diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index 50803f2..24a5a6b 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -1,20 +1,52 @@
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
 fn main() {
-    let meson_build_root =
-        std::env::var("MESON_BUILD_ROOT").expect("build this through meson please!!");
+    std::env::var("MESON_BUILD_ROOT").expect("build this through meson please!!");
+    let out_path = std::path::PathBuf::from(std::env::var("OUT_DIR").unwrap());
+
+    // compile blueprints
+    {
+        let mut command = std::process::Command::new("blueprint-compiler");
+
+        command
+            .arg("batch-compile")
+            .arg(out_path.join("resources"))
+            .arg("resources");
+
+        for source in [
+            "play_queue.blp",
+            "play_queue_song.blp",
+            "playbar.blp",
+            "setup.blp",
+            "window.blp",
+        ] {
+            command.arg(format!("resources/{source}"));
+        }
+
+        let output = command.output().unwrap();
+        assert!(
+            output.status.success(),
+            "blueprint-compiler failed with exit status {} and stderr:\n{}",
+            output.status,
+            String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr)
+        );
+
+        println!("cargo::rerun-if-changed=resources");
+    }
+
     glib_build_tools::compile_resources(
-        &["resources", &format!("{meson_build_root}/resources")],
+        &[PathBuf::from("resources"), out_path.join("resources")],
         "resources/audrey.gresource.xml",
         "audrey.gresource",
     );
 
     // TODO: consider using meson to pass include paths
-    println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=mpv");
+    println!("cargo::rustc-link-lib=mpv");
     let bindings = bindgen::Builder::default()
         .header("src/mpv/wrapper.h")
         .parse_callbacks(Box::new(bindgen::CargoCallbacks::new()))
         .generate()
         .expect("could not generate bindings for mpv");
-    let out_path = std::path::PathBuf::from(std::env::var("OUT_DIR").unwrap());
     bindings
         .write_to_file(out_path.join("mpv_ffi.rs"))
         .expect("could not write mpv bindings");
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 70d92fd..432b7bc 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ add_project_arguments(
 
 subdir('data')
 subdir('po')
-subdir('resources')
 subdir('src')
 
 if get_option('buildtype') == 'debug'
@@ -60,7 +59,6 @@ custom_target(
   'cargo-build',
   build_by_default: true,
   build_always_stale: true,
-  depends: blueprints,
   input: config_rs,
   console: true,
   # means nothing (always stale and uncopied), we can't cp since env: drops the /bin/sh wrapper
diff --git a/resources/meson.build b/resources/meson.build
deleted file mode 100644
index 57c1863..0000000
--- a/resources/meson.build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-blueprints = custom_target(
-  'blueprints',
-  input: files(
-    'play_queue.blp',
-    'play_queue_song.blp',
-    'playbar.blp',
-    'setup.blp',
-    'window.blp',
-  ),
-  output: [
-    'play_queue.ui',
-    'play_queue_song.ui',
-    'playbar.ui',
-    'setup.ui',
-    'window.ui',
-  ],
-  command: [
-    find_program('blueprint-compiler'),
-    'batch-compile',
-    '@OUTDIR@',
-    '@CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR@',
-    '@INPUT@',
-  ],
-)
diff --git a/src/mpv/wait_event.rs b/src/mpv/wait_event.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f00309
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mpv/wait_event.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+use std::future::Future;
+use std::task::Waker;
+
+pub struct WaitEvent<'a>(&'a Handle);
+
+impl Future for WaitEvent {
+    type Output = Event;
+
+    fn poll(self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Self::Output> {
+        // set wakeup before polling, don't miss any wakeup events
+        {
+            let waker = self.0.wakeup.lock();
+            match waker.as_mut() {
+                None => *waker = cx.waker().clone(),
+                Some(waker) if !cx.waker().will_wake(waker) => *waker = cx.waker().clone,
+                _ => {}
+            }
+        }
+
+        match self.0.wait_event_timeout(0.0) {
+            Some(event) => Poll::Ready(event),
+            None => Poll::Pending,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+pub(super) extern "C" fn callback(d: *mut c_void) {
+    let d = d as *const Mutex<Option<Waker>>;
+    let waker = unsafe { &*d };
+    let waker = waker.lock().unwrap();
+    if let Some(waker) = waker.take() {
+        waker.wake();
+    }
+}