diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 945814a..cd84930 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-CFLAGS += 
-LDFLAGS := -lm -lcairo -lxcb -llua5.3
+CFLAGS += `pkg-config --cflags cairo xcb lua53`
+LDFLAGS := `pkg-config --libs cairo xcb lua53`
 OBJECTS := obj/common.o obj/rootwindow.o obj/cairo_context.o obj/api_draw.o
 
 livewp: lib
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 2eef51e..bb99a2f 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -32,8 +32,13 @@ int main(void) {
   global_context.lua = luaL_newstate();
   luaL_openlibs(global_context.lua);
   loadapi_draw(global_context.lua);
+
   if (luaL_dofile(global_context.lua, "example.lua") == LUA_OK) {
     lua_pop(global_context.lua, lua_gettop(global_context.lua));
+  } else {
+    printf("ERROR: %s\n", lua_tostring(global_context.lua, lua_gettop(global_context.lua)));
+    lua_pop(global_context.lua, lua_gettop(global_context.lua));
+    return EXIT_FAILURE;
   }