diff --git a/CMakePresets.json b/CMakePresets.json
index 9a228e6..ce8da09 100644
--- a/CMakePresets.json
+++ b/CMakePresets.json
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@
             "generator": "Visual Studio 17 2022",
             "architecture": "x64",
             "binaryDir": "${sourceDir}/build",
-            "toolchainFile": "$env{VCPKG_ROOT}/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake"
+            "toolchainFile": "$env{VCPKG_ROOT}/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake",
+            "cacheVariables": {
+                "CMAKE_VS_DEBUGGER_WORKING_DIRECTORY": "${sourceDir}"
+            }
         }
     ]
 }
diff --git a/assets/shaders/shader.frag b/assets/shaders/shader.frag
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cca0412
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/shaders/shader.frag
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#version 150 core
+
+in vec3 _color;
+out vec4 color;
+
+void main() {
+    color = vec4(_color, 1.0);
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/assets/shaders/shader.vert b/assets/shaders/shader.vert
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66e6211
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/shaders/shader.vert
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#version 150 core
+
+in vec2 position;
+in vec3 color;
+out vec3 _color;
+
+void main() {
+    _color = color;
+    gl_Position = vec4(position, 0.0, 1.0);
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/source/app/src/App.cpp b/source/app/src/App.cpp
index 2b9d3e6..7e50cfd 100644
--- a/source/app/src/App.cpp
+++ b/source/app/src/App.cpp
@@ -47,16 +47,7 @@ App::App():
     if(glewInit() != GLEW_OK) {
         error_callback_s(GLFW_NO_ERROR, "glewInit() failed");
     }
-}
 
-
-App::~App() {
-    glfwTerminate();
-    glfwSetErrorCallback(NULL);
-}
-
-
-void App::game_loop() {
     float vertices[] = {
         .0f, .5f, 1.f, 0.f, 0.f,
         .5f, -.5f, 0.f, 1.f, 0.f,
@@ -67,25 +58,10 @@ void App::game_loop() {
     glGenBuffers(1, &vbo);
     glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, vbo);
     glBufferData(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, sizeof(vertices), vertices, GL_STATIC_DRAW);
-    
-    auto vertexSource = R"glsl(
-        #version 150 core
-        in vec2 position;
-        in vec3 color;
-        out vec3 _color;
-        void main() { _color = color; gl_Position = vec4(position, 0.0, 1.0); }
-    )glsl";
-
-    auto fragmentSource = R"glsl(
-        #version 150 core
-        in vec3 _color;
-        out vec4 color;
-        void main() { color = vec4(_color, 1.0); }
-    )glsl";
 
     GLuint shaderProgram = ugly::ShaderProgramBuilder{}
-        .attachFromMemory(GL_VERTEX_SHADER, vertexSource)
-        .attachFromMemory(GL_FRAGMENT_SHADER, fragmentSource)
+        .attachFromFile(GL_VERTEX_SHADER, "assets/shaders/shader.vert")
+        .attachFromFile(GL_FRAGMENT_SHADER, "assets/shaders/shader.frag")
         .link();
     glUseProgram(shaderProgram);
 
@@ -96,7 +72,16 @@ void App::game_loop() {
     glEnableVertexAttribArray(0);
     glVertexAttribPointer(1, 3, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, 5*sizeof(float), (void*)(2*sizeof(float)));
     glEnableVertexAttribArray(1);
+}
 
+
+App::~App() {
+    glfwTerminate();
+    glfwSetErrorCallback(NULL);
+}
+
+
+void App::game_loop() {
     while(!glfwWindowShouldClose(mpWindow)) {
         glfwPollEvents();
 
diff --git a/source/shader/src/ShaderProgramBuilder.cpp b/source/shader/src/ShaderProgramBuilder.cpp
index 0c57751..05e3a27 100644
--- a/source/shader/src/ShaderProgramBuilder.cpp
+++ b/source/shader/src/ShaderProgramBuilder.cpp
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ ugly::ShaderProgramBuilder &ugly::ShaderProgramBuilder::attachFromMemory(GLenum
 
 
 ugly::ShaderProgramBuilder &ugly::ShaderProgramBuilder::attachFromFile(GLenum type, const char *filename) {
-    auto file = std::ifstream{filename};
-    file.exceptions(std::ios_base::badbit);
-    std::ostringstream ss;
-    ss << file.rdbuf();
+    auto file = std::filebuf{};
+    auto ss = std::ostringstream{};
+    ss.exceptions(std::ios_base::badbit);
+    ss << file.open(filename, std::ios_base::in);
     return attachFromMemory(type, ss.str().c_str());
 }
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ GLuint ugly::ShaderProgramBuilder::link() {
         char buf[512];
         glGetProgramInfoLog(mProgram, 512, NULL, buf);
         std::cerr << "Failed to link program:\n\t" << buf << '\n';
-        throw Error{"program failed to link"};
+            throw Error{"program failed to link"};
     }
 
     auto result = mProgram;