diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3b818f4..8711a23 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@ project(
   LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 option(BUILD_TESTS "Build tests" OFF)
+option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Build using shared libraries is turned off" OFF)
 
 message(STATUS "Build type: ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}")
 message(STATUS "Build tests: ${BUILD_TESTS}")
 
+set(CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES ".a")
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d8a6cc1..22b4bf8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -381,5 +381,10 @@ more information.
 # TODO:
 
 - [ ] Add pre built binaries to the github releases
+  - For static build I used the followig configure command:
+  ```
+  ./configure -static -prefix /home/barts/code/snapshot/3rdparty/Qt/ -submodules qtbase,qtmultimedia,qtwayland -icu
+  ```
+
 - [ ] Add an uninstall target?
 - [ ] Cross compile for raspberry pi
diff --git a/app/CMakeLists.txt b/app/CMakeLists.txt
index 31765ea..052d16d 100644
--- a/app/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/app/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
 add_executable(snapshot main.cpp ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/resources/resources.qrc)
 target_link_libraries(snapshot PRIVATE snapshotapp)
 install(TARGETS snapshot DESTINATION bin)
+
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME ${PROJECT_NAME})
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION})
+set(CPACK_GENERATOR "ZIP")
+
+include(CPack)
diff --git a/scripts/install-qt b/scripts/install-qt
index f8df6b6..55bbd48 100755
--- a/scripts/install-qt
+++ b/scripts/install-qt
@@ -1,28 +1,22 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -euo pipefail
 
-usage="Usage: $0 
+usage="Usage: $0 <optional packages>
 
 Installs Qt 6.6.1 to 3rdparty/Qt. For this script to work, you need to set the 
 QT_INSTALLER_JWT_TOKEN environment variable to your jwt token. Check the
 website of Qt for more information.
 
+Optionally, you can add more Qt packages to install by adding them as
+arguments.
+
 Options:
   -h, --help    Show this help message and exit"
 
-while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
-    case "$1" in
-        -h | --help)
-            echo "$usage"
-            exit 0
-            ;;
-        *)
-            echo "Unknown option: $1"
-            echo "$usage"
-            exit 1
-            ;;
-    esac
-done
+if [[ "$*" == *-h* ]] || [[ "$*" == *--help* ]]; then
+    echo "$usage"
+    exit 0
+fi
 
 tmp_dir=$(mktemp -d)
 this_dir=$(dirname "$(realpath "${BASH_SOURCE:-$0}")")
@@ -32,6 +26,6 @@ multimedia="qt.qt6.661.addons.qtmultimedia"
 
 curl "https://d13lb3tujbc8s0.cloudfront.net/onlineinstallers/qt-unified-linux-x64-4.6.1-online.run" -o "$tmp_dir/qt-installer.run"
 chmod +x "$tmp_dir/qt-installer.run"
-"$tmp_dir/qt-installer.run" --root "$install_dir" --accept-licenses --accept-obligations --default-answer --confirm-command install $base $multimedia
+"$tmp_dir/qt-installer.run" --root "$install_dir" --accept-licenses --accept-obligations --default-answer --confirm-command install $base $multimedia $@
 
 rm -rf "$tmp_dir"
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 7285e1b..cbbd4ce 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
-list(APPEND CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/3rdparty/Qt/6.6.1/gcc_64/lib/cmake)
+list(APPEND CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH
+     ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/3rdparty/Qt/6.6.1/gcc_64/lib/cmake)
+list(APPEND CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/3rdparty/Qt/lib/cmake)
 
+set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)
 find_package(spdlog REQUIRED)
 find_package(Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS filesystem)
 find_package(Qt6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Widgets Multimedia MultimediaWidgets)
@@ -12,9 +15,9 @@ file(GLOB_RECURSE INCLUDES "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/include/*")
 add_library(snapshotapp ${SOURCES} ${INCLUDES})
 target_include_directories(
   snapshotapp
-  PUBLIC ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/include ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/3rdparty/include ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+  PUBLIC ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/include ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/3rdparty/include
+         ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS}
   INTERFACE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/snapshotapp_autogen/include)
 target_link_libraries(
   snapshotapp PUBLIC spdlog::spdlog_header_only Qt6::Widgets Qt6::Multimedia
                      Qt6::MultimediaWidgets Boost::filesystem)
-install(TARGETS snapshotapp DESTINATION lib)