diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 070d4525e..ddf992380 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${IMHEX_BASE_FOLDER}/cmake/modules")
 include("${IMHEX_BASE_FOLDER}/cmake/build_helpers.cmake")
 
 # Setup project
+configureCMake()
 loadVersion(IMHEX_VERSION)
 setVariableInParent(IMHEX_VERSION ${IMHEX_VERSION})
 project(imhex
diff --git a/cmake/build_helpers.cmake b/cmake/build_helpers.cmake
index 624e40125..073a4bac1 100644
--- a/cmake/build_helpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/build_helpers.cmake
@@ -318,6 +318,16 @@ function(JOIN OUTPUT GLUE)
     set(${OUTPUT} "${_TMP_RESULT}" PARENT_SCOPE)
 endfunction()
 
+macro(configureCMake)
+endmacro()
+
+function(message ${ARGN})
+    # Supress any NOTICE messages
+    if (ARGC GREATER 1)
+        _message(${ARGN})
+    endif()
+endfunction()
+
 macro(setDefaultBuiltTypeIfUnset)
     if (NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE AND NOT CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)
         set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "Release" CACHE STRING "Using Release build type as it was left unset" FORCE)
@@ -437,7 +447,7 @@ macro(addBundledLibraries)
 
     set(EXTERN_LIBS_FOLDER "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/external")
 
-    set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF)
+    set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF CACHE BOOL "Build shared libraries")
     add_subdirectory(${EXTERN_LIBS_FOLDER}/imgui)
     set_target_properties(imgui PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
 
diff --git a/lib/external/pattern_language b/lib/external/pattern_language
index 9aea9ed97..5852af1ba 160000
--- a/lib/external/pattern_language
+++ b/lib/external/pattern_language
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 9aea9ed97d7623684b7ad637f60dd2f64451a396
+Subproject commit 5852af1ba9f283ce76d1ac919c143e9d7b0942dd