diff --git a/cmake/FindMySQL.cmake b/cmake/FindMySQL.cmake
index e629b8ae32..d15f7abdec 100644
--- a/cmake/FindMySQL.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindMySQL.cmake
@@ -18,28 +18,39 @@ if( UNIX )
     "preferred path to MySQL (mysql_config)"
   )
 
-  find_program(MYSQL_CONFIG mysql_config
+  # try mariadb first
+  find_program(MYSQL_CONFIG mariadb_config
     ${MYSQL_CONFIG_PREFER_PATH}
     /usr/local/mysql/bin/
     /usr/local/bin/
     /usr/bin/
   )
 
+  if( NOT MYSQL_CONFIG )
+    # fallback to mysql
+    find_program(MYSQL_CONFIG mysql_config
+      ${MYSQL_CONFIG_PREFER_PATH}
+      /usr/local/mysql/bin/
+      /usr/local/bin/
+      /usr/bin/
+    )
+  endif()
+
   if( MYSQL_CONFIG )
     message(STATUS "Using mysql-config: ${MYSQL_CONFIG}")
     # set INCLUDE_DIR
-    exec_program(${MYSQL_CONFIG}
-      ARGS --include
+    execute_process(COMMAND ${MYSQL_CONFIG} --include
       OUTPUT_VARIABLE MY_TMP
+      OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
     )
 
     string(REGEX REPLACE "-I([^ ]*)( .*)?" "\\1" MY_TMP "${MY_TMP}")
     set(MYSQL_ADD_INCLUDE_PATH ${MY_TMP} CACHE FILEPATH INTERNAL)
     #message("[DEBUG] MYSQL ADD_INCLUDE_PATH : ${MYSQL_ADD_INCLUDE_PATH}")
     # set LIBRARY_DIR
-    exec_program(${MYSQL_CONFIG}
-      ARGS --libs_r
+    execute_process(COMMAND ${MYSQL_CONFIG} --libs_r
       OUTPUT_VARIABLE MY_TMP
+      OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
     )
     set(MYSQL_ADD_LIBRARIES "")
     string(REGEX MATCHALL "-l[^ ]*" MYSQL_LIB_LIST "${MY_TMP}")
diff --git a/deps/watchdog/Watchdog.h b/deps/watchdog/Watchdog.h
index 08cc067881..7d5e980374 100644
--- a/deps/watchdog/Watchdog.h
+++ b/deps/watchdog/Watchdog.h
@@ -32,14 +32,8 @@
 
 #include <functional>
 
- // fucking filesystem
-#if _MSC_VER >= 1925
 #include <filesystem>
 namespace ci { namespace fs = std::filesystem; }
-#else
-#include <experimental/filesystem>
-namespace ci { namespace fs = std::experimental::filesystem; }
-#endif
 
 //! Exception for when Watchdog can't locate a file or parse the wildcard
 class WatchedFileSystemExc : public std::exception {
diff --git a/src/api/main.cpp b/src/api/main.cpp
index c21f0ddd0a..c1697b23bc 100644
--- a/src/api/main.cpp
+++ b/src/api/main.cpp
@@ -31,14 +31,8 @@
 #include <Util/CrashHandler.h>
 
 
-// fucking filesystem
-#if _MSC_VER >= 1925
 #include <filesystem>
 namespace fs = std::filesystem;
-#else
-#include <experimental/filesystem>
-namespace fs = std::experimental::filesystem;
-#endif
 
 
 Sapphire::Common::Util::CrashHandler crashHandler;
diff --git a/src/common/Config/ConfigMgr.cpp b/src/common/Config/ConfigMgr.cpp
index 5d95e17f78..52808aac8b 100644
--- a/src/common/Config/ConfigMgr.cpp
+++ b/src/common/Config/ConfigMgr.cpp
@@ -2,13 +2,8 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <fstream>
 
-#if _MSC_VER >= 1925
 #include <filesystem>
 namespace fs = std::filesystem;
-#else
-#include <experimental/filesystem>
-namespace fs = std::experimental::filesystem;
-#endif
 
 using namespace Sapphire;
 using namespace Sapphire::Common;
@@ -94,4 +89,4 @@ bool ConfigMgr::copyDefaultConfig( const std::string& configName )
   fs::copy_file( configPath.string() + m_configDefaultSuffix, configPath );
 
   return true;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/common/Logging/Logger.cpp b/src/common/Logging/Logger.cpp
index 828671992d..9fc6b37bc7 100644
--- a/src/common/Logging/Logger.cpp
+++ b/src/common/Logging/Logger.cpp
@@ -8,13 +8,8 @@
 #include <spdlog/sinks/daily_file_sink.h>
 
 // #include <iostream>
-#if _MSC_VER >= 1925
 #include <filesystem>
 namespace fs = std::filesystem;
-#else
-#include <experimental/filesystem>
-namespace fs = std::experimental::filesystem;
-#endif
 
 
 void Sapphire::Logger::init( const std::string& logPath )
diff --git a/src/dbm/DbManager.cpp b/src/dbm/DbManager.cpp
index 0f70621273..31ef313c3b 100644
--- a/src/dbm/DbManager.cpp
+++ b/src/dbm/DbManager.cpp
@@ -11,14 +11,8 @@
 using namespace Sapphire;
 using namespace Sapphire::Common;
 
-// fucking filesystem
-#if _MSC_VER >= 1925
 #include <filesystem>
 namespace fs = std::filesystem;
-#else
-#include <experimental/filesystem>
-namespace fs = std::experimental::filesystem;
-#endif
 
 
 DbManager::DbManager( const std::string& host, const std::string& database, const std::string& user, const std::string& pw, uint16_t port ) :
diff --git a/src/dbm/main.cpp b/src/dbm/main.cpp
index 7eaff90312..dd28ef9f05 100644
--- a/src/dbm/main.cpp
+++ b/src/dbm/main.cpp
@@ -9,14 +9,8 @@
 
 Sapphire::Common::Util::CrashHandler crashHandler;
 
-// fucking filesystem
-#if _MSC_VER >= 1925
 #include <filesystem>
 namespace filesys = std::filesystem;
-#else
-#include <experimental/filesystem>
-namespace filesys = std::experimental::filesystem;
-#endif
 
 #include <fstream>
 #include <streambuf>