diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b74dcb3..7ad0d41 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-# juCi++ [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/cppit/jucipp.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/cppit/jucipp)
+# juCi++ [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/cppit/jucipp.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/cppit/jucipp) [![Build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/07jsrg16a5bcpods/branch/master?svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/zalox/jucipp/branch/master)
+
 ###### a lightweight, platform independent C++-IDE with support for C++11, C++14, and experimental C++17 features depending on libclang version.
 <!--<img src="https://github.com/cppit/jucipp/blob/master/docs/images/screenshot3.png"/>-->
 ## About
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 55abb99..264cbef 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 platform:
-  - x86
   - x64
+  
+environment:
+  MSYSTEM: MSYS
 
 before_build:
   - C:\msys64\usr\bin\pacman --noconfirm --sync --refresh --refresh pacman
diff --git a/ci/compile.sh b/ci/compile.sh
index aac3547..e2bafd6 100755
--- a/ci/compile.sh
+++ b/ci/compile.sh
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 if [ "${cmake_command}" == "" ]; then
-  if [ $APPVEYOR ]; then
+  if [ "$APPVEYOR" != "" ]; then
     if [ "$PLATFORM" == "x64" ]; then
       mingw="mingw64"
     else
       mingw="mingw32"
     fi
-    cmake_command="cmake -G\"MSYS Makefiles\" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/${mingw} .. -DENABLE_TESTING=1 -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-Werror .."
+    cmake_command="cmake -G\"MSYS Makefiles\" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/${mingw} -DENABLE_TESTING=1 -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-Werror .."
   else
     cmake_command="cmake -DENABLE_TESTING=1 -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-Werror .."
   fi
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ if [ "${make_command}" == "" ]; then
   make_command="make -j 2"
 fi
 
-cd jucipp || exit
-mkdir -p build && cd build || exit
-sh -c "${cmake_command}" || exit
+cd jucipp || (echo "Can't cd into jucipp"; return 1)
+git submodule update --init --recursive
+mkdir -p build && cd build || (echo "Error making build directory"; return 1)
+sh -c "${cmake_command}" || (echo "Cmake configuration failed"; return 1)
 exec sh -c "${make_command}"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ci/update_ci.sh b/ci/update_ci.sh
index 18cd506..795ac87 100755
--- a/ci/update_ci.sh
+++ b/ci/update_ci.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ function windows () {
   if [ "$PLATFORM" == "x86" ]; then
     arch=i686
   fi
-  sh -c "pacman -S git mingw-w64-${arch}-cmake make mingw-w64-${arch}-toolchain mingw-w64-${arch}-clang mingw-w64-${arch}-gtkmm3 mingw-w64-${arch}-gtksourceviewmm3 mingw-w64-${arch}-boost mingw-w64-${arch}-aspell mingw-w64-${arch}-aspell-en"
+  sh -c "pacman -S --noconfirm git mingw-w64-${arch}-cmake make mingw-w64-${arch}-toolchain mingw-w64-${arch}-clang mingw-w64-${arch}-gtkmm3 mingw-w64-${arch}-gtksourceviewmm3 mingw-w64-${arch}-boost mingw-w64-${arch}-aspell mingw-w64-${arch}-aspell-en"
 }
 
 if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "" ]; then