diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e3f39d8..feed569 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ version = "1.3.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bef38d45163c2f1dde094a7dfd33ccf595c92905c8f8f4fdc18d06fb1037718a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "c_vec"
+version = "2.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fdd7a427adc0135366d99db65b36dae9237130997e560ed61118041fb72be6e8"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -160,11 +166,12 @@ checksum = "e5ea92a5b6195c6ef2a0295ea818b312502c6fc94dde986c5553242e18fd4ce2"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sdl2"
-version = "0.35.2"
+version = "0.38.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f7959277b623f1fb9e04aea73686c3ca52f01b2145f8ea16f4ff30d8b7623b1a"
+checksum = "2d42407afc6a8ab67e36f92e80b8ba34cbdc55aaeed05249efe9a2e8d0e9feef"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
+ "c_vec",
  "lazy_static",
  "libc",
  "sdl2-sys",
@@ -172,12 +179,13 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sdl2-sys"
-version = "0.35.2"
+version = "0.38.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e3586be2cf6c0a8099a79a12b4084357aa9b3e0b0d7980e3b67aaf7a9d55f9f0"
+checksum = "3ff61407fc75d4b0bbc93dc7e4d6c196439965fbef8e4a4f003a36095823eac0"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "libc",
+ "vcpkg",
  "version-compare",
 ]
 
@@ -311,6 +319,12 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "830b7e5d4d90034032940e4ace0d9a9a057e7a45cd94e6c007832e39edb82f6d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "vcpkg"
+version = "0.2.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "accd4ea62f7bb7a82fe23066fb0957d48ef677f6eeb8215f372f52e48bb32426"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "version-compare"
 version = "0.1.1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3e66dd2..4bcb6df 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,8 +7,20 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
-sdl2 = { version = "0.35", features = ["image", "ttf", "mixer"] }
 spin_sleep = "1.1.1"
 tracing = { version = "0.1.37", features = ["max_level_debug", "release_max_level_warn"]}
 tracing-error = "0.2.0"
-tracing-subscriber = {version = "0.3.17", features = ["env-filter"]}
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+tracing-subscriber = {version = "0.3.17", features = ["env-filter"]}
+
+[dependencies.sdl2]
+version = "0.38"
+default-features = false
+features = ["ttf","image","gfx","mixer","static-link","use-vcpkg"]
+
+[package.metadata.vcpkg]
+dependencies = ["sdl2", "sdl2-image[libjpeg-turbo,tiff,libwebp]", "sdl2-ttf", "sdl2-gfx", "sdl2-mixer"]
+git = "https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg"
+rev = "2024.05.24" # release 2024.05.24 # to check for a new one, check https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/releases
+
+[package.metadata.vcpkg.target]
+x86_64-pc-windows-msvc = { triplet = "x64-windows-static-md" }
\ No newline at end of file