diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2e65cf5..1f203f7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.20)
-project(mwchar)
+project(mwchar C)
 
 set(CURSES_NEED_NCURSES TRUE)
 find_package(Curses REQUIRED)
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ target_include_directories(mwchar
         ${CURSES_INCLUDE_DIRS}
 )
 
-target_link_libraries(mwchar PRIVATE panel menu ${CURSES_LIBRARIES})
\ No newline at end of file
+target_link_libraries(mwchar PRIVATE panel menu ${CURSES_LIBRARIES})