diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 0096c4f..ee9c46d 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 [submodule "vendor/nerutils"]
 	path = vendor/nerutils
 	url = https://git.neru.rip/neru/nerutils
+[submodule "vendor/simdjson"]
+	path = vendor/simdjson
+	url = https://github.com/simdjson/simdjson
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7f65610..d0499cf 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -53,13 +53,25 @@ else()
 	target_compile_options(dbd-unlocker-warnings INTERFACE -Wall -Wextra -Werror)
 endif()
 
+# ------------------------------
+# simdjson without errors
+# ------------------------------
+add_library(simdjson-wrapped INTERFACE)
+target_link_libraries(simdjson-wrapped INTERFACE simdjson)
+
+if(CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "Visual Studio")
+    target_compile_options(simdjson-wrapped INTERFACE /W0)
+else()
+    target_compile_options(simdjson-wrapped INTERFACE -w)
+endif()
+
+
 # ------------------------------
 # unlocker
 # ------------------------------
 file(GLOB_RECURSE UNLOCKER_SOURCES CONFIGURE_DEPENDS "src/unlocker/*.cpp" "src/unlocker/*.h")
 add_executable(dbd-unlocker ${UNLOCKER_SOURCES})
-target_link_libraries(dbd-unlocker PRIVATE dbd-unlocker-warnings ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES} nerutils wsock32 ws2_32 wininet)
-target_include_directories(dbd-unlocker PRIVATE ${OPENSSL_INCLUDE__DIR})
+target_link_libraries(dbd-unlocker PRIVATE dbd-unlocker-warnings OpenSSL::SSL OpenSSL::Crypto nerutils wsock32 ws2_32 wininet simdjson-wrapped)
 
 set_property(TARGET dbd-unlocker PROPERTY USE_FOLDERS ON)
 set_property(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} PROPERTY VS_STARTUP_PROJECT dbd-unlocker)
diff --git a/vendor/simdjson b/vendor/simdjson
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..5395aac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/simdjson
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 5395aacb8b63db4bd3bd14f87f63da56a711d779