diff --git a/external/CMakeLists.txt b/external/CMakeLists.txt
index 2082f9d..d075dd1 100644
--- a/external/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,23 +1,22 @@
 find_package(nng QUIET)
-
 if(NOT nng)
-    message("-- Using nng from external/nng")
+    message(STATUS "${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}: Using nng from ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/nng")
     option(NNG_SETSTACKSIZE "Use rlimit for thread stack size" ON)
     set(NNG_TESTS OFF)
     set(NNG_ENABLE_NNGCAT ON)
     add_subdirectory(nng)
 endif()
 
-find_package(mesytec-mvlc QUIET)
+if (NOT TARGET spdlog)
+    message(STATUS "${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}: Using spdlog from ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/spdlog")
+    option(SPDLOG_FMT_EXTERNAL "Use external fmt library instead of bundled" OFF)
+    option(SPDLOG_INSTALL "Generate the install target" OFF)
+    add_subdirectory(spdlog-1.14.0)
+    set_target_properties(spdlog PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+endif()
 
+find_package(mesytec-mvlc QUIET)
 if (NOT mesytec-mvlc)
-    message("-- Using mesytec-mvlc from external/mesytec-mvlc")
+    message(STATUS "${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}: Using mesytec-mvlc from ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/mesytec-mvlc")
     add_subdirectory(mesytec-mvlc)
 endif()
-
-find_package(spdlog QUIET)
-
-if (NOT TARGET spdlog)
-    message("-- Using spdlog from external/spdlog")
-    add_subdirectory(spdlog)
-endif()
diff --git a/external/mesytec-mvlc b/external/mesytec-mvlc
index 1c1f32d..5888edb 160000
--- a/external/mesytec-mvlc
+++ b/external/mesytec-mvlc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 1c1f32dbc587747219a942aabe2a2668fab1ae82
+Subproject commit 5888edb2bdc10167e71e1f5e4d39bb342e2cf552
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 33a855d..9bc03c2 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-set(MVLC_NNG_MNODE_WARN_FLAGS -Wall -Wextra -Wpedantic -Werror=return-type)
+set(MVLC_NNG_MNODE_WARN_FLAGS -Wall -Werror=return-type)
 
 add_library(mesytec-mnode-nng mnode_nng.cc)
 target_include_directories(mesytec-mnode-nng