diff --git a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index ca24554..56a9578 100644
--- a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,17 +2,13 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.21)
 project(selenite LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 23)
-set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS ON)
-#set(CMAKE_COMPILE_WARNING_AS_ERROR ON)
-set(CMAKE_BUILD_RPATH_USE_ORIGIN ON)
-
-add_subdirectory(external/rei-json)
 
 add_library(selenite
 	src/palette.cpp
 )
+target_include_directories(selenite PRIVATE "include")
 
+add_subdirectory(external/rei-json)
+target_include_directories(selenite PRIVATE "external/rei-json/include")
 target_link_libraries(selenite PRIVATE rei-json)
 
-target_include_directories(selenite PRIVATE "include")
-target_include_directories(selenite PRIVATE "external/rei-json/include")
diff --git a/cpp/external/rei-json b/cpp/external/rei-json
index 2041a0a..63e7986 160000
--- a/cpp/external/rei-json
+++ b/cpp/external/rei-json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 2041a0aafe85085dcf35a37437db493898f1be3c
+Subproject commit 63e7986b0901449657c3874ed7b19618315e9f01
diff --git a/cpp/src/palette.cpp b/cpp/src/palette.cpp
index e42c6bd..8f40ece 100644
--- a/cpp/src/palette.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/palette.cpp
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ std::optional<Palette> parseJson(const std::string &path)
 	std::stringstream buffer;
 	buffer << file.rdbuf();
 	auto jsonStr = buffer.str();
-
+ 
 	auto jsonOpt = rei::json::parse(jsonStr);
-	auto json = std::get<rei::json::JsonObject>(jsonOpt);
+	auto json = jsonOpt.asObject();
 
 	/*if (!json.is_object() || !json["primary"].is_string() || !json["secondary"].is_string() ||*/
 	/*!json["background"].is_string() || !json["background2"].is_string() ||*/