diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 59aef79..f45c22c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,9 +7,7 @@
 /utility/Debug/*.pdb
 /utility/Debug/*.obj
 /utility/Debug
-/ipch/ANTTWEAKBAR-5f4de96b/*.ipch
 /*.sdf
-/ipch/STORMLIB-4af47af8/*.ipch
 /utility/*.user
 /.vs/maps/v14/*.suo
 /MapViewer/x64/Debug/*.pdb
@@ -40,7 +38,6 @@
 /pathfind/x64/Debug
 /utility/x64/Debug
 /maps.VC.db
-/ipch/STORMLIB_VS15-5647bf9b/*.ipch
 /MapBuilder/x64/Release
 /MapViewer/x64/Release
 /RecastDetourBuild/x64/Release
@@ -50,12 +47,13 @@
 /pathfind/*.user
 /gos.csv
 /.vs
-/ipch/STORMLIB_VS15-933783c6/*.ipch
+/.vscode
 /MapViewer/Include/pixelShader.hpp
 /MapViewer/Include/vertexShader.hpp
 /CMakeSettings.json
 /out
 /build
 /*.idea
+/*.ipch
 /cmake-build-debug
-/cmake-build-release
+/cmake-build-release
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ba24a2d..6d750b8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -54,7 +54,10 @@ endif()
 # This is just easier than copying over the DLLs
 if (MSVC)
     set(STORM_USE_BUNDLED_LIBRARIES ON CACHE BOOL "")
+elseif(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
+    add_definitions(-D_DEBUG)
 endif()
+
 add_subdirectory(stormlib EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 if (NAMIGATOR_BUILD_C_API)
     install(TARGETS storm ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib)
diff --git a/parser/MpqManager.cpp b/parser/MpqManager.cpp
index d953b9a..9ea98ca 100644
--- a/parser/MpqManager.cpp
+++ b/parser/MpqManager.cpp
@@ -276,7 +276,12 @@ MpqManager::OpenFile(const std::string& file)
 
     for (auto const& i : MpqHandles)
     {
-        if (i.first != file_lower)
+        // if we are on Linux, the mpq filenames will use forward slashes
+        // instead of backslashes.  this code could be cleaner.
+        std::string mpqPath = i.first;
+        std::replace(mpqPath.begin(), mpqPath.end(), '/', '\\');
+
+        if (mpqPath != file_lower)
             continue;
 
         // if we have found a match, there should be exactly two files in this