diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 27d66c8..2b7bb3d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,14 +7,17 @@ add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} SHARED ${SOURCE_FILES} ${CMAKE_JS_SRC})
 set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTIES PREFIX "" SUFFIX ".node")
 target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} ${CMAKE_JS_LIB})
 target_compile_features(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE cxx_std_17)
-if(MSVC) # todo: change flags for parity with GCC/clang, I don't know much about MSVC and these arguments cause the build to fail so pull requests are open
-#set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "/Wall /EHsc /GS")
+if(MSVC) # todo: change flags for more parity with GCC/clang, I don't know much about MSVC so pull requests are open
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "/Wall /EHsc /GS")
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "/Zi")
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "/Ox")
+set(CMAKE_WINDOWS_EXPORT_ALL_SYMBOLS ON)
+set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS TRUE)
 else()
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-Wall -Wextra -Werror=format-security -Wno-cast-function-type -fexceptions -D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -fstack-clash-protection -pedantic -D_GLIBCXX_USE_CXX11_ABI=1")
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "-g")
-endif()
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "-O3")
+endif()
 add_definitions(-DNAPI_VERSION=5)
 
 execute_process(COMMAND node -p "require('node-addon-api').include"
@@ -25,7 +28,7 @@ string(REPLACE "\n" "" NODE_ADDON_API_DIR ${NODE_ADDON_API_DIR})
 string(REPLACE "\"" "" NODE_ADDON_API_DIR ${NODE_ADDON_API_DIR})
 target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE ${NODE_ADDON_API_DIR})
 
-find_package(ImageMagick COMPONENTS Magick++)
+find_package(ImageMagick COMPONENTS Magick++ MagickCore)
 add_definitions(-DMAGICKCORE_QUANTUM_DEPTH=16)
 add_definitions(-DMAGICKCORE_HDRI_ENABLE=0)
 include_directories(${ImageMagick_INCLUDE_DIRS})