diff --git a/cmake/build_helpers.cmake b/cmake/build_helpers.cmake
index a59570528..d290bd366 100644
--- a/cmake/build_helpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/build_helpers.cmake
@@ -299,6 +299,8 @@ macro(configureCMake)
     # Enable C and C++ languages
     enable_language(C CXX)
 
+    set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON CACHE BOOL "Enable position independent code for all targets" FORCE)
+
     # Configure use of recommended build tools
     if (IMHEX_USE_DEFAULT_BUILD_SETTINGS)
         message(STATUS "Configuring CMake to use recommended build tools...")
@@ -483,7 +485,6 @@ endfunction()
 
 macro(setupCompilerFlags target)
     if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "GNU|Clang")
-
         # Define strict compilation flags
         if (IMHEX_STRICT_WARNINGS)
             set(IMHEX_COMMON_FLAGS "${IMHEX_COMMON_FLAGS} -Wall -Wextra -Wpedantic -Werror")
@@ -497,7 +498,9 @@ macro(setupCompilerFlags target)
 
         # Disable some warnings
         set(IMHEX_C_CXX_FLAGS "-Wno-unknown-warning-option -Wno-array-bounds -Wno-deprecated-declarations")
+    endif()
 
+    if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "GNU")
         if (IMHEX_ENABLE_UNITY_BUILD AND WIN32)
             set(IMHEX_COMMON_FLAGS "${IMHEX_COMMON_FLAGS} -Wa,-mbig-obj")
         endif ()
@@ -541,23 +544,14 @@ macro(addBundledLibraries)
     add_subdirectory(${THIRD_PARTY_LIBS_FOLDER}/imgui)
 
     add_subdirectory(${THIRD_PARTY_LIBS_FOLDER}/microtar EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
-    set_target_properties(microtar PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
 
     add_subdirectory(${EXTERNAL_LIBS_FOLDER}/libwolv EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
-    set_property(TARGET libwolv-types       PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
-    set_property(TARGET libwolv-utils       PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
-    set_property(TARGET libwolv-io          PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
-    set_property(TARGET libwolv-hash        PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
-    set_property(TARGET libwolv-containers  PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
-    set_property(TARGET libwolv-net         PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
-    set_property(TARGET libwolv-math_eval   PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
 
     set(XDGPP_INCLUDE_DIRS "${THIRD_PARTY_LIBS_FOLDER}/xdgpp")
     set(FPHSA_NAME_MISMATCHED ON CACHE BOOL "")
 
     if(NOT USE_SYSTEM_FMT)
         add_subdirectory(${THIRD_PARTY_LIBS_FOLDER}/fmt EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
-        set_target_properties(fmt PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
         set(FMT_LIBRARIES fmt::fmt-header-only)
     else()
         find_package(fmt REQUIRED)
@@ -577,7 +571,6 @@ macro(addBundledLibraries)
         # nfd
         if (NOT USE_SYSTEM_NFD)
             add_subdirectory(${THIRD_PARTY_LIBS_FOLDER}/nativefiledialog EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
-            set_target_properties(nfd PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
             set(NFD_LIBRARIES nfd)
         else()
             find_package(nfd)
@@ -595,7 +588,6 @@ macro(addBundledLibraries)
 
     if (NOT USE_SYSTEM_LLVM)
         add_subdirectory(${THIRD_PARTY_LIBS_FOLDER}/llvm-demangle EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
-        set_target_properties(LLVMDemangle PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
     else()
         find_package(LLVM REQUIRED Demangle)
     endif()
@@ -618,7 +610,6 @@ macro(addBundledLibraries)
     set_target_properties(
             libpl
             PROPERTIES
-                POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON
                 RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
                 LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
     )
diff --git a/cmake/modules/ImHexPlugin.cmake b/cmake/modules/ImHexPlugin.cmake
index 0f6440d36..a8243a8be 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/ImHexPlugin.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/ImHexPlugin.cmake
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ macro(add_imhex_plugin)
     target_compile_definitions(${IMHEX_PLUGIN_NAME} PRIVATE IMHEX_PLUGIN_NAME=${IMHEX_PLUGIN_NAME})
 
     # Enable required compiler flags
-    set_target_properties(${IMHEX_PLUGIN_NAME} PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
     enableUnityBuild(${IMHEX_PLUGIN_NAME})
     setupCompilerFlags(${IMHEX_PLUGIN_NAME})
 
@@ -67,7 +66,6 @@ macro(add_imhex_plugin)
     list(APPEND LIBROMFS_RESOURCE_LOCATION ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/romfs)
     set(LIBROMFS_PROJECT_NAME ${IMHEX_PLUGIN_NAME})
     add_subdirectory(${IMHEX_BASE_FOLDER}/lib/external/libromfs ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libromfs)
-    set_target_properties(${LIBROMFS_LIBRARY} PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
     target_link_libraries(${IMHEX_PLUGIN_NAME} PRIVATE ${LIBROMFS_LIBRARY})
 
     foreach(feature ${IMHEX_PLUGIN_FEATURES})
diff --git a/cmake/sdk/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/sdk/CMakeLists.txt
index 7a98b4b37..6806d6e71 100644
--- a/cmake/sdk/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/sdk/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.20)
 project(ImHexSDK)
 
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/modules")
+set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/build_helpers.cmake")
 
 set(IMHEX_BASE_FOLDER ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} PARENT_SCOPE)
diff --git a/lib/external/libromfs b/lib/external/libromfs
index 0a72f7bb3..61f7e412d 160000
--- a/lib/external/libromfs
+++ b/lib/external/libromfs
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 0a72f7bb33d87c4fb2709b6b94bf83518ab0022d
+Subproject commit 61f7e412dd1ad304453a1384a1e42ed01139f729
diff --git a/lib/external/pattern_language b/lib/external/pattern_language
index 1fa19577c..0c2918e13 160000
--- a/lib/external/pattern_language
+++ b/lib/external/pattern_language
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 1fa19577c90d0db47fbb5ad8207cdb7b346a3b69
+Subproject commit 0c2918e13247f016bf3e43e678b36aa62be4f965
diff --git a/lib/libimhex/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/libimhex/CMakeLists.txt
index 6e3b3c153..c7f9308fe 100644
--- a/lib/libimhex/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/libimhex/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ else()
     target_compile_definitions(libimhex PRIVATE IMHEX_PROJECT_NAME="${PROJECT_NAME}")
 endif()
 
-set_target_properties(libimhex PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
 enableUnityBuild(libimhex)
 setupCompilerFlags(libimhex)
 
diff --git a/lib/third_party/imgui/ColorTextEditor/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/third_party/imgui/ColorTextEditor/CMakeLists.txt
index 906aa5ac3..f511cdcfa 100644
--- a/lib/third_party/imgui/ColorTextEditor/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/third_party/imgui/ColorTextEditor/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,4 +15,3 @@ target_include_directories(imgui_color_text_editor PUBLIC
 target_include_directories(imgui_all_includes INTERFACE include)
 
 target_link_libraries(imgui_color_text_editor PRIVATE imgui_includes)
-set_property(TARGET imgui_color_text_editor PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/third_party/imgui/custom/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/third_party/imgui/custom/CMakeLists.txt
index 90c75b9ec..ada7a6f14 100644
--- a/lib/third_party/imgui/custom/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/third_party/imgui/custom/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ target_include_directories(imgui_custom PUBLIC
 )
 
 target_link_libraries(imgui_custom PRIVATE imgui_includes)
-set_property(TARGET imgui_custom PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
 target_include_directories(imgui_all_includes INTERFACE include)
 
 find_package(OpenGL REQUIRED)
diff --git a/lib/third_party/imgui/imgui/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/third_party/imgui/imgui/CMakeLists.txt
index 068b5e129..1f803868d 100644
--- a/lib/third_party/imgui/imgui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/third_party/imgui/imgui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ target_include_directories(imgui_includes INTERFACE include)
 target_include_directories(imgui_all_includes INTERFACE include include/misc/freetype)
 
 target_compile_options(imgui_imgui PRIVATE -Wno-unknown-warning-option)
-set_property(TARGET imgui_imgui PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
 
 find_package(Freetype REQUIRED)
 
diff --git a/lib/third_party/imgui/imnodes/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/third_party/imgui/imnodes/CMakeLists.txt
index e7689919a..52cccdf67 100644
--- a/lib/third_party/imgui/imnodes/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/third_party/imgui/imnodes/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,4 +14,3 @@ target_include_directories(imgui_imnodes PUBLIC
 
 target_link_libraries(imgui_imnodes PRIVATE imgui_includes)
 target_include_directories(imgui_all_includes INTERFACE include)
-set_property(TARGET imgui_imnodes PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
diff --git a/lib/third_party/imgui/implot/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/third_party/imgui/implot/CMakeLists.txt
index a2903e0aa..ddfc748db 100644
--- a/lib/third_party/imgui/implot/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/third_party/imgui/implot/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,5 +16,3 @@ target_include_directories(imgui_implot PUBLIC
 
 target_link_libraries(imgui_implot PRIVATE imgui_includes)
 target_include_directories(imgui_all_includes INTERFACE include)
-
-set_property(TARGET imgui_implot PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
diff --git a/lib/third_party/yara/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/third_party/yara/CMakeLists.txt
index 646ea74be..7ccd14d22 100644
--- a/lib/third_party/yara/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/third_party/yara/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ set(LIBYARA_MODULES
 find_package(mbedTLS 2.26.0 REQUIRED)
 
 add_library(libyara STATIC ${LIBYARA_SOURCE} ${LIBYARA_INCLUDES} ${LIBYARA_MODULES})
-set_property(TARGET libyara PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
 
 # Add mbedtls crypto wrappers
 target_compile_definitions(libyara PRIVATE
diff --git a/main/forwarder/CMakeLists.txt b/main/forwarder/CMakeLists.txt
index 8f4153dd8..9a04c3517 100644
--- a/main/forwarder/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/main/forwarder/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,5 +10,4 @@ add_dependencies(imhex_all main-forwarder)
 set_target_properties(main-forwarder PROPERTIES
         OUTPUT_NAME "imhex"
         RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../..
-        POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON
 )
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/main/gui/CMakeLists.txt b/main/gui/CMakeLists.txt
index 752c217f5..1640cb24a 100644
--- a/main/gui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/main/gui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ setupCompilerFlags(main)
 set(LIBROMFS_RESOURCE_LOCATION ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/romfs)
 set(LIBROMFS_PROJECT_NAME imhex)
 add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../lib/external/libromfs ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/main/gui/libromfs EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
-set_target_properties(${LIBROMFS_LIBRARY} PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
 add_dependencies(imhex_all main)
 
 if (EMSCRIPTEN)
@@ -49,8 +48,7 @@ endif ()
 
 set_target_properties(main PROPERTIES
     OUTPUT_NAME ${IMHEX_APPLICATION_NAME}
-    RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../..
-    POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+    RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../..)
 
 target_compile_definitions(main PRIVATE IMHEX_PROJECT_NAME="${PROJECT_NAME}")
 
diff --git a/main/updater/CMakeLists.txt b/main/updater/CMakeLists.txt
index e8f1fd824..4e07614a7 100644
--- a/main/updater/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/main/updater/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,5 +17,4 @@ endif()
 set_target_properties(updater PROPERTIES
         OUTPUT_NAME "imhex-updater"
         RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}
-        POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON
 )
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/decompress/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/decompress/CMakeLists.txt
index 23372426c..f04a53585 100644
--- a/plugins/decompress/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/decompress/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ include(ImHexPlugin)
 macro(addOptionalLibrary package library)
     find_package(${package})
     if (${package}_FOUND)
-        set_property(TARGET ${package}::${library} PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
         string(TOUPPER ${package} PACKAGE)
         set(LIBRARIES ${LIBRARIES} ${package}::${library})
         message(STATUS "Enabling decompression support using ${package} (${${package}_VERSION})")
diff --git a/plugins/diffing/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/diffing/CMakeLists.txt
index 9eba9bd74..0e93d9cd9 100644
--- a/plugins/diffing/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/diffing/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ else()
     set(BUILD_TESTING OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
     add_subdirectory(${THIRD_PARTY_LIBS_FOLDER}/edlib ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/edlib EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
     enableUnityBuild(edlib)
-    set_target_properties(edlib
-        PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON
-    )
 endif()
 
 add_imhex_plugin(
diff --git a/plugins/disassembler/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/disassembler/CMakeLists.txt
index 22793d2dc..55ff0eccd 100644
--- a/plugins/disassembler/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/disassembler/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,9 +7,7 @@ if (NOT USE_SYSTEM_CAPSTONE)
     set(CAPSTONE_BUILD_SHARED OFF CACHE BOOL "Disable shared library building")
     set(CAPSTONE_BUILD_TESTS OFF CACHE BOOL "Disable tests")
     add_subdirectory(${THIRD_PARTY_LIBS_FOLDER}/capstone ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/capstone EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
-    set_target_properties(capstone PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
     target_compile_options(capstone PRIVATE -Wno-unused-function)
-    enableUnityBuild(capstone)
     set(CAPSTONE_LIBRARY "capstone")
     set(CAPSTONE_INCLUDE_DIR ${THIRD_PARTY_LIBS_FOLDER}/capstone/include)
 else()
diff --git a/plugins/hashes/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/hashes/CMakeLists.txt
index fc0d6d115..5f0259e81 100644
--- a/plugins/hashes/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/hashes/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 include(ImHexPlugin)
 
 add_subdirectory(${THIRD_PARTY_LIBS_FOLDER}/HashLibPlus ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/HashLibPlus)
-set_target_properties(hashplus PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
 enableUnityBuild(hashplus)
 
 add_imhex_plugin(
diff --git a/plugins/ui/source/ui/hex_editor.cpp b/plugins/ui/source/ui/hex_editor.cpp
index 01d803d80..ae9642665 100644
--- a/plugins/ui/source/ui/hex_editor.cpp
+++ b/plugins/ui/source/ui/hex_editor.cpp
@@ -74,8 +74,7 @@ namespace hex::ui {
     /* Hex Editor */
 
     HexEditor::HexEditor(prv::Provider *provider) : m_provider(provider) {
-        m_currDataVisualizer = ContentRegistry::HexEditor::getVisualizerByName("hex.builtin.visualizer.hexadecimal.8bit");
-        m_miniMapVisualizer  = ContentRegistry::HexEditor::impl::getMiniMapVisualizers().front();
+
     }
 
     HexEditor::~HexEditor() {
@@ -194,6 +193,10 @@ namespace hex::ui {
     }
 
     void HexEditor::drawMinimap(ImVec2 characterSize) {
+        if (const auto &visualizers = ContentRegistry::HexEditor::impl::getMiniMapVisualizers(); m_miniMapVisualizer == nullptr && !visualizers.empty())
+            m_miniMapVisualizer = visualizers.front();
+
+
         ImS64 numRows = m_provider == nullptr ? 0 : (m_provider->getSize() / m_bytesPerRow) + ((m_provider->getSize() % m_bytesPerRow) == 0 ? 0 : 1);
 
         auto window = ImGui::GetCurrentWindowRead();
@@ -400,6 +403,11 @@ namespace hex::ui {
         const float SeparatorColumWidth   = 6_scaled;
         const auto CharacterSize          = ImGui::CalcTextSize("0");
 
+        if (const auto &visualizer = ContentRegistry::HexEditor::getVisualizerByName("hex.builtin.visualizer.hexadecimal.8bit"); m_currDataVisualizer == nullptr && visualizer != nullptr) {
+            m_currDataVisualizer = visualizer;
+            return;
+        }
+
         const auto bytesPerCell    = m_currDataVisualizer->getBytesPerCell();
         const u16 columnCount      = m_bytesPerRow / bytesPerCell;
         auto byteColumnCount = 2 + columnCount + getByteColumnSeparatorCount(columnCount) + 2 + 2;
diff --git a/plugins/visualizers/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/visualizers/CMakeLists.txt
index b64ef7bcb..302998baf 100644
--- a/plugins/visualizers/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/visualizers/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ include(ImHexPlugin)
 
 if (NOT USE_SYSTEM_MINIAUDIO)
     add_subdirectory(${THIRD_PARTY_LIBS_FOLDER}/miniaudio ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/miniaudio EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
-    set_target_properties(miniaudio PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
     set(MINIAUDIO_LIBRARIES miniaudio)
 else()
     find_package(miniaudio REQUIRED)
diff --git a/plugins/yara_rules/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/yara_rules/CMakeLists.txt
index 8e7801578..6bec8ab83 100644
--- a/plugins/yara_rules/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/yara_rules/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ include(ImHexPlugin)
 
 if (NOT USE_SYSTEM_YARA)
     add_subdirectory(${THIRD_PARTY_LIBS_FOLDER}/yara ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/yara EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
-    set_target_properties(libyara PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
     set(YARA_LIBRARIES libyara)
 else()
     find_package(Yara REQUIRED)