diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index bc01344..04b7540 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@ file(GLOB SOURCES
 	"${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/*.h"
 )
 
-add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} ${SOURCES})
+if (WIN32)
+    enable_language("RC")
+    set (WIN32_RESOURCES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/assets/win_icon.rc)
+endif()
+add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} ${SOURCES} ${WIN32_RESOURCES})
 
 target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE include include/imgui include/tinyxml2 src)
 if (NOT MSVC)
diff --git a/assets/win_icon.ico b/assets/win_icon.ico
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..624177e
Binary files /dev/null and b/assets/win_icon.ico differ
diff --git a/assets/win_icon.rc b/assets/win_icon.rc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dacd6e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/win_icon.rc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+IDI_ICON1               ICON        DISCARDABLE            "win_icon.ico"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/input.cpp b/src/input.cpp
index e61a1b9..906143b 100644
--- a/src/input.cpp
+++ b/src/input.cpp
@@ -109,9 +109,17 @@ input_held(Input* self, InputType type)
 bool
 input_release(Input* self, InputType type)
 {
-    for (KeyType key : INPUT_KEYS[type])
-        if (!key_release(&self->keyboard, (key))) 
-            return false; 
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < INPUT_KEYS[type].size(); i++) {
+        auto& key = INPUT_KEYS[type][i];
+        //below is some hackery to ensure that multikey shortcuts work...
+        //ideally would split this into a separate function or rename this?
+        if (i != INPUT_KEYS[type].size()) {
+            if (!key_held(&self->keyboard, key)) return false;
+        }
+        // last key in the shortcut chain, so in a mod1-mod2-...-key it won't be a mod key
+        // todo: introduce a list of modifer keys as a more reliable solution
+        else if (!key_release(&self->keyboard, (key))) return false;
+    };
     return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/input.h b/src/input.h
index 04a8b95..6107424 100644
--- a/src/input.h
+++ b/src/input.h
@@ -273,13 +273,13 @@ const std::vector<KeyType> INPUT_KEYS[INPUT_COUNT] =
     { KEY_2 },
     { KEY_Z },
     { KEY_Y },
-    { KEY_LCTRL, KEY_S }
+    { KEY_LCTRL , KEY_S}
 };
 
 struct Keyboard
 {
-    bool current[KEY_COUNT];
-    bool previous[KEY_COUNT];
+    bool current[KEY_COUNT] = { 0 };
+    bool previous[KEY_COUNT] = { 0 };
 };
 
 struct Mouse