diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cce8df6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Requirements:
+* lua
+* sdl2
+* sdl_img
+* sdl_ttf
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/engine/engine.cpp b/src/engine/engine.cpp
index b164880..5769cfd 100644
--- a/src/engine/engine.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/engine.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <cstdio>
 #include <chrono>
 #include <thread>
+#include <lua.hpp>
 using namespace std::chrono_literals;
 void Engine::start_loop() {
     const auto one_second_milli = std::chrono::milliseconds(1s);
diff --git a/src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdlrenderer.cpp b/src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdlrenderer.cpp
index d5ec4b3..c33daa1 100644
--- a/src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdlrenderer.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdlrenderer.cpp
@@ -7,17 +7,17 @@
 void SdlRenderer::initialize(RendererParams params) {
     if(SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO) < 0) {
         printf("SDL vide oinit failed: %s\n", SDL_GetError());
-        return;
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
     auto img_flags = IMG_INIT_PNG;
     if(!(IMG_Init(img_flags) & img_flags)) {
         printf("Failed to init image loading: %s", IMG_GetError());
-        return;
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
     SDL_Window* sdl_window = SDL_CreateWindow(params.title.c_str(), SDL_WINDOWPOS_CENTERED, SDL_WINDOWPOS_CENTERED, params.width, params.height, SDL_WINDOW_SHOWN);
     if(sdl_window == nullptr) {
         printf("error making window: %s\n", SDL_GetError());
-        return;
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
     else {
         this->window = sdl_window;