diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f955e7b..3834ce0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ DWLDEVCFLAGS = -g -pedantic -Wall -Wextra -Wdeclaration-after-statement \
 	-Wfloat-conversion
 
 # CFLAGS / LDFLAGS
-PKGS      = wlroots-0.19 wayland-server xkbcommon libinput $(XLIBS)
+PKGS      = wlroots-0.19 wayland-server xkbcommon libinput pixman-1 fcft $(XLIBS)
 DWLCFLAGS = `$(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags $(PKGS)` $(DWLCPPFLAGS) $(DWLDEVCFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)
 LDLIBS    = `$(PKG_CONFIG) --libs $(PKGS)` -lm $(LIBS)
 
diff --git a/dwl.c b/dwl.c
index bd3d26b..483ce54 100644
--- a/dwl.c
+++ b/dwl.c
@@ -2779,6 +2779,12 @@ setup(void)
 	LISTEN_STATIC(&output_mgr->events.apply, outputmgrapply);
 	LISTEN_STATIC(&output_mgr->events.test, outputmgrtest);
 
+	drwl_init();
+
+	status_event_source = wl_event_loop_add_fd(wl_display_get_event_loop(dpy),
+		STDIN_FILENO, WL_EVENT_READABLE, status_in, NULL);
+
+
 	/* Make sure XWayland clients don't connect to the parent X server,
 	 * e.g when running in the x11 backend or the wayland backend and the
 	 * compositor has Xwayland support */