diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index be60c4a..499a304 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,3 +10,5 @@
 /gmon.txt
 /cfg.txt
 /releases/
+/stickersolve-gui.app
+.DS_Store
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0f51b36..3a88bb4 100755
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
+if(APPLE)
+#set(CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES "arm64;x86_64" CACHE STRING "" FORCE) # comment out if you dont want a univeral binary
+endif()
 project(stickersolve-gui)
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 20)
@@ -10,14 +13,21 @@ set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR})
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "-g -O3 -Wall -pg") # gprof stickersolve-gui gmon.out > gmon.txt
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "-O3")
 
+if(APPLE)
+find_package(Qt5 REQUIRED Core Widgets Gui PATHS /usr/local/opt/qt@5) # update path to qt cmake files here for MacOS
+link_directories(/usr/local/opt/boost/lib/) # update path to boost cmake files here for MacOS
+else()
 set(Qt5_DIR ./vendor/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/cmake/Qt5)
 
 find_package(Qt5 REQUIRED Core Widgets Gui PATHS ./vendor/lib/cmake)
 
-include_directories(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/, ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/vendor/include/) 
 set(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH on)
 set(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH "./vendor/lib" "./lib")
 link_directories(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/vendor/lib)
+endif()
+
+include_directories(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/, ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/vendor/include/) 
+
 
 file(GLOB_RECURSE APP_SOURCES CONFIGURE_DEPENDS "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/*" "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/*")
 file(GLOB_RECURSE VENDOR_SOURCES CONFIGURE_DEPENDS "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/vendor/src/*" "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/vendor/include/*")
@@ -33,6 +43,21 @@ if(WIN32)
     Qt5::Widgets
     ${ADDITIONAL_LIBRARIES}
   )
+elseif(APPLE)
+  add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} ${APP_SOURCES} ${VENDOR_SOURCES})
+  target_compile_options(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE -fPIC)
+  target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} 
+    pthread
+    Qt5::Core
+    Qt5::Gui
+    Qt5::Widgets
+    -lboost_system
+    -lboost_iostreams
+    -lboost_filesystem
+  )
+  set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTIES
+    MACOSX_BUNDLE TRUE
+  )
 else()
   add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} ${APP_SOURCES} ${VENDOR_SOURCES})
   target_compile_options(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE -fPIC)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3b681c9..d344777 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -57,3 +57,17 @@ mkdir build && cd build && cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release .. && cmake --build
 # Building From Source On Windows
 
 On windows I recommend using the [dep-pull](https://github.com/TAR-ALEX/Cpp-Dependency-Manager.git) command to install only the git dependencies. (deb will not work on windows) Alternatively, files could be copied over manually from each git repo into the `./vendor/` directory. A build of Qt must be put into the vendor directory, and the same is true for the boost library.
+
+# Building From Source On MacOS
+
+Do a `brew install qt5` and a `brew install boost`.
+
+Feed the installed library directories to the cmake file (locations marked as comments in cmake).
+
+build the app using cmake but only the release target is supported. 
+
+```
+mkdir build && cd build && cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release .. && cmake --build . --target stickersolve-gui --config Release && cd ../
+```
+
+for distribution: to package the file into an app do a `macdeployqt stickersolve-gui.app`  command. edit the plist as needed and create a dmg using `create-dmg`
diff --git a/src/ConfigParser.h b/src/ConfigParser.h
index 2f287ea..9ebfa21 100644
--- a/src/ConfigParser.h
+++ b/src/ConfigParser.h
@@ -1,10 +1,24 @@
 #pragma once
 
+#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <string>
 
 class ConfigFile {
+private:
+    std::string dirnameOf(const std::string& fname)
+    {
+        size_t pos = fname.find_last_of("\\/");
+        return (std::string::npos == pos)
+            ? ""
+            : fname.substr(0, pos);
+    }
+    void createDir() {
+        boost::filesystem::path p = dirnameOf(path);
+        if (!(boost::filesystem::exists(p))) { boost::filesystem::create_directories(p); }
+    }
+
 public:
     std::string path;
     double maxMemory = 9;
@@ -12,16 +26,16 @@ class ConfigFile {
     ConfigFile(std::string path) : path(path) {}
 
     void parse() {
-        std::fstream file{path, std::ios::in | std::ios::app};
-        if(!(file >> maxMemory)){
-            maxMemory = 9;
-        }
+        createDir();
+        std::ifstream file{path};
+        if (!(file >> maxMemory)) { maxMemory = 9; }
         file.close();
     }
 
     void save() {
+        createDir();
         std::fstream file{path, std::ios::out | std::ios::trunc};
-        file << maxMemory;
+        file << maxMemory << "\n";
         file.close();
     }
 };
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 73182cd..800c3d6 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,15 @@
 using namespace estd::shortnames;
 using namespace std;
 
-ConfigFile cfgFile{"./cfg.txt"};
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+std::string tablesPath = (QDir::homePath()+"/Library/Application Support/stickersolve-gui/tables").toUtf8().constData();
+std::string cfgPath = (QDir::homePath()+"/Library/Application Support/stickersolve-gui/cfg.txt").toUtf8().constData();
+#else
+std::string tablesPath = "./tables";
+std::string cfgPath = "./cfg.txt";
+#endif
+
+ConfigFile cfgFile{cfgPath};
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
     cfgFile.parse();
@@ -65,6 +73,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
     puzzleColumn->addWidget(tlbx);
 
     auto configForm = new QFormLayout();
+    configForm->setFieldGrowthPolicy(QFormLayout::AllNonFixedFieldsGrow);
 
     auto allowedMoves = new QLineEdit("U U2 U' R R2 R' F F2 F' D D2 D' L L2 L' B B2 B'");
     auto applyMovesBtn = new QPushButton("apply");
@@ -184,7 +193,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
                 pzl.solvedState = solvedState->getState();
                 std::cout << "myState: " << pzl.toString() << endl;
 
-                solver.cfg->pruiningTablesPath = "./tables";
+                solver.cfg->pruiningTablesPath = tablesPath;
                 solver.cfg->maxMemoryInGb = maxMemoryLimitGb->value();
                 solver.progressCallback = [&](int progress) {
                     QMetaObject::invokeMethod(app.get(), [=] { progressBar->setValue(progress); });