diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ad152dc..9e87793 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.vscode
+.vscode/
 bin/*
 notes.txt
 config.ini
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ tags
 *~
 CMakeFiles/
 CMakeCache.txt
-build/
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+build/
+.vs/
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diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b6a8c69..fc5fcda 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ add_executable(openfusion ${SOURCES})
 set_target_properties(openfusion PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME ${BIN_NAME})
 
 # Use pthreads if not generating a VS solution or MinGW makefile (because MinGW will prefer Win32 threads)
-if (NOT CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "Visual Studio" AND NOT CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "MinGW Makefiles")
+# Checking if the compiler ID is MSVC will allow us to open the project as a CMake project in VS.
+# It's not something you should do, but it's there if you need it...
+if (NOT CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "Visual Studio" AND NOT CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "MSVC" AND NOT CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "MinGW Makefiles")
 	find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
 	target_link_libraries(openfusion pthread)
 endif()
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