diff --git a/.github/workflows/macos.yml b/.github/workflows/macos.yml
index cb2d12b..533bd5d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/macos.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/macos.yml
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ jobs:
         version: '5.15.2'
     - name: Run a qt project
       run: |
-        cmake ./
+        cmake ./ -DPREFER_QT_5=ON
         make
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml b/.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml
index d9423f3..ff997ed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           mkdir build
           cd build
-          cmake ../
+          cmake ../ -DPREFER_QT_5=ON
           make
           cpack -G DEB
       - name: Try install it
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4e2a11f..1c7ad42 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 - 2023 Gary Wang <git@blumia.net>
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 - 2024 Gary Wang <git@blumia.net>
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
-project (pineapple-pictures)
-
 cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.9.5)
 
+project (pineapple-pictures)
+
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/cmake)
 
 include (GNUInstallDirs)
 include (FeatureSummary)
 
 option (EXIV2_METADATA_SUPPORT "Better image metadata support via libexiv2" ON)
-option (PREFER_QT_5 "Prefer to use Qt 5 even if we have Qt 6" ON)
+option (PREFER_QT_5 "Prefer to use Qt 5" OFF)
 
 set (CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 set (CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ set (CMAKE_AUTORCC ON)
 if (PREFER_QT_5)
     find_package(QT NAMES Qt5 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Core)
 else ()
-    find_package(QT NAMES Qt6 Qt5 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Core)
+    find_package(QT NAMES Qt6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Core)
 endif ()
 
 if (${QT_VERSION_MAJOR} EQUAL "5")
@@ -104,20 +104,21 @@ set (EXE_NAME ppic)
 file (GLOB PPIC_TS_FILES app/translations/*.ts)
 set (PPIC_CPP_FILES_FOR_I18N ${PPIC_CPP_FILES})
 
-qt_create_translation(PPIC_QM_FILES ${PPIC_CPP_FILES_FOR_I18N} ${PPIC_TS_FILES})
-
 if (WIN32)
     list(APPEND PPIC_RC_FILES assets/pineapple-pictures.rc)
 endif ()
 
-add_executable (${EXE_NAME}
+add_executable (${EXE_NAME} WIN32
     ${PPIC_HEADER_FILES}
     ${PPIC_CPP_FILES}
     ${PPIC_QRC_FILES}
     ${PPIC_RC_FILES}
-    ${PPIC_QM_FILES}
 )
 
+qt_create_translation(PPIC_QM_FILES ${PPIC_CPP_FILES_FOR_I18N} ${PPIC_TS_FILES})
+
+target_sources(${EXE_NAME} PRIVATE ${PPIC_QM_FILES})
+
 target_link_libraries (${EXE_NAME} Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}::Widgets Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}::Svg)
 if (${QT_VERSION_MAJOR} EQUAL "6")
     target_link_libraries (${EXE_NAME} Qt::SvgWidgets)
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ if (LibExiv2_FOUND)
     )
 endif ()
 
-if (Qt5DBus_FOUND OR Qt6DBus_FOUND)
+if (TARGET Qt5::DBus OR TARGET Qt6::DBus)
     target_link_libraries (${EXE_NAME}
         Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}::DBus
     )
@@ -148,11 +149,6 @@ endif()
 
 # Extra build settings
 if (WIN32)
-    set_property (
-        TARGET ${EXE_NAME}
-        PROPERTY WIN32_EXECUTABLE true
-    )
-
     target_compile_definitions(${EXE_NAME} PRIVATE
         FLAG_PORTABLE_MODE_SUPPORT=1
     )
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index c067dea..3da2876 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ environment:
       KF_BRANCH: kf5
       EXIV2_VERSION: "0.27.7"
       EXIV2_CMAKE_OPTIONS: "-DEXIV2_BUILD_SAMPLES=OFF -DEXIV2_ENABLE_WIN_UNICODE=ON -DEXIV2_BUILD_EXIV2_COMMAND=OFF"
-      PPIC_CMAKE_OPTIONS: ""
+      PPIC_CMAKE_OPTIONS: "-DPREFER_QT_5=ON"
       WINDEPLOYQT_ARGS: "--verbose=2 --no-quick-import --no-translations --no-opengl-sw --no-angle --no-system-d3d-compiler"
 
 install:
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ build_script:
 # finally...
   - mkdir build
   - cd build
-  - cmake .. -G "Unix Makefiles" %PPIC_CMAKE_OPTIONS% -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=mingw32-make -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX='%cd%'
+  - cmake .. -G "Ninja" %PPIC_CMAKE_OPTIONS% -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX='%cd%'
   - cmake --build . --config Release
   - cmake --build . --config Release --target install/strip
 # fixme: I don't know how to NOT make the binary installed to the ./bin/ folder...