644
--- a/include/CudaModularProgram.h
+++ b/include/CudaModularProgram.h
@@ -43,18 +43,32 @@ struct CudaModule{
 		// cout << "================================================================================" << endl;
 		printfmt("compiling {} ", fs::path(path).filename().string());
 
-		success = false;
-
-		string dir = fs::path(path).parent_path().string();
-		string optInclude = "-I " + dir;
+		const char* cuda_path_cstr = std::getenv("CUDA_PATH");
+		std::string cuda_path;
+		if (cuda_path_cstr) {
+			cuda_path = std::string(cuda_path_cstr);
+			if (!cuda_path.empty()) {
+				std::cout << "\nCUDA_PATH is set to: " << cuda_path << std::endl;
+			} else {
+				std::cout << "\nCUDA_PATH is empty. Please set it." << std::endl;
+				exit(-1);
+			}
+		} else {
+			std::cout << "\nCUDA_PATH is not set. Please set it." << std::endl;
+			exit(-1);
+		}
 
-		string cuda_path = std::getenv("CUDA_PATH");
-		string cuda_include = "-I " + cuda_path + "/include";
+		const string cuda_include = "-I " + cuda_path + "/include";
+		const string dir = fs::path(path).parent_path().string();
+		const string optInclude = "-I " + dir;
 
 		nvrtcProgram prog;
 		string source = readFile(path);
 		nvrtcCreateProgram(&prog, source.c_str(), name.c_str(), 0, NULL, NULL);
-		std::vector<const char*> opts = { 
+
+		success = false;
+
+		std::vector<const char*> opts = {
 			// "--gpu-architecture=compute_75",
 			"--gpu-architecture=compute_86",
 			"--use_fast_math",