diff --git a/include/config.hpp b/include/config.hpp
index 221135e..c07cead 100644
--- a/include/config.hpp
+++ b/include/config.hpp
@@ -2,28 +2,45 @@
 #define OUR_DICK_CONFIG_HPP
 
 //multiple levels just so i can stop alsa errors without stopping everything else
-#define OUR_DICK_DEBUG 1
+
 #define OUR_DICK_ENABLE_COLOR_DEBUG
 
 #ifdef OUR_DICK_DEBUG
+	#define OUR_DICK_ENABLE_DEBUG_OUTPUT_LEVEL OUR_DICK_DEBUG
+#else
+	#define OUR_DICK_ENABLE_DEBUG_OUTPUT_LEVEL 0
+#endif
+
+#if OUR_DICK_ENABLE_DEBUG_OUTPUT_LEVEL > 0
+	#define OUR_DICK_ENABLE_DEBUG_OUTPUT
+#endif
+#if OUR_DICK_ENABLE_DEBUG_OUTPUT_LEVEL > 1
+	#define OUR_DICK_ENABLE_DEBUG_VERBOSE_OUTPUT
+#endif
+
+#ifdef OUR_DICK_ENABLE_DEBUG_OUTPUT
 	#include <cstdio>
 	#define debug_print(...) (fprintf(stderr, __FILE__":%s:%d: ", __func__, __LINE__), fprintf(stderr, __VA_ARGS__))
 
 	#ifdef OUR_DICK_ENABLE_COLOR_DEBUG
 		#define OUR_DICK_DEBUG_PRINT_RED "\033[38;5;9m"
-		#define OUR_DICK_DEBUG_PRINT_YEL "\033[38;5;11m"
+		#define OUR_DICK_DEBUG_PRINT_YELLOW "\033[38;5;11m"
+		#define OUR_DICK_DEBUG_PRINT_GREEN "\033[38;5;2m"
 		#define OUR_DICK_DEBUG_PRINT_CLEAR "\033[0m"
 		#define debug_print_error(...) (fprintf(stderr, OUR_DICK_DEBUG_PRINT_RED __FILE__ ":%s:%d: ", __func__, __LINE__), fprintf(stderr,  __VA_ARGS__), fprintf(stderr, OUR_DICK_DEBUG_PRINT_CLEAR))
-		#define debug_print_warn(...) (fprintf(stderr, OUR_DICK_DEBUG_PRINT_YEL __FILE__ ":%s:%d: ", __func__, __LINE__), fprintf(stderr,  __VA_ARGS__), fprintf(stderr, OUR_DICK_DEBUG_PRINT_CLEAR))
+		#define debug_print_warn(...) (fprintf(stderr, OUR_DICK_DEBUG_PRINT_YELLOW __FILE__ ":%s:%d: ", __func__, __LINE__), fprintf(stderr,  __VA_ARGS__), fprintf(stderr, OUR_DICK_DEBUG_PRINT_CLEAR))
+		#define debug_print_succ(...) (fprintf(stderr, OUR_DICK_DEBUG_PRINT_GREEN __FILE__ ":%s:%d: ", __func__, __LINE__), fprintf(stderr,  __VA_ARGS__), fprintf(stderr, OUR_DICK_DEBUG_PRINT_CLEAR))
 	#else
 		#define debug_print_error(...) debug_print(__VA_ARGS__)
 		#define debug_print_warn(...) debug_print(__VA_ARGS__)
+		#define debug_print_succ(...) debug_print(__VA_ARGS__)
 	#endif
 
 #else
 	#define debug_print(...)
 	#define debug_print_error(...)
 	#define debug_print_warn(...)
+	#define debug_print_succ(...)
 #endif
 
 #endif
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 72e04c4..47ef536 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -23,10 +23,12 @@ SOURCE_DIRS::=src src/audio src/audio/impl src/graphics src/engine
 SOURCES::=
 OBJDIR::=obj
 DEPDIR::=$(OBJDIR)/dep
-LIBDIRS::=
+LIBDIRS::=lib
 INCLUDE_DIRS::=include
 CFLAGS::=-std=c18 -Wall -pedantic -Wextra
 CXXFLAGS::=-std=c++17 -Wall -pedantic -Wextra
+DEBUG_CFLAGS::=
+DEBUG_CXXFLAGS::=-DOUR_DICK_DEBUG=1
 EXT::=cpp
 LANG::=$(EXT)
 MAIN_EXECUTABLE::=tester
@@ -41,6 +43,8 @@ ifneq ($(WINDOWS),1)
 	CXX::=g++
 	LDLIBS::=
 	LDFLAGS::= -lglfw -lglad -ldl -lm -lportaudio -lasound -lsndfile -lpthread
+	DEBUG_LDLIBS::=
+	DEBUG_LDFLAGS::=
 	STRIP::=strip
 	RANLIB::=ranlib
 	AR::=ar
@@ -51,8 +55,10 @@ else #windows
 	MINGW_PREFIX::=x86_64-w64-mingw32-
 	CC::=$(MINGW_PREFIX)gcc
 	CXX::=$(MINGW_PREFIX)g++
-	LDLIBS::=-lglfw -lglad -ldl -lm -lportaudio
+	LDLIBS::=-lglfw -lglad -ldl -lm -lportaudio -lsndfile -lpthread
 	LDFLAGS::=
+	DEBUG_LDLIBS::=
+	DEBUG_LDFLAGS::=
 	STRIP::=$(MINGW_PREFIX)strip
 	RANLIB::=$(MINGW_PREFIX)ranlib
 	AR::=$(MINGW_PREFIX)ar
@@ -100,13 +106,18 @@ endif
 #setup compiler and flags based on language
 ifeq ($(LANG),cpp)
 	COMPILER_FLAGS::=$(CXXFLAGS)
+	ifneq ($(RELEASE),1)
+		COMPILER_FLAGS+= $(DEBUG_CXXFLAGS)
+	endif
 	COMPILER::=$(CXX)
 else ifeq ($(LANG),c)
 	COMPILER_FLAGS::=$(CFLAGS)
+	ifneq ($(RELEASE),1)
+		COMPILER_FLAGS+= $(DEBUG_CFLAGS)
+	endif
 	COMPILER::=$(CC)
 endif
 
-
 ifeq ($(RELEASE),1)
 	#a lot of false strict aliasing warnings from gcc 9
 	COMPILER_FLAGS+=-O2 -Wno-strict-aliasing
@@ -138,8 +149,13 @@ INTERNAL_LINKFLAGS=$(foreach dir,$(LIBDIRS),-L"$(dir)")
 INTERNAL_SOURCES::=$(SOURCES) $(foreach source,$(SOURCE_DIRS),$(foreach ext,$(EXT),$(wildcard $(source)/*.$(ext))))
 OBJECTS::=$(addprefix $(OBJDIR)/,$(subst \,.,$(subst /,.,$(addsuffix .o,$(INTERNAL_SOURCES)))))
 ALL_COMPILEFLAGS=$(COMPILER_FLAGS) $(INTERNAL_COMPILERFLAGS)
-ALL_LINKFLAGS=$(INTERNAL_LINKFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
-
+ifeq ($(RELEASE),1)
+	ALL_LINKFLAGS=$(INTERNAL_LINKFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
+	ALL_LDLIBS=$(LDLIBS)
+else
+	ALL_LINKFLAGS=$(INTERNAL_LINKFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(DEBUG_LDFLAGS)
+	ALL_LDLIBS=$(LDLIBS) $(DEBUG_LDLIBS)
+endif
 #just a variable for a newline
 define \n
 
@@ -168,7 +184,7 @@ flags-update: cflags-update ldflags-update
 
 #Link executable
 $(MAIN_EXECUTABLE): $(OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS_TMPFILE)
-	$(COMPILER) $(OBJECTS) -o "$(basename $@)" $(ALL_LINKFLAGS) $(LDLIBS)
+	$(COMPILER) $(OBJECTS) -o "$(basename $@)" $(ALL_LINKFLAGS) $(ALL_LDLIBS)
 ifeq ($(RELEASE),1)
 	$(STRIP) --strip-all "$(MAIN_EXECUTABLE)"
 endif
diff --git a/src/audio/init.cpp b/src/audio/init.cpp
index 756a418..894aef9 100644
--- a/src/audio/init.cpp
+++ b/src/audio/init.cpp
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@
 #include <portaudio.h>
 
 #if defined(__gnu_linux__)
-	#if !defined(OUR_DICK_DEBUG) || OUR_DICK_DEBUG <= 1
+	#ifdef OUR_DICK_ENABLE_DEBUG_VERBOSE_OUTPUT
 		#define ENABLE_ALSA_DEBUG
 	#endif
 #endif
 
-#ifdef ENABLE_ALSA_DEBUG
+#ifndef ENABLE_ALSA_DEBUG
 #include <cstdarg> //va_arg (missing include in alsa headers)
 #include <alsa/error.h> //snd_lib_error_set_handler
 namespace sfx::detail{
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ namespace sfx::detail{
 namespace sfx{
 
 	pa_system::pa_system(){
-#ifdef ENABLE_ALSA_DEBUG
+#ifndef ENABLE_ALSA_DEBUG
 		//silence excessive stderr warnings from alsa
 		snd_lib_error_set_handler(detail::linux_alsa_error_handler);
 #endif
diff --git a/src/graphics/window.cpp b/src/graphics/window.cpp
index 97fc348..dacd625 100644
--- a/src/graphics/window.cpp
+++ b/src/graphics/window.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 namespace gfx{
 
-#ifdef OUR_DICK_DEBUG
+#ifdef OUR_DICK_ENABLE_DEBUG_OUTPUT
 static void APIENTRY our_dick_gl_debug_output(GLenum source, GLenum type, unsigned int /*id*/, GLenum severity,
                                               GLsizei /*length*/, const char* message, const void* /*user_ptr*/)
 {
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ static void APIENTRY our_dick_gl_debug_output(GLenum source, GLenum type, unsign
 	const char* typ = "Other";
 	const char* sev = "Notification";
 
-#if OUR_DICK_DEBUG < 2
+#ifndef OUR_DICK_ENABLE_DEBUG_VERBOSE_OUTPUT
 	if(type != GL_DEBUG_TYPE_ERROR &&
 	   type != GL_DEBUG_TYPE_UNDEFINED_BEHAVIOR &&
 	   (severity == GL_DEBUG_SEVERITY_LOW ||
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ static void enable_opengl_debug_context(){
 
 		GLFWwindow* current_context = glfwGetCurrentContext();
 
-#if defined(OUR_DICK_DEBUG) && OUR_DICK_DEBUG >= 1
+#ifdef OUR_DICK_ENABLE_DEBUG_OUTPUT
 		glfwWindowHint(GLFW_OPENGL_DEBUG_CONTEXT, GLFW_TRUE);
 #else
 		glfwWindowHint(GLFW_OPENGL_DEBUG_CONTEXT, GLFW_FALSE);
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ static void enable_opengl_debug_context(){
 		}
 		debug_print("Using opengl profile version %s\n", glGetString(GL_VERSION));
 
-#if defined(OUR_DICK_DEBUG) && OUR_DICK_DEBUG >= 1
+#ifdef OUR_DICK_ENABLE_DEBUG_OUTPUT
 		enable_opengl_debug_context();
 #endif
 		set_swap_interval(m_swap_interval);
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ static void enable_opengl_debug_context(){
 
 		GLFWwindow* current_context = glfwGetCurrentContext();
 
-#if defined(OUR_DICK_DEBUG) && OUR_DICK_DEBUG >= 1
+#ifdef OUR_DICK_ENABLE_DEBUG_OUTPUT
 		glfwWindowHint(GLFW_OPENGL_DEBUG_CONTEXT, GLFW_TRUE);
 #else
 		glfwWindowHint(GLFW_OPENGL_DEBUG_CONTEXT, GLFW_FALSE);
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ static void enable_opengl_debug_context(){
 		}
 		debug_print("Using opengl profile version %s\n", glGetString(GL_VERSION));
 
-#if defined(OUR_DICK_DEBUG) && OUR_DICK_DEBUG >= 1
+#ifdef OUR_DICK_ENABLE_DEBUG_OUTPUT
 		enable_opengl_debug_context();
 #endif