diff --git a/gb-vst/Cargo.toml b/gb-vst/Cargo.toml
index c4b2c5d..cddf377 100644
--- a/gb-vst/Cargo.toml
+++ b/gb-vst/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,13 +8,15 @@ name = "vst"
 crate-type = ["cdylib", "rlib"]
 
 [features]
-default = []
+default = ["vulkan"]
+pixels = ["gb-emu-lib/pixels-renderer"]
+vulkan = ["dep:raw-window-handle", "gb-emu-lib/vulkan-static"]
 
 [dependencies]
-gb-emu-lib = { path = "../lib", features = ["vulkan-renderer", "config"] }
+gb-emu-lib = { path = "../lib", features = ["config"] }
 nih_plug = { path = "../vendored/nih-plug", features = ["standalone"] }
 baseview = { path = "../vendored/baseview" }
 async-ringbuf = "0.1"
 futures = "0.3"
 keyboard-types = "0.6.2"
-raw-window-handle = "0.5"
+raw-window-handle = { version = "0.5", optional = true }
diff --git a/gb-vst/src/ui.rs b/gb-vst/src/ui.rs
index d4d4972..3a13a6e 100644
--- a/gb-vst/src/ui.rs
+++ b/gb-vst/src/ui.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ use gb_emu_lib::{
 };
 use keyboard_types::{Code, KeyState};
 use nih_plug::prelude::*;
-use raw_window_handle::HasRawDisplayHandle;
 
 use crate::{Frame, FrameReceiver, JoypadInfo, JoypadSender};
 
@@ -62,6 +61,7 @@ impl Editor for Emulator {
         //     )
         // };
 
+        #[cfg(feature = "vulkan")]
         let shader_path = self.shader_path.lock().unwrap().clone();
         // let shader_path = None;
 
@@ -73,7 +73,15 @@ impl Editor for Emulator {
                 scale: baseview::WindowScalePolicy::SystemScaleFactor,
                 gl_config: None,
             },
-            |w| EmulatorWindow::new(w, fr_cloned, js_cloned, shader_path),
+            |w| {
+                EmulatorWindow::new(
+                    w,
+                    fr_cloned,
+                    js_cloned,
+                    #[cfg(feature = "vulkan")]
+                    shader_path,
+                )
+            },
         );
         Box::new(Self::new(
             self.frame_receiver.clone(),
@@ -110,7 +118,7 @@ impl EmulatorWindow {
         window: &mut Window,
         frame_receiver: Arc<FrameReceiver>,
         joypad_sender: Arc<JoypadSender>,
-        shader_path: Option<PathBuf>,
+        #[cfg(feature = "vulkan")] shader_path: Option<PathBuf>,
     ) -> Self {
         let info = WindowInfo::from_logical_size(
             Size::new(WIDTH as f64, HEIGHT as f64),
@@ -125,14 +133,20 @@ impl EmulatorWindow {
             scaled_height: HEIGHT as u32,
         };
 
-        let manager = Arc::new(RendererBackendManager::new(window.raw_display_handle()));
+        #[cfg(feature = "vulkan")]
+        let (manager, window_options) = {
+            use raw_window_handle::HasRawDisplayHandle;
+            (
+                Arc::new(RendererBackendManager::new(window.raw_display_handle())),
+                WindowOptions { shader_path },
+            )
+        };
+        #[cfg(feature = "pixels")]
+        let (manager, window_options) =
+            { (Arc::new(RendererBackendManager::new()), WindowOptions {}) };
 
-        let renderer = RendererBackend::new(
-            current_resolution,
-            window,
-            WindowOptions { shader_path },
-            manager.clone(),
-        );
+        let renderer =
+            RendererBackend::new(current_resolution, window, window_options, manager.clone());
 
         Self {
             renderer,