diff --git a/.cmake/Modules/QtUtils.cmake b/.cmake/Modules/QtUtils.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae8abad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.cmake/Modules/QtUtils.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+macro(msvc_registry_search)
+    IF(MSVC)
+        # look for user-registry pointing to qtcreator
+        get_filename_component(QT_BIN [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Classes\\Applications\\QtProject.QtCreator.cpp\\shell\\Open\\Command] PATH)
+
+        # get root path so we can search for 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, etc
+        string(REPLACE "/Tools" ";" QT_BIN "${QT_BIN}")
+        list(GET QT_BIN 0 QT_BIN)
+        file(GLOB QT_VERSIONS "${QT_BIN}/5.*")
+        list(SORT QT_VERSIONS)
+
+        # assume the latest version will be last alphabetically
+        list(REVERSE QT_VERSIONS)
+
+        list(GET QT_VERSIONS 0 QT_VERSION)
+
+        # fix any double slashes which seem to be common
+        string(REPLACE "//" "/"  QT_VERSION "${QT_VERSION}")
+
+        if(MSVC_VERSION GREATER_EQUAL "1910")
+            set(QT_MSVC "2017")
+        elseif(MSVC_VERSION GREATER_EQUAL "1900")
+            set(QT_MSVC "2015")
+        else()
+            # Latest QT versions >5.10 provides only 2015 and 2017 prebuilt binaries
+            message(WARNING "Unsupported MSVC toolchain version")
+        endif()
+
+        if(QT_MSVC)
+            # check for 64-bit target
+            if(CMAKE_CL_64)
+                SET(QT_MSVC "${QT_MSVC}_64")
+            endif()
+
+            set(QT_TOLLCHAIN "${QT_VERSION}/msvc${QT_MSVC}")
+            if(EXISTS ${QT_TOLLCHAIN})
+                set(Qt5_DIR "${QT_TOLLCHAIN}/lib/cmake/Qt5")
+            elseif(QT_MSVC EQUAL "2017")
+                #2017 is ABI compatible with 2015
+                if(CMAKE_CL_64)
+                    set(QT_TOLLCHAIN "${QT_VERSION}/msvc2015_64")
+                else()
+                    set(QT_TOLLCHAIN "${QT_VERSION}/msvc2015")
+                endif()
+
+                if(EXISTS ${QT_TOLLCHAIN})
+                    set(Qt5_DIR "${QT_TOLLCHAIN}/lib/cmake/Qt5")
+                else()
+                    message(WARNING "Required QT5 toolchain is not installed")
+                endif()
+            else()
+                message(WARNING "Required QT5 toolchain is not installed")
+            endif()
+        endif()
+    ENDIF()
+endmacro()
+
+macro(find_qt5)
+    set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR ON)
+    set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
+    set(CMAKE_AUTOUIC ON)
+    add_definitions(-DQT_DEPRECATED_WARNINGS -DQT_DISABLE_DEPRECATED_BEFORE=0x060000)
+    find_package(Qt5 COMPONENTS ${ARGN})
+
+    if(Qt5_FOUND)
+        if(WIN32 AND TARGET Qt5::qmake AND NOT TARGET Qt5::windeployqt)
+            get_target_property(_qt5_qmake_location Qt5::qmake IMPORTED_LOCATION)
+
+            execute_process(
+                COMMAND "${_qt5_qmake_location}" -query QT_INSTALL_PREFIX
+                RESULT_VARIABLE return_code
+                OUTPUT_VARIABLE qt5_install_prefix
+                OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+            )
+
+            set(imported_location "${qt5_install_prefix}/bin/windeployqt.exe")
+
+            if(EXISTS ${imported_location})
+                add_executable(Qt5::windeployqt IMPORTED)
+
+                set_target_properties(Qt5::windeployqt PROPERTIES
+                    IMPORTED_LOCATION ${imported_location}
+                )
+            endif()
+        endif()
+    else()
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "Cannot find QT5!")
+    endif()
+endmacro(find_qt5)
+
+# Copies required DLLs to directory with target
+# Optionally can provide QML directory as second argument
+function(install_qt5_libs target)
+    if(TARGET Qt5::windeployqt)
+        set(EXTRA "")
+        if(EXISTS ${ARGV1})
+            message("QML directory to be scanned=${ARGV1}")
+            list(APPEND EXTRA --qmldir ${ARGV1})
+        endif()
+
+        # execute windeployqt in a tmp directory after build
+        add_custom_command(TARGET ${target}
+            POST_BUILD
+            COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E remove_directory "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/windeployqt"
+            COMMAND set PATH=%PATH%$<SEMICOLON>${qt5_install_prefix}/bin
+            COMMAND Qt5::windeployqt --dir $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:${target}> "$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:${target}>/$<TARGET_FILE_NAME:${target}>" ${EXTRA}
+        )
+    endif()
+endfunction(install_qt5_libs)
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5900057..1b7cf87 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+build/
 Builds/
 *.vs/
-*.pro.user
\ No newline at end of file
+*.pro.user
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index db236f5..f865983 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
+
+set(MODULE_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/.cmake/Modules")
+set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} ${MODULE_DIR})
 
 project(NextHooker)
 
@@ -30,3 +33,4 @@ set(CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES Debug Release)
 
 add_subdirectory(texthook)
 add_subdirectory(vnrhook)
+add_subdirectory(GUI)
diff --git a/GUI/CMakeLists.txt b/GUI/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf95fe7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/GUI/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+include(QtUtils)
+msvc_registry_search()
+find_qt5(Core Widgets)
+
+# Populate a CMake variable with the sources
+set(gui_SRCS
+	main.cpp
+	mainwindow.cpp
+	hostsignaller.cpp
+	misc.cpp
+    extensions.cpp
+)
+add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} WIN32 ${gui_SRCS})
+target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} Qt5::Widgets vnrhost)
+
+install_qt5_libs(${PROJECT_NAME})
diff --git a/texthook/CMakeLists.txt b/texthook/CMakeLists.txt
index d0bcc40..8748263 100644
--- a/texthook/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/texthook/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ set_target_properties(vnrhost PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS /SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS)
 
 target_compile_options(vnrhost PRIVATE
 #  /GR-
-  $<$<CONFIG:Release>:/MT>
+  $<$<CONFIG:Release>:>
   $<$<CONFIG:Debug>:>
 )
 
diff --git a/vnrhook/CMakeLists.txt b/vnrhook/CMakeLists.txt
index e2a9c5c..58c2728 100644
--- a/vnrhook/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/vnrhook/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ set_target_properties(vnrhook PROPERTIES
 
 target_compile_options(vnrhook PRIVATE
   /EHa
-  $<$<CONFIG:Release>:/MT>
+  $<$<CONFIG:Release>:>
   $<$<CONFIG:Debug>:>
 )