diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index e69de29..90e3bc2 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "3rdparty/vcpkg"]
+	path = 3rdparty/vcpkg
+	url = https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg
diff --git a/3rdparty/vcpkg b/3rdparty/vcpkg
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..f93ba15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/3rdparty/vcpkg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit f93ba152d55e1d243160e690bc302ffe8638358e
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index eceaa09..c009a5b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,22 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.23.3)
 
+set(VCPKG_ROOT_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/3rdparty/vcpkg)
+
+message("The vcpkg root path ${VCPKG_ROOT_PATH}")
+
+if(NOT DEFINED CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE)
+    set(TOOLCHAIN_PATH ${VCPKG_ROOT_PATH}/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake)
+
+    set(CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE
+        "${TOOLCHAIN_PATH}"
+        CACHE STRING "Vcpkg toolchain file")
+
+    message("Using default toolchain file")
+endif()
+
+
 set(SOFTWARE_DESCRIPTION
-    "A music streaming Web API that provides a way for users to stream their personal music collection")
+    "A tool to interact with the Icarus Music streaming API")
 set(SOFTWARE_VERSION
     "0.3.0")
 
@@ -9,8 +24,8 @@ set(SOFTWARE_VERSION
 project(IcarusDownloadManager VERSION ${SOFTWARE_VERSION} DESCRIPTION ${SOFTWARE_DESCRIPTION} LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 
-
 message(STATUS "Checking compiler flags for C++20 support.")
+
 # Set C++20 support flags for various compilers
 include(CheckCXXCompilerFlag)
 
@@ -76,19 +91,16 @@ set(SOURCES
 set(IDM_INCLUDE_DIR
     "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include")
 
-# conan
-set(CONAN_BUILDINFO
-${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/conanbuildinfo.cmake)
-
-message("conan build info ${CONAN_BUILDINFO}")
-include(${CONAN_BUILDINFO})
-conan_basic_setup()
-
-include_directories(${CPR_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${IDM_INCLUDE_DIR})
+include_directories(${IDM_INCLUDE_DIR})
 
 set(USE_SYSTEM_CURL OFF)
 set(BUILD_CPR_TESTS OFF)
 
+find_package(nlohmann_json CONFIG REQUIRED)
+find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
+find_package(CURL REQUIRED)
+find_package(cpr CONFIG REQUIRED)
+
 
 add_executable(icd ${SOURCES})
-target_link_libraries(icd PUBLIC ${CONAN_LIBS})
+target_link_libraries(icd PRIVATE nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json OpenSSL::SSL OpenSSL::Crypto CURL::libcurl cpr::cpr)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4434a28..5d0a2a4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ IcarusDownloadManager is a Linux CLI software client application that has the fe
 
 ## Built With
 
-* C++ with C++17 features
+* C++ with C++20 features
 * CMake
-* GCC >= 9 or Visual Studio >= 16 [2019]
-* [conan](https://github.com/conan-io/conan)
+* GCC >= 10 or Visual Studio >= 17 [2022]
+* [vcpkg](https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg)
 * [json](https://github.com/nlohmann/json)
 * [openssl](https://github.com/openssl/openssl)
 * [curl](https://github.com/curl/curl)
@@ -17,17 +17,29 @@ IcarusDownloadManager is a Linux CLI software client application that has the fe
 
 ### Getting Started
 
-Build the project:
+Clone the repo
 
 ```
 git clone --recursive https://github.com/kdeng00/IcarusDownloadManager
+```
+
+Install packages
+
+```
+vcpkg install nlohman-json
+vcpkg install openssl
+vcpkg install curl
+vcpkg install cpr
+```
 
 
+Build the project:
+
+```
+cd IcarusDownloadManager
 mkdir build
 cd build
 
-conan install .. --build
-
 cmake ..
 cmake --build . --config release -j
 ```
diff --git a/src/Main.cpp b/src/Main.cpp
index 0008c1b..ceec347 100644
--- a/src/Main.cpp
+++ b/src/Main.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ void printHelp()
     cout<<"Actions\n";
     cout<<"download\n";
     cout<<"upload\n";
+    cout<<"upload-meta\n";
     cout<<"retrieve\n";
     cout<<"delete\n\n";
 
@@ -39,6 +40,13 @@ void printHelp()
     cout<<"-sr directory where to recursively search for songs to upload (Optional)\n";
     cout<<"-nc will not prompt the user when uploading from a directory\n\n";
 
+    cout<<"Required for upload\n";
+    cout<<"-s path of song\n";
+    cout<<"-t track number\n";
+    cout<<"-m metadata filepath\n";
+    cout<<"-ca coverart filepath\n";
+    cout<<"-scma directory where songs, metadata, and cover art exists and will be uploaded (Optional)\n\n";
+
     cout<<"Required for download\n";
     cout<<"-b song id\n";
     cout<<"-d path to download song (Optional)\n\n";