diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 767ad53..06809d3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 /target
-/res
\ No newline at end of file
+/res/models
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ae0dfc7..86a20dd 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -130,6 +130,15 @@ version = "0.1.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0d8c1fef690941d3e7788d328517591fecc684c084084702d6ff1641e993699a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "block-buffer"
+version = "0.10.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "69cce20737498f97b993470a6e536b8523f0af7892a4f928cceb1ac5e52ebe7e"
+dependencies = [
+ "generic-array",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bumpalo"
 version = "3.12.0"
@@ -312,6 +321,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cpufeatures"
+version = "0.2.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "28d997bd5e24a5928dd43e46dc529867e207907fe0b239c3477d924f7f2ca320"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crc32fast"
 version = "1.3.2"
@@ -393,6 +411,16 @@ version = "0.2.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7a81dae078cea95a014a339291cec439d2f232ebe854a9d672b796c6afafa9b7"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crypto-common"
+version = "0.1.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1bfb12502f3fc46cca1bb51ac28df9d618d813cdc3d2f25b9fe775a34af26bb3"
+dependencies = [
+ "generic-array",
+ "typenum",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cty"
 version = "0.2.2"
@@ -455,6 +483,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "byteorder",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "digest"
+version = "0.10.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8168378f4e5023e7218c89c891c0fd8ecdb5e5e4f18cb78f38cf245dd021e76f"
+dependencies = [
+ "block-buffer",
+ "crypto-common",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dispatch"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -675,6 +713,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "byteorder",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "generic-array"
+version = "0.14.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bff49e947297f3312447abdca79f45f4738097cc82b06e72054d2223f601f1b9"
+dependencies = [
+ "typenum",
+ "version_check",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "getrandom"
 version = "0.2.8"
@@ -1565,12 +1613,47 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "pollster",
  "regex",
+ "rust-embed",
  "tobj",
  "wgpu",
  "wgpu-types",
  "winit",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rust-embed"
+version = "6.4.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "283ffe2f866869428c92e0d61c2f35dfb4355293cdfdc48f49e895c15f1333d1"
+dependencies = [
+ "rust-embed-impl",
+ "rust-embed-utils",
+ "walkdir",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rust-embed-impl"
+version = "6.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "31ab23d42d71fb9be1b643fe6765d292c5e14d46912d13f3ae2815ca048ea04d"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "rust-embed-utils",
+ "syn",
+ "walkdir",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rust-embed-utils"
+version = "7.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c1669d81dfabd1b5f8e2856b8bbe146c6192b0ba22162edc738ac0a5de18f054"
+dependencies = [
+ "sha2",
+ "walkdir",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc-hash"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -1606,6 +1689,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytemuck",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "same-file"
+version = "1.0.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "93fc1dc3aaa9bfed95e02e6eadabb4baf7e3078b0bd1b4d7b6b0b68378900502"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi-util",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "scoped-tls"
 version = "1.0.1"
@@ -1685,6 +1777,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "pkg-config",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sha2"
+version = "0.10.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "82e6b795fe2e3b1e845bafcb27aa35405c4d47cdfc92af5fc8d3002f76cebdc0"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "cpufeatures",
+ "digest",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "slotmap"
 version = "1.0.6"
@@ -1861,6 +1964,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "toml_datetime",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "typenum"
+version = "1.16.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "497961ef93d974e23eb6f433eb5fe1b7930b659f06d12dec6fc44a8f554c0bba"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
 version = "1.0.6"
@@ -1891,6 +2000,17 @@ version = "0.9.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "walkdir"
+version = "2.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "808cf2735cd4b6866113f648b791c6adc5714537bc222d9347bb203386ffda56"
+dependencies = [
+ "same-file",
+ "winapi",
+ "winapi-util",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wasi"
 version = "0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a199931..26a3119 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ tobj = { version = "3.2.1", features = ["async"] }
 gltf = "1.0.0"
 wgpu-types = "0.14.1"
 regex = "1.7.1"
+rust-embed = "6.4.2"
 
 [build-dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.68"
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index b4ec61f..0000000
--- a/build.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-#![allow(clippy::needless_return)]
-
-use anyhow::*;
-use fs_extra::copy_items;
-use fs_extra::dir::CopyOptions;
-use std::env;
-
-fn main() -> Result<()> {
-    println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=res/**/*");
-
-    let out_dir = env::var("OUT_DIR")?;
-    let mut copy_options = CopyOptions::new();
-    copy_options.overwrite = true;
-    let paths_to_copy = vec!["res/"];
-    copy_items(&paths_to_copy, out_dir, &copy_options)?;
-
-    return Ok(());
-}
diff --git a/src/shaders/wgsl/brdf.wgsl b/res/shaders/brdf.wgsl
similarity index 100%
rename from src/shaders/wgsl/brdf.wgsl
rename to res/shaders/brdf.wgsl
diff --git a/src/shaders/wgsl/constants.wgsl b/res/shaders/constants.wgsl
similarity index 100%
rename from src/shaders/wgsl/constants.wgsl
rename to res/shaders/constants.wgsl
diff --git a/src/shaders/wgsl/light.wgsl b/res/shaders/light.wgsl
similarity index 100%
rename from src/shaders/wgsl/light.wgsl
rename to res/shaders/light.wgsl
diff --git a/src/shaders/wgsl/test.wgsl b/res/shaders/test.wgsl
similarity index 100%
rename from src/shaders/wgsl/test.wgsl
rename to res/shaders/test.wgsl
diff --git a/src/core/resources.rs b/src/core/resources.rs
index 6168efa..8a8553b 100644
--- a/src/core/resources.rs
+++ b/src/core/resources.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,20 @@
-use std::path::PathBuf;
 use wgpu::util::DeviceExt;
+use rust_embed::RustEmbed;
 
 use crate::core::model::{Material, Mesh, Model, ModelVertex};
 use crate::core::texture::Texture;
 
-pub fn get_resource_path(file_name: &str) -> PathBuf {
-    return std::path::Path::new(env!("OUT_DIR"))
-        .join("res")
-        .join(file_name);
+#[derive(RustEmbed)]
+#[folder = "res"]
+struct Asset;
+
+pub fn load_binary(file_name: &str) -> Vec<u8> {
+    Asset::get(file_name).unwrap().data.into_owned()
+}
+
+pub fn load_string(file_name: &str) -> String {
+    let binary = Asset::get(file_name).unwrap();
+    std::str::from_utf8(binary.data.as_ref()).unwrap().to_owned()
 }
 
 pub async fn load_model_gltf(
@@ -20,7 +27,8 @@ pub async fn load_model_gltf(
     let mut meshes = Vec::new();
 
     println!("gltf: Loading file {}", file_name);
-    let (document, buffers, mut images) = gltf::import(get_resource_path(file_name))?;
+    let binary = Asset::get(file_name).unwrap();
+    let (document, buffers, mut images) = gltf::import_slice(binary.data.as_ref())?;
 
     println!("gltf: Loading meshes");
     for mesh in document.meshes() {
diff --git a/src/core/state.rs b/src/core/state.rs
index babb2a6..ce6338f 100644
--- a/src/core/state.rs
+++ b/src/core/state.rs
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ impl State {
             });
 
         let obj_model = resources::load_model_gltf(
-            "Sponza.glb",
+            "models/Sponza.glb",
             &device,
             &queue,
             &texture_bind_group_layout,
diff --git a/src/shaders/preprocessor.rs b/src/shaders/preprocessor.rs
index ca4e523..793d5e2 100644
--- a/src/shaders/preprocessor.rs
+++ b/src/shaders/preprocessor.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 use wgpu;
 use regex::Regex;
-use std::fs::read_to_string;
+
+use crate::core::resources::load_string;
 
 pub fn preprocess_wgsl(filename: &str) -> wgpu::ShaderSource {
-    let source_path = env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR").to_owned() + "/src/shaders/wgsl/" + filename;
+    let source_path = "shaders/".to_owned() + filename;
     println!("preprocess_wgsl: loading source {}", source_path);
-    let mut source =
-        read_to_string(&source_path)
-            .unwrap();
+    let mut source = load_string(&source_path);
 
     let re = Regex::new(r"#include (.*?)\n").unwrap();
     for cap in re.captures_iter(&source.clone()) {
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ pub fn preprocess_wgsl(filename: &str) -> wgpu::ShaderSource {
         full_path = full_path.replace(filename, &cap[1]);
 
         println!("preprocess_wgsl: replacing {} with file {}", whole_match, full_path);
-        let nested_source = read_to_string(full_path).unwrap();
+        let nested_source = load_string(&full_path);
         source = source.replace(whole_match, &nested_source);
     }