diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a9b0de0..08d9ace 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -107,4 +107,5 @@ target_link_libraries(metabolus
         RtMidi::rtmidi
         yaml-cpp
         Qt6::Widgets
+        atomic
 )
diff --git a/scripts/build.ps1 b/scripts/build.ps1
index f0102f0..3845fcd 100644
--- a/scripts/build.ps1
+++ b/scripts/build.ps1
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ if (-not (Test-Path -Path $BUILD_DIR)) {
 }
 
 # detect dependencies
-
 $libraries = @("rtaudio", "rtmidi", "yaml-cpp")
 $dependencies_found = 0
 foreach ($lib in $libraries) {
@@ -38,6 +37,7 @@ foreach ($lib in $libraries) {
     }
 }
 
+# run the install script if dependencies not found
 if (-not ($dependencies_found -eq $libraries.Count)) {
     & "scripts\install_dependencies.ps1"
 } else {
diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
index 2df08c2..1a99499 100755
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,26 @@ RTAUDIO_ROOT=${LIB_ROOT}/rtaudio
 RTMIDI_ROOT=${LIB_ROOT}/rtmidi
 YAMLCPP_ROOT=${LIB_ROOT}/yaml-cpp
 
+# detect dependencies
+libraries=("rtaudio" "rtmidi" "yaml-cpp")
+dependencies_found=0
+
+for lib in "${libraries[@]}"; do
+    if [[ -e "./build/lib/$lib" ]]; then
+        echo "found $lib"
+        ((dependencies_found++))
+    else
+        echo "did not find $lib"
+    fi
+done
+
+# run the install script if dependencies not found
+if [[ "$dependencies_found" -ne "${#libraries[@]}" ]]; then
+    ./scripts/install_dependencies.sh
+else
+    echo "All dependencies detected, skipping dependency install step..."
+fi
+
 cmake -S . -B ${BUILD_DIR} -G Ninja \
     -DRtAudio_DIR="${RTAUDIO_ROOT}/share/rtaudio" \
     -DRtMidi_DIR="${RTMIDI_ROOT}/share/rtmidi" \
diff --git a/tests/.gitkeep b/tests/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29