diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 87f888b..8449263 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
 
 
 
+
 message(STATUS "You can find build instructions and a list of dependencies in the README at \
 https://github.com/BeamMP/BeamMP-Server")
 
@@ -61,8 +62,9 @@ include_directories("rapidjson/include")
 include_directories("websocketpp")
 add_subdirectory("socket.io-client-cpp")
 add_subdirectory("include/commandline")
-# builds all libraries that don't have cmakelists
-add_subdirectory("lib")
+# luasocket
+set(WANTS_BUILD_STATIC_LIBRARY ON)
+add_subdirectory("lib/luasocket-cmake")
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 
diff --git a/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index ab2d18a..0000000
--- a/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-
-
-############# luasocket #############
-
-#####################################
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/luasocket-cmake b/lib/luasocket-cmake
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..2cb3208
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/luasocket-cmake
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 2cb3208cf32d8349c04af2884e50db008ff27ef8