diff --git a/rsc/startup.lua b/rsc/startup.lua
index 2798731..ecea939 100644
--- a/rsc/startup.lua
+++ b/rsc/startup.lua
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ end)
 
 --]]
 
-generator, msg = loadfile("rsc/roguegenerator.lua")
+generator, msg = loadfile("../rsc/roguegenerator.lua")
 
 if generator == nil then
 	print("error: ", msg)
diff --git a/rsc/terrain.bmp b/rsc/terrain.bmp
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a39c74..0000000
Binary files a/rsc/terrain.bmp and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/rsc/terrain.png b/rsc/terrain.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3966d5e
Binary files /dev/null and b/rsc/terrain.png differ
diff --git a/src/application.cpp b/src/application.cpp
index bc6b43d..cf0f5a5 100644
--- a/src/application.cpp
+++ b/src/application.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "application.hpp"
 
 #include <chrono>
+#include <iostream>
 #include <sstream>
 #include <stdexcept>
 
@@ -40,6 +41,9 @@ void Application::Init(int argc, char* argv[]) {
 		msg << "Failed to create the window: " << SDL_GetError();
 		throw(std::runtime_error(msg.str()));
 	}
+	else {
+		std::cout << "Created the window" << std::endl;
+	}
 
 	//create and check the renderer
 	renderer = SDL_CreateRenderer(window, -1, 0);
@@ -49,20 +53,28 @@ void Application::Init(int argc, char* argv[]) {
 		msg << "Failed to create the renderer: " << SDL_GetError();
 		throw(std::runtime_error(msg.str()));
 	}
+	else {
+		std::cout << "Created the renderer" << std::endl;
+	}
 
 	//screen scaling
 	SDL_SetHint(SDL_HINT_RENDER_SCALE_QUALITY, "best");
-	SDL_RenderSetLogicalSize(renderer, 800, 600);
+	SDL_RenderSetLogicalSize(renderer, screenWidth, screenHeight);
 
 	//set the hook for the renderer
 	BaseScene::SetRenderer(renderer);
 
+	std::cout << "Initialized screen scaling" << std::endl;
+
 	//setting up SDL2_ttf
 	if (TTF_Init()) {
 		std::ostringstream msg;
 		msg << "Failed to initialize SDL2_ttf: " << SDL_GetError();
 		throw(std::runtime_error(msg.str()));
 	}
+	else {
+		std::cout << "Initialized SDL2_ttf" << std::endl;
+	}
 
 	//setup lua
 	lua = luaL_newstate();
@@ -71,8 +83,13 @@ void Application::Init(int argc, char* argv[]) {
 		msg << "Failed to create the lua state";
 		throw(std::runtime_error(msg.str()));
 	}
+	else {
+		std::cout << "Initialized lua" << std::endl;
+	}
 
 	luaL_openlibs(lua);
+
+	std::cout << "Initialization sucessful" << std::endl;
 }
 
 void Application::Proc() {
@@ -124,6 +141,7 @@ void Application::Proc() {
 }
 
 void Application::Quit() {
+	std::cout << "Closing the APIs" << std::endl;
 	lua_close(lua);
 	TTF_Quit();
 
diff --git a/src/example_scene.cpp b/src/example_scene.cpp
index 4c0aa65..56acf2d 100644
--- a/src/example_scene.cpp
+++ b/src/example_scene.cpp
@@ -29,13 +29,13 @@ ExampleScene::ExampleScene(lua_State* L) {
 	lua = L;
 
 	//TODO: non-hardcoded source
-	tileSheet.Load(GetRenderer(), "./rsc/terrain.bmp", 32, 32);
+	tileSheet.Load(GetRenderer(), "../rsc/terrain.png", 32, 32);
 
 	//set the pager's hook
 	regionPager.SetLuaState(lua);
 
 	//load the file as a chunk
-	luaL_loadfile(lua, "./rsc/startup.lua");
+	luaL_loadfile(lua, "../rsc/startup.lua");
 
 	//push the pager as an arg
 	lua_pushlightuserdata(lua, static_cast<void*>(&regionPager));
@@ -49,8 +49,10 @@ ExampleScene::ExampleScene(lua_State* L) {
 	camera.scale = 0.25;
 
 	//DEBUG: testing buttons
-	buttonBG.Load(GetRenderer(), "./rsc/button.png");
-	font = TTF_OpenFont("/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf", 12);
+	buttonBG.Load(GetRenderer(), "../rsc/button.png");
+	//Ubuntu: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf"
+
+	font = TTF_OpenFont("C:\\Windows\\Fonts\\Arial.ttf", 12);
 	if (!font) {
 		std::ostringstream msg;
 		msg << "Failed to load a font: " << SDL_GetError();
@@ -70,6 +72,9 @@ ExampleScene::ExampleScene(lua_State* L) {
 
 	//
 	blankImage.Create(GetRenderer(), 256, 256);
+
+	//
+	std::cout << "Scene setup finished" << std::endl;
 }
 
 ExampleScene::~ExampleScene() {