diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 736d271..96c941d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -4,10 +4,9 @@ obj = $(src:.c=.o)
 # Build type parameter
 
 ifeq ($(BUILD),debug)
-    CFLAGS_BUILD = -O0 -ggdb -Wall #-fsanitize=address -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-optimize-sibling-calls
+    CFLAGS_BUILD = -O0 -ggdb -Wall
     GLAD_GEN = c-debug
 	STRIP_CMD = $(info Skipping `strip` for debug builds)
-#    ASAN = -lasan
 else
     CFLAGS_BUILD = -O2 -Wstringop-overflow=0
     GLAD_GEN = c
@@ -25,6 +24,10 @@ ifndef INSTALL
     endif
 endif
 
+ifndef EXECDIR
+    EXECDIR = /usr/bin/
+endif
+
 # Install type parameter
 
 ifeq ($(INSTALL),standalone)
@@ -33,10 +36,12 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(INSTALL),unix)
     CFLAGS_INSTALL = -DGLAVA_UNIX
-    ifdef XDG_CONFIG_DIRS
-        SHADER_DIR = $(firstword $(subst :, ,$(XDG_CONFIG_DIRS)))/glava
-    else
-        SHADER_DIR = etc/xdg/glava
+    ifndef SHADERDIR
+        ifdef XDG_CONFIG_DIRS
+            SHADERDIR = /$(firstword $(subst :, ,$(XDG_CONFIG_DIRS)))/glava/
+        else
+            SHADERDIR = /etc/xdg/glava/
+        endif
     endif
 endif
 
@@ -52,7 +57,9 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(INSTALL),osx)
     CFLAGS_INSTALL = -DGLAVA_OSX
-    SHADER_DIR = Library/glava
+    ifndef SHADERDIR
+        SHADERDIR = /Library/glava
+    endif
 endif
 
 LDFLAGS += $(ASAN) -lpulse -lpulse-simple -pthread $(LDFLAGS_GLFW) -ldl -lm -lX11 -lXext $(LDFLAGS_GLX)
@@ -64,30 +71,38 @@ ifeq ($(GLAVA_VERSION),\"\")
     GLAVA_VERSION = \"unknown\"
 endif
 
+ifdef DESTDIR
+	DESTDIR += /
+endif
+
 GLAD_INSTALL_DIR = glad
-GLAD_SRCFILE = ./glad/src/glad.c
+GLAD_SRCFILE = glad.c
 GLAD_ARGS = --generator=$(GLAD_GEN) --extensions=GL_EXT_framebuffer_multisample,GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic
-CFLAGS_COMMON = -I glad/include -DGLAVA_VERSION="$(GLAVA_VERSION)"
+CFLAGS_COMMON = -DGLAVA_VERSION="$(GLAVA_VERSION)" -DSHADER_INSTALL_PATH="\"$(SHADERDIR)\""
 CFLAGS_USE = $(CFLAGS_COMMON) $(CFLAGS_GLX) $(CFLAGS_GLFW) $(CFLAGS_BUILD) $(CFLAGS_INSTALL) $(CFLAGS)
 
 # Store relevant variables that may change depending on the environment or user input
-STATE = $(BUILD),$(INSTALL),$(ENABLE_GLFW),$(DISABLE_GLX),$(PYTHON),$(CC),$(CFLAGS_USE)
+STATE = $(BUILD),$(INSTALL),$(PREFIX),$(ENABLE_GLFW),$(DISABLE_GLX),$(PYTHON),$(CC),$(CFLAGS_USE)
 # Only update the file if the contents changed, `make` just looks at the timestamp
 $(shell if [[ ! -e build_state ]]; then touch build_state; fi)
 $(shell if [ '$(STATE)' != "`cat build_state`" ]; then echo '$(STATE)' > build_state; fi)
 
 all: glava
 
-%.o: %.c glad.o build_state
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS_USE) -o $@ -c $(firstword $<)
+%.o: %.c build_state
+	@$(CC) $(CFLAGS_USE) -o $@ -c $(firstword $<)
+	@echo "CC $@"
 
 glava: $(obj)
-	$(CC) -o glava $(obj) glad.o $(LDFLAGS)
+	@$(CC) -o glava $(obj) $(LDFLAGS)
+	@echo "CC glava"
 	$(STRIP_CMD)
 
-glad.o: build_state
-	cd $(GLAD_INSTALL_DIR) && $(PYTHON) -m glad $(GLAD_ARGS) --out-path=.
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS_USE) -o glad.o $(GLAD_SRCFILE) -c
+.PHONY: glad
+glad: build_state
+	@cd $(GLAD_INSTALL_DIR) && $(PYTHON) -m glad $(GLAD_ARGS) --local-files --out-path=.
+	@cp glad/*.h .
+	@cp glad/glad.c .
 
 # Empty build state goal, used to force some of the above rules to re-run if `build_state` was updated
 build_state: ;
@@ -96,14 +111,17 @@ build_state: ;
 clean:
 	rm -f $(obj) glava glad.o build_state
 
+EXECTARGET = $(shell readlink -m "$(DESTDIR)$(EXECDIR)/glava")
+SHADERTARGET = $(shell readlink -m "$(DESTDIR)$(SHADERDIR)")
+
 .PHONY: install
 install:
-	install -Dm755 glava "$(DESTDIR)/usr/bin/glava"
-	install -d "$(DESTDIR)/$(SHADER_DIR)"
-	cp -Rv shaders/* "$(DESTDIR)/$(SHADER_DIR)"
+	install -Dm755 glava $(EXECTARGET)
+	install -d $(SHADERTARGET)
+	cp -Rv shaders/* $(SHADERTARGET)
 
 .PHONY: uninstall
 uninstall:
-	rm /usr/bin/glava
-	rm -rf $(SHADER_DIR)/glava
+	rm $(EXECTARGET)
+	rm -rf $(SHADERTARGET)
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 247bc21..18db58f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 **Compiling** (Or use the Arch Linux [`glava` package](https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/glava/), or the [`glava-git` AUR package](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/glava-git/))**:**
 
 ```bash
-$ git clone --recursive https://github.com/wacossusca34/glava
+$ git clone https://github.com/wacossusca34/glava
 $ cd glava
 $ CFLAGS="-march=native" make
 $ sudo make install
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ You can pass `BUILD=debug` to the makefile for debug builds of both glad and gla
 
 **Additional compile time requirements:**
 
-- glad (included as a submodule)
-- python (required to generate bindings with glad)
 - GCC (this program uses GNU C features)
 
 **Optional requirements:**
@@ -72,7 +70,7 @@ Note that some WMs listed without issues have specific overrides when using the
 
 ## Licensing
 
-GLava is licensed under the terms of the GPLv3. GLava includes some (heavily modified) source code that originated from [cava](https://github.com/karlstav/cava), which was initially provided under the MIT license. The source files that originated from cava are the following:
+GLava is licensed under the terms of the GPLv3, with the exemption of `khrplatform.h`, which is licensed under the terms in its header. GLava includes some (heavily modified) source code that originated from [cava](https://github.com/karlstav/cava), which was initially provided under the MIT license. The source files that originated from cava are the following:
 
 - `[cava]/input/fifo.c -> [glava]/fifo.c`
 - `[cava]/input/fifo.h -> [glava]/fifo.h`
diff --git a/glava.c b/glava.c
index eff84f3..88052a7 100644
--- a/glava.c
+++ b/glava.c
@@ -55,11 +55,15 @@
 #define SHADER_USER_PATH "userconf"
 /* FHS compliant systems */
 #elif defined(__unix__) || defined(GLAVA_UNIX)
+#ifndef SHADER_INSTALL_PATH
 #define SHADER_INSTALL_PATH "/etc/xdg/glava"
+#endif
 #define SHADER_USER_PATH FORMAT("%s/glava", ENV("XDG_CONFIG_HOME", "%s/.config", ENV("HOME", "/home")))
 /* OSX */
 #elif (defined(__APPLE__) && defined(__MACH__)) || defined(GLAVA_OSX)
+#ifndef SHADER_INSTALL_PATH
 #define SHADER_INSTALL_PATH "/Library/glava"
+#endif
 #define SHADER_USER_PATH FORMAT("%s/Library/Preferences/glava", ENV("HOME", "/"))
 #else
 #error "Unsupported target system"
diff --git a/glx_wcb.c b/glx_wcb.c
index 0016732..b233641 100644
--- a/glx_wcb.c
+++ b/glx_wcb.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #include <X11/extensions/shape.h>
 #include <X11/Xatom.h>
 
-#include <glad/glad.h>
+#include "glad.h"
 
 #include "render.h"
 #include "xwin.h"
diff --git a/render.c b/render.c
index f5c4951..1c57951 100644
--- a/render.c
+++ b/render.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
-#include <glad/glad.h>
+#include "glad.h"
 
 #include "render.h"
 #include "xwin.h"
diff --git a/xwin.c b/xwin.c
index 8c900ca..c9cd5b8 100644
--- a/xwin.c
+++ b/xwin.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #include <X11/extensions/Xcomposite.h>
 #include <X11/extensions/XShm.h>
 
-#include <glad/glad.h>
+#include "glad.h"
 
 #define GLAVA_RDX11
 #include "render.h"