diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8a30d25..bf02572 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -382,6 +382,7 @@ FodyWeavers.xsd
 !.vscode/tasks.json
 !.vscode/launch.json
 !.vscode/extensions.json
+!.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json
 *.code-workspace
 
 # Local History for Visual Studio Code
diff --git a/.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json b/.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69e5112
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+    "configurations": [
+        {
+            "name": "Linux",
+            "includePath": [
+                // if it isn't here then skill issue L + ratio don't care change it yourself
+                "../runluau/shared/",
+                // shut up C++
+                "../runluau/Luau/Compiler/include",
+                "../runluau/Luau/Ast/include",
+                "../runluau/Luau/Common/include",
+                "../runluau/Luau/CodeGen/include"
+            ],
+            "defines": [],
+            "cStandard": "c17",
+            "cppStandard": "c++20",
+            "intelliSenseMode": "linux-clang-x64"
+        }
+    ],
+    "version": 4
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/runluau-template/dllmain.cpp b/runluau-template/dllmain.cpp
index def0f3d..9c86ca5 100644
--- a/runluau-template/dllmain.cpp
+++ b/runluau-template/dllmain.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 #include "pch.h"
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+// Windows entry point
 BOOL APIENTRY DllMain(HMODULE hModule, DWORD ul_reason_for_call, LPVOID lpReserved) {
 	return TRUE;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+#else
+// Unix-like systems entry point
+__attribute__((constructor)) void on_library_load() {
+    // Code to run when the shared library is loaded
+}
+
+__attribute__((destructor)) void on_library_unload() {
+    // Code to run when the shared library is unloaded
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/runluau-template/lib.cpp b/runluau-template/lib.cpp
index 0f91cc8..c708ec3 100644
--- a/runluau-template/lib.cpp
+++ b/runluau-template/lib.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@ constexpr luaL_Reg library[] = {
 	reg(test),
 	{NULL, NULL}
 };
-extern "C" __declspec(dllexport) void register_library(lua_State* thread) {
+
+extern "C"
+#ifdef _WIN32
+__declspec(dllexport)
+#else
+__attribute__((visibility("default")))
+#endif
+void register_library(lua_State* thread) {
 	luaL_register(thread, "template", library);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/runluau-template/pch.h b/runluau-template/pch.h
index 37cf671..92f33ae 100644
--- a/runluau-template/pch.h
+++ b/runluau-template/pch.h
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <stdio.h>
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
 #include <Windows.h>
+#else
+#include <dlfcn.h> // For Unix-like systems
+#endif
 
-#include "luau.h"
\ No newline at end of file
+#include "luau.h"