diff --git a/.semaphore/semaphore.yml b/.semaphore/semaphore.yml
index 033c70bfac..d7eec84daf 100644
--- a/.semaphore/semaphore.yml
+++ b/.semaphore/semaphore.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ blocks:
         commands:
           - echo "Installing Performous dependencies..."
           - sudo apt -y update
-          - sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https ca-certificates gnupg software-properties-common wget
+          - sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends apt-transport-https ca-certificates gnupg software-properties-common wget
           - wget -O - https://apt.kitware.com/keys/kitware-archive-latest.asc 2>/dev/null | gpg --dearmor - | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/kitware.gpg >/dev/null
           - sudo apt-add-repository 'deb https://apt.kitware.com/ubuntu/ bionic main'
           - sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:litenstein/focal-backports
@@ -116,11 +116,7 @@ blocks:
           - echo "Installing Performous dependencies..."
           - sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:litenstein/focal-backports
           - sudo apt-get update -y
-          - sudo apt-get install -y ninja-build
-          - sudo apt-get install -y ninja-build gettext clang-9 gcc-8 g++-8 python3-dev python3-pip
-          - sudo apt-get install -y libepoxy-dev libsdl2-dev libcairo2-dev libpango1.0-dev librsvg2-dev libboost-iostreams-dev libboost-locale-dev libboost-system-dev libboost-program-options-dev libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libswscale-dev libswresample-dev libpng-dev libjpeg-dev libxml++2.6-dev portaudio19-dev libicu-dev libopencv-dev libportmidi-dev libglm-dev libaubio-dev libcpprest-dev
-          - sem-version python 3.9
-          - sudo pip3 install meson
+          - sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ninja-build gettext clang-12 gcc-11 g++-11 libepoxy-dev libsdl2-dev libcairo2-dev libpango1.0-dev librsvg2-dev libboost-iostreams-dev libboost-locale-dev libboost-system-dev libboost-program-options-dev libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libswscale-dev libswresample-dev libpng-dev libjpeg-dev libxml++3.2-dev portaudio19-dev libicu-dev libopencv-dev libportmidi-dev libglm-dev libaubio-dev libcpprest-dev meson
           - echo "Checking out..."
           - checkout
           - git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/google/compact_enc_det.git 3rdparty/ced
@@ -135,7 +131,7 @@ blocks:
               value: g++-11
           commands:
             - echo "Setting up build..."
-            - meson setup --buildtype=plain build.gcc -Dusewebcam=true -Dusemididrum=true -Dusewebserver=true -Dstoponwarning=true
+            - meson setup --buildtype=plain build.gcc -Dusewebcam=true -Dusemididrum=true -Dusewebserver=true -Dwarningaserror=true
             - echo "Building..."
             - meson compile -C build.gcc
         - name: Clang-12.0.1 Build
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 5d2726b1a8..365c6b9b85 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ project('performous',
         meson_version: '>=0.53.0',
         license: 'GPL-2.0-or-later')
 
+compact_enc_det = subproject('ced')
+compact_enc_det_dep = compact_enc_det.get_variable('compact_enc_det_dep') 
+
 # Print project summary. Limited to strict minimum for now
 summary({'Use Webcam': get_option('usewebcam'),
          'Use Midi Drum': get_option('usemididrum'),
@@ -194,6 +197,7 @@ endif
 configure_file(input: 'game/config.hh.in', output: 'config.hh', configuration: conf)
 
 dependencies = [
+  compact_enc_det_dep,
   dependency('pangocairo', cmake_module_path: './cmake/Modules'),
   dependency('sdl2', cmake_module_path: './cmake/Modules'),
   dependency('aubio'),
@@ -218,13 +222,10 @@ dependencies = [
   libxmlpp,
   opencv,
   portmidi,
-  cpprest]
+  cpprest
+  ]
 
 executable('performous', [
-  '3rdparty/ced/compact_enc_det/compact_enc_det.cc',
-  '3rdparty/ced/compact_enc_det/compact_enc_det_hint_code.cc',
-  '3rdparty/ced/util/encodings/encodings.cc',
-  '3rdparty/ced/util/languages/languages.cc',
   'game/3dobject.cc',
   'game/audio.cc',
   'game/backgrounds.cc',
@@ -295,7 +296,6 @@ executable('performous', [
   'game/webcam.cc',
   'game/webserver.cc'],
   dependencies: dependencies,
-  include_directories: include_directories('3rdparty/ced'),
   cpp_args: compiler_args,
   install: true
 )
@@ -308,7 +308,8 @@ datapaths = [
   'data/shaders',
   'data/sounds',
   'data/themes',
-  'data/xsl']
+  'data/xsl'
+  ]
 
 foreach dp: datapaths
   install_subdir( dp, install_dir: 'share/games/performous')
diff --git a/subprojects/ced.wrap b/subprojects/ced.wrap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..46c47c7ad1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/ced.wrap
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[wrap-file]
+directory=compact_enc_det-meson
+source_url=https://github.com/performous/compact_enc_det/archive/refs/heads/meson.zip
+source_filename=meson.zip
+source_hash=dcc2cb98b8aeb63370bea6d5f20b7aadc776f223083dccf701b71815321442e2
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