diff --git a/core.py b/core.py
index ba71b82..de6ed99 100644
--- a/core.py
+++ b/core.py
@@ -22,7 +22,13 @@ class Core():
         self.dataDir = QDesktopServices.storageLocation(
             QDesktopServices.DataLocation)
         self.presetDir = os.path.join(self.dataDir, 'presets')
-        self.wd = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
+        if getattr(sys, 'frozen', False):
+            # frozen
+            self.wd = os.path.dirname(sys.executable)
+        else:
+            # unfrozen
+            self.wd = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
+
         self.loadEncoderOptions()
         self.videoFormats = Core.appendUppercase([
             '*.mp4',
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 3fd4234..106bd29 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -63,8 +63,14 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         import atexit
         import signal
 
-        window = uic.loadUi(os.path.join(
-            os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), "mainwindow.ui"))
+        if getattr(sys, 'frozen', False):
+            # frozen
+            wd = os.path.dirname(sys.executable)
+        else:
+            # unfrozen
+            wd = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
+
+        window = uic.loadUi(os.path.join(wd, "mainwindow.ui"))
         # window.adjustSize()
         desc = QtGui.QDesktopWidget()
         dpi = desc.physicalDpiX()
diff --git a/mainwindow.py b/mainwindow.py
index 6023831..f3d45e6 100644
--- a/mainwindow.py
+++ b/mainwindow.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from queue import Queue
 from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui, uic
 from PyQt4.QtCore import QSettings, Qt
-from PyQt4.QtGui import QMenu
+from PyQt4.QtGui import QMenu, QShortcut
 import sys
 import os
 import signal
@@ -39,14 +39,14 @@ class PreviewWindow(QtGui.QLabel):
         self.repaint()
 
 
-class MainWindow(QtCore.QObject):
+class MainWindow(QtGui.QMainWindow):
 
     newTask = QtCore.pyqtSignal(list)
     processTask = QtCore.pyqtSignal()
     videoTask = QtCore.pyqtSignal(str, str, list)
 
     def __init__(self, window, project):
-        QtCore.QObject.__init__(self)
+        QtGui.QMainWindow.__init__(self)
 
         # print('main thread id: {}'.format(QtCore.QThread.currentThreadId()))
         self.window = window
@@ -63,9 +63,7 @@ class MainWindow(QtCore.QObject):
         LoadDefaultSettings(self)
         self.presetManager = PresetManager(
             uic.loadUi(
-                os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)),
-                'presetmanager.ui')),
-            self)
+                os.path.join(self.core.wd, 'presetmanager.ui')), self)
 
         if not os.path.exists(self.dataDir):
             os.makedirs(self.dataDir)
@@ -143,7 +141,7 @@ class MainWindow(QtCore.QObject):
         window.spinBox_aBitrate.valueChanged.connect(self.updateCodecSettings)
 
         self.previewWindow = PreviewWindow(self, os.path.join(
-            os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), "background.png"))
+            self.core.wd, "background.png"))
         window.verticalLayout_previewWrapper.addWidget(self.previewWindow)
 
         # Make component buttons
@@ -242,6 +240,29 @@ class MainWindow(QtCore.QObject):
         self.openProject(self.currentProject, prompt=False)
         self.drawPreview(True)
 
+        # Setup Hotkeys
+        QtGui.QShortcut("Ctrl+S", self.window, self.saveCurrentProject)
+        QtGui.QShortcut("Ctrl+A", self.window, self.openSaveProjectDialog)
+        QtGui.QShortcut("Ctrl+O", self.window, self.openOpenProjectDialog)
+        QtGui.QShortcut("Ctrl+N", self.window, self.createNewProject)
+
+        QtGui.QShortcut("Ctrl+T", self.window, activated=lambda:
+                        self.window.pushButton_addComponent.click())
+        QtGui.QShortcut("Ctrl+Space", self.window, activated=lambda:
+                        self.window.listWidget_componentList.setFocus())
+        QtGui.QShortcut("Ctrl+Shift+S", self.window,
+                        self.presetManager.openSavePresetDialog)
+        QtGui.QShortcut("Ctrl+Shift+C", self.window,
+                        self.presetManager.clearPreset)
+
+        QtGui.QShortcut("Ctrl+Up", self.window,
+                        activated=lambda: self.moveComponent(-1))
+        QtGui.QShortcut("Ctrl+Down", self.window,
+                        activated=lambda: self.moveComponent(1))
+        QtGui.QShortcut("Ctrl+Home", self.window, self.moveComponentTop)
+        QtGui.QShortcut("Ctrl+End", self.window, self.moveComponentBottom)
+        QtGui.QShortcut("Ctrl+r", self.window, self.removeComponent)
+
     def cleanUp(self):
         self.timer.stop()
         self.previewThread.quit()
@@ -506,6 +527,16 @@ class MainWindow(QtCore.QObject):
             stackedWidget.setCurrentIndex(newRow)
             self.drawPreview()
 
+    def moveComponentTop(self):
+        componentList = self.window.listWidget_componentList
+        row = -componentList.currentRow()
+        self.moveComponent(row)
+
+    def moveComponentBottom(self):
+        componentList = self.window.listWidget_componentList
+        row = len(componentList)-1
+        self.moveComponent(row)
+
     def dragComponent(self, event):
         '''Drop event for the component listwidget'''
         componentList = self.window.listWidget_componentList
diff --git a/preview_thread.py b/preview_thread.py
index e3e8279..eabf715 100644
--- a/preview_thread.py
+++ b/preview_thread.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class Worker(QtCore.QObject):
         self.stackedWidget = parent.window.stackedWidget
         self.background = Image.new("RGBA", (1920, 1080), (0, 0, 0, 0))
         self.background.paste(Image.open(os.path.join(
-            os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), "background.png")))
+            self.core.wd, "background.png")))
 
     @pyqtSlot(str, list)
     def createPreviewImage(self, components):
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0d9cbc4..48034dc 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,30 +1,51 @@
 from cx_Freeze import setup, Executable
+import sys
 
 # Dependencies are automatically detected, but it might need
 # fine tuning.
-buildOptions = dict(packages = [], excludes = [
-  "apport",
-  "apt",
-  "ctypes",
-  "curses",
-  "distutils",
-  "email",
-  "html",
-  "http",
-  "json",
-  "xmlrpc",
-  "nose"
-  ], include_files = ["main.ui"])
 
-import sys
-base = 'Win32GUI' if sys.platform=='win32' else None
+buildOptions = dict(
+    packages=[],
+    excludes=[
+        "apport",
+        "apt",
+        "curses",
+        "distutils",
+        "email",
+        "html",
+        "http",
+        "xmlrpc",
+        "nose"
+    ],
+    include_files=[
+        "mainwindow.ui",
+        "presetmanager.ui",
+        "background.png",
+        "encoder-options.json",
+        "components/"
+    ],
+    includes=[
+        'numpy.core._methods',
+        'numpy.lib.format'
+    ]
+)
+
+
+base = 'Win32GUI' if sys.platform == 'win32' else None
 
 executables = [
-    Executable('main.py', base=base, targetName = 'audio-visualizer-python')
+    Executable(
+        'main.py',
+        base=base,
+        targetName='audio-visualizer-python'
+    )
 ]
 
-setup(name='audio-visualizer-python',
-      version = '1.0',
-      description = 'a little GUI tool to render visualization videos of audio files',
-      options = dict(build_exe = buildOptions),
-      executables = executables)
+
+setup(
+    name='audio-visualizer-python',
+    version='1.0',
+    description='GUI tool to render visualization videos of audio files',
+    options=dict(build_exe=buildOptions),
+    executables=executables
+)
diff --git a/video_thread.py b/video_thread.py
index e6c6531..265feee 100644
--- a/video_thread.py
+++ b/video_thread.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class Worker(QtCore.QObject):
     def previewDispatch(self):
         background = Image.new("RGBA", (1920, 1080), (0, 0, 0, 0))
         background.paste(Image.open(os.path.join(
-            os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), "background.png")))
+            self.core.wd, "background.png")))
         background = background.resize((self.width, self.height))
 
         while not self.stopped: