diff --git a/oodle-cli.cpp b/oodle-cli.cpp
index b066b51..d74b1b0 100644
--- a/oodle-cli.cpp
+++ b/oodle-cli.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
+// oodle-cli.cpp : This file contains the 'main' function. Program execution begins and ends there.
+//
+
 #include <iostream>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <iterator>
+#include <locale>
+#include <codecvt>
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 
 #include <windows.h>
 #include <libloaderapi.h>
@@ -9,22 +18,75 @@
 #include "oodle2.h"
 
 const LPCWSTR LIB_NAME = L"oo2core_8_win64";
+// Printing a `LPCWSTR` is a pain, so it's much easier to just have this second variable.
+// It's not like this is going to change often.
+const char* LIB_FILE = "oo2core_8_win64.dll";
 
 void usage() {
     std::cerr <<
-        "Usage: oodle-cli [OPTIONS] <in_file> <out_file> <uncompressed_size>\n"
+        "Usage: oodle-cli <in_file> <out_file> <uncompressed_size>\n"
         "Decompress a <in_file> to <out_file> using the Oodle algorithm.\n"
         "The size of the uncompressed data must be known.\n"
         "\n"
-        "  -v Increase verbosity. May be specified up to three times.\n";
+        "The following environmental variables are recognized:\n"
+        "  VERBOSITY: An integer between 0 and 3, with 0 being no logging and 3 being maximum logging.\n"
+        "  DLL_SEARCH_PATH: A color (':') separated list of directories to search for the Oodle library. May be relative to the current working directory.\n";
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
-    HINSTANCE hDLL;
-    hDLL = LoadLibrary(LIB_NAME);
+    if (argc < 4) {
+        std::cerr << "Arguments missing!\n\n";
+        usage();
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    char* var;
+    size_t len;
+    int verbosity = 0;
+    if (_dupenv_s(&var, &len, "VERBOSITY") == 0) {
+        if (var) {
+            verbosity = std::stoi(std::string(var, len));
+            std::cout << "Setting Oodle verbosity to " << verbosity << ".\n";
+            free(var);
+        }
+    }
+    else {
+        std::cerr << "Failed to read environment variable 'VERBOSITY'. Falling back to default.\n";
+    }
+
+    DWORD load_flags = 0;
+    if (_dupenv_s(&var, &len, "DLL_SEARCH_PATH") == 0) {
+        if (var) {
+            std::string search_path(var, len);
+            std::istringstream ss(search_path);
+            std::string token;
+
+            while (std::getline(ss, token, ':')) {
+                auto path = std::filesystem::path(token);
+                if (!path.is_absolute()) {
+                    path = std::filesystem::absolute(path);
+                }
+
+                if (!path.is_absolute() || !AddDllDirectory(path.c_str())) {
+                    std::cerr << "Failed to add DLL search path: '" << token << "'!\n";
+                }
+                else {
+                    std::cout << "Added DLL search path: '" << path << "'.\n";
+                }
+            }
+
+            load_flags = LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_DEFAULT_DIRS;
+            free(var);
+        }
+    }
+    else {
+        std::cerr << "Failed to read environment variable 'DLL_SEARCH_PATH'. Skipping.\n";
+    }
+
+    HINSTANCE hDLL = LoadLibraryEx(LIB_NAME, NULL, load_flags);
     if (hDLL == NULL) {
-        std::cerr << "ERROR: Couldn't find library file '" << LIB_NAME << ".dll'!\n";
+        std::cerr << "ERROR: Couldn't find library file '" << LIB_FILE << "'!\n";
         return 1;
     }
 
@@ -33,32 +95,12 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
         std::cerr << "ERROR: The library is incompatible!\n";
         return 1;
     }
-    int verbosity = 0;
 
-    size_t i = 1;
-    for (; i < argc; i++)
-    {
-        if (strcmp(argv[i], "-v") == 0) {
-            if (verbosity < 3) {
-                verbosity++;
-            }
-        }
-        else {
-            break;
-        }
-    }
+    std::string in_name = argv[1];
+    std::string out_name = argv[2];
+    size_t raw_buffer_size = std::stoi(argv[3]);
 
-    if (argc - i < 3) {
-        std::cerr << "Arguments missing!\n\n";
-        usage();
-        return 1;
-    }
-
-    std::string in_name = argv[i];
-    std::string out_name = argv[i + 1];
-    size_t raw_buffer_size = std::stoi(argv[i + 2]);
-
-    std::cout << "Attempting to decompress from '" << in_name << "' to '" << out_name << "' (" << raw_buffer_size << " bytes), with verbosity " << verbosity << ".\n";
+    std::cout << "Attempting to decompress from '" << in_name << "' to '" << out_name << "' (" << raw_buffer_size << " bytes).\n";
 
     std::ifstream in_file(in_name, std::ios::binary | std::ios::ate);
     if (!in_file) {
diff --git a/oodle-cli.vcxproj b/oodle-cli.vcxproj
index 9dbeb2a..78a8e60 100644
--- a/oodle-cli.vcxproj
+++ b/oodle-cli.vcxproj
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
+      <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>
@@ -118,6 +119,7 @@
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
+      <LanguageStandard>stdcpp17</LanguageStandard>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>
@@ -135,4 +137,4 @@
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
   </ImportGroup>
-</Project>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/oodle-cli.vcxproj.filters b/oodle-cli.vcxproj.filters
index ff4a7e0..385a323 100644
--- a/oodle-cli.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/oodle-cli.vcxproj.filters
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ClInclude Include="\\wsl%24\Ubuntu\home\gerlui\projects\oodle-bin\lib\oodle\oodle2.h">
-      <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
-    </ClInclude>
     <ClInclude Include="oodle2.h">
       <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
     </ClInclude>