diff --git a/app/app_pb/CMakeLists.txt b/app/app_pb/CMakeLists.txt
index aba4a91..5775cee 100644
--- a/app/app_pb/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/app/app_pb/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 project(app_pb)
 
+find_package(absl REQUIRED)
 find_package(Protobuf REQUIRED)
 
 set(ProtoFiles
@@ -71,7 +72,13 @@ target_compile_options(${PROJECT_NAME}
 
 set_property(TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
 
-target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC protobuf::libprotobuf)
+target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME}
+    PUBLIC
+        protobuf::libprotobuf
+        absl::log
+        absl::strings
+        absl::base
+)
 target_compile_features(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC cxx_std_14) 
 
 ecal_install_library(${PROJECT_NAME})
diff --git a/ecal/core/src/ecal_process.cpp b/ecal/core/src/ecal_process.cpp
index cee6311..66b011c 100644
--- a/ecal/core/src/ecal_process.cpp
+++ b/ecal/core/src/ecal_process.cpp
@@ -366,16 +366,16 @@ namespace eCAL
       short win_state = 0;
       switch (process_mode_)
       {
-      case 0:
+      case eStartMode::normal:
         win_state = SW_SHOW;
         break;
-      case 1:
+      case eStartMode::hidden:
         win_state = SW_HIDE;
         break;
-      case 2:
+      case eStartMode::minimized:
         win_state = SW_MINIMIZE;
         break;
-      case 3:
+      case eStartMode::maximized:
         win_state = SW_MAXIMIZE;
         break;
       default:
diff --git a/ecal/core_pb/CMakeLists.txt b/ecal/core_pb/CMakeLists.txt
index 892e6ea..852a5b1 100644
--- a/ecal/core_pb/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ecal/core_pb/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 project(core_pb)
 
+find_package(absl REQUIRED)
 find_package(Protobuf REQUIRED)
 
 set(ProtoFiles
@@ -68,7 +69,14 @@ target_compile_options(${PROJECT_NAME}
 
 set_property(TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
 
-target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC protobuf::libprotobuf)
+target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME}
+    PUBLIC
+        protobuf::libprotobuf
+        absl::log
+        absl::strings
+        absl::base
+)
+
 target_compile_features(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC cxx_std_14)
 
 ecal_install_library(${PROJECT_NAME})
diff --git a/serialization/protobuf/protobuf/CMakeLists.txt b/serialization/protobuf/protobuf/CMakeLists.txt
index 5264fad..2924162 100644
--- a/serialization/protobuf/protobuf/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/serialization/protobuf/protobuf/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 # Protobuf base functionality
 ##########################
 
+find_package(absl REQUIRED)
 find_package(Protobuf REQUIRED)
 ecal_add_library(protobuf_base)
 add_library(eCAL::protobuf_base ALIAS protobuf_base)
@@ -45,7 +46,13 @@ target_sources(protobuf_base
     src/ecal_proto_visitor.cpp
 )
 
-target_link_libraries(protobuf_base PUBLIC protobuf::libprotobuf)
+target_link_libraries(protobuf_base
+    PUBLIC
+        protobuf::libprotobuf
+        absl::log
+        absl::strings
+        absl::base
+)
 
 target_compile_features(protobuf_base PUBLIC cxx_std_14)
 
diff --git a/thirdparty/cmakefunctions/cmake_functions/qt/qt_windeployqt.cmake b/thirdparty/cmakefunctions/cmake_functions/qt/qt_windeployqt.cmake
index 7e7ff0f..b429cf8 100644
--- a/thirdparty/cmakefunctions/cmake_functions/qt/qt_windeployqt.cmake
+++ b/thirdparty/cmakefunctions/cmake_functions/qt/qt_windeployqt.cmake
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # ========================= eCAL LICENSE =================================
 
 
-set (qt_windeployqt_cmake_path ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR} PARENT_SCOPE)
+set (qt_windeployqt_cmake_path ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR})
 
 # Create convenient function to run windeployqt
 function(qt_add_windeployqt_postbuild arguments)