diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index c80fa16..36a2f17 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
     "C_Cpp.default.configurationProvider": "ms-vscode.cmake-tools",
     "files.associations": {
         "qapplication": "cpp",
-        "ostream": "cpp"
+        "ostream": "cpp",
+        "qdir": "cpp",
+        "qfile": "cpp",
+        "*.tcc": "cpp",
+        "qmainwindow": "cpp"
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 0dcf930..f1e21e9 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set (CMAKE_AUTOUIC ON)
 set (CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
 set (CMAKE_AUTORCC ON)
 
-set (CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
+set (CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 20)
 set (CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 
 # QtCreator supports the following variables for Android, which are identical to qmake Android variables.
diff --git a/src/main.cc b/src/main.cc
index f587a71..f9ffdc9 100644
--- a/src/main.cc
+++ b/src/main.cc
@@ -2,14 +2,16 @@
 #include "markdown-render.h"
 
 #include <QApplication>
+#include <QString>
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
     QApplication a(argc, argv);
     MainWindow w;
     MarkdownRender md;
-    
-    w.setLabel(md.render());
+
+    QString output = QString::fromStdString(md.render());
+    w.setLabel(output);
     w.show();
     return a.exec();
 }
diff --git a/src/mainwindow.cc b/src/mainwindow.cc
index 206189f..c9f39b1 100644
--- a/src/mainwindow.cc
+++ b/src/mainwindow.cc
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ MainWindow::~MainWindow()
     delete ui;
 }
 
-void MainWindow::setLabel(QString text)
+void MainWindow::setLabel(const QString& text)
 {
     QLabel *label = findChild<QLabel *>("output");
     if(label)
diff --git a/src/mainwindow.h b/src/mainwindow.h
index ff3f616..38b8f7d 100644
--- a/src/mainwindow.h
+++ b/src/mainwindow.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #define MAINWINDOW_H
 
 #include <QMainWindow>
+#include <QString>
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 namespace Ui { class MainWindow; }
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ public:
     MainWindow(QWidget *parent = nullptr);
     ~MainWindow();
 
-    void setLabel(QString text);
+    void setLabel(const QString& text);
 private:
     Ui::MainWindow *ui;
 };
diff --git a/src/markdown-render.cc b/src/markdown-render.cc
index fb0190e..121feb9 100644
--- a/src/markdown-render.cc
+++ b/src/markdown-render.cc
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 #include "markdown-render.h"
 
-#include <QCoreApplication>
-#include <QDebug>
-#include <QFile>
-#include <QDir>
-#include <QTextStream>
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <string>
 #include <cmark-gfm-core-extensions.h>
-#include <string.h>
 #include <time.h> 
 
 #include "node.h"
@@ -24,23 +20,15 @@ static inline void outc(cmark_renderer *renderer, cmark_node *node,
 
 MarkdownRender::MarkdownRender()
 {
-    exePath = QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath();
+    exePath = std::filesystem::current_path().string();
 }
 
-QString const MarkdownRender::render()
+std::string const MarkdownRender::render()
 {
-   QString filePath = exePath + QDir::separator() + "../../test.md";
+    std::string filePath = exePath.append("/test.md");
+    printf("Path: %s\n", filePath.c_str());
 
-    QFile file(filePath);
-    if(!file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly))
-    {
-        qDebug() << "error opening file: " << file.error();
-    }
-    char *message = parseAndRender(filePath);
-
-    QString output = QString::fromUtf8(message);
-    free(message);
-    return output;
+    return parseAndRender(filePath);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -52,8 +40,9 @@ void MarkdownRender::addMarkdownExtension(cmark_parser *parser, const char *extN
     cmark_parser_attach_syntax_extension(parser, ext);
 }
 
-char *MarkdownRender::parseAndRender(const QString& filePath)
+std::string MarkdownRender::parseAndRender(const std::string& filePath)
 {
+    std::string output("");
     int options = CMARK_OPT_DEFAULT; // You can also use CMARK_OPT_STRIKETHROUGH_DOUBLE_TILDE to enforce double tilde.
 
     cmark_gfm_core_extensions_ensure_registered();
@@ -71,30 +60,34 @@ char *MarkdownRender::parseAndRender(const QString& filePath)
 
     // Parse to AST with cmark
     cmark_node *root_node;
-    FILE * file;
-    file = fopen(filePath.toStdString().c_str(), "r");
-    // TODO: Copy/paste cmark_parse_file() content, allowing me to add extensions to the parser.
-    root_node = cmark_parse_file(file, options);
-    fclose(file);
+    FILE *file;
+    if( ( file = fopen(filePath.c_str(), "r" ) ) != NULL ) 
+    {
+        // TODO: Copy/paste cmark_parse_file() content, allowing me to add extensions to the parser.
+        root_node = cmark_parse_file(file, options);
+        fclose(file);
+ 
+        // Render
+        char *charStr = renderToLayout(root_node, options, 0, NULL);
+        output = std::string(charStr);
+        free(charStr);
+
+        // Stop measurement
+        t = clock() - t; 
+        double timeDuration = (((double)t)/CLOCKS_PER_SEC) * 1000; // ms
+
+        char *html = cmark_render_html(root_node, options, NULL);
+
+        printf("\nHTML render: %s", html);
+        printf("My render: %s", output.c_str());
+        printf("Content loaded, parsed & rendered time: %f ms", timeDuration);
+    
+        free(html);
+        cmark_node_free(root_node);
+    }
 
     cmark_parser_free(parser);
 
-    cmark_node_mem(root_node);
-
-    // Render
-    char *output = renderToLayout(root_node, options, 0, NULL);
-    // Stop measurement
-    t = clock() - t; 
-    double timeDuration = (((double)t)/CLOCKS_PER_SEC) * 1000; // ms
-
-    char *html = cmark_render_html(root_node, options, NULL);
-
-    printf("HTML render: %s", html);
-    printf("My render: %s", output);
-    qDebug() << "Content loaded, parsed & rendered time:" << timeDuration << "ms" << endl;
-
-    cmark_node_free(root_node);
-
     return output;
 }
 
@@ -105,22 +98,22 @@ int MarkdownRender::renderNode(cmark_renderer *renderer, cmark_node *node,
 
     switch (node->type) {
     case CMARK_NODE_DOCUMENT:
-        qDebug() << "Document" << endl;
+        printf("Document\n");
         break;
 
     case CMARK_NODE_BLOCK_QUOTE:
         break;
 
     case CMARK_NODE_LIST:
-        qDebug() << "List" << endl;
+        printf("List\n");
         break;
 
     case CMARK_NODE_ITEM:
-        qDebug() << "Item" << endl;
+        printf("Item\n");
         break;
 
     case CMARK_NODE_HEADING:
-        qDebug() << "Heading" << endl;
+        printf("Heading\n");
         break;
 
     case CMARK_NODE_CODE_BLOCK:
@@ -136,11 +129,11 @@ int MarkdownRender::renderNode(cmark_renderer *renderer, cmark_node *node,
         break;
 
     case CMARK_NODE_PARAGRAPH:
-        qDebug() << "Paragraph" << endl;
+        printf("Paragraph\n");
         break;
 
     case CMARK_NODE_TEXT:
-        qDebug() << "Text" << endl;
+        printf("Text\n");
 
         // False = no wrap, we didn't specify a width
         OUT(cmark_node_get_literal(node), false, NORMAL);
@@ -162,7 +155,7 @@ int MarkdownRender::renderNode(cmark_renderer *renderer, cmark_node *node,
         break;
 
     case CMARK_NODE_STRONG:
-        qDebug() << "Bold" << endl;
+        printf("Bold\n");
         if (entering) {
             LIT("[b]");
         } else {
@@ -171,7 +164,7 @@ int MarkdownRender::renderNode(cmark_renderer *renderer, cmark_node *node,
         break;
 
     case CMARK_NODE_EMPH:
-        qDebug() << "Italic" << endl;
+        printf("Italic\n");
         if (entering) {
             LIT("_");
         } else {
diff --git a/src/markdown-render.h b/src/markdown-render.h
index b4592e6..cb51c5e 100644
--- a/src/markdown-render.h
+++ b/src/markdown-render.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef MARKDOWN_RENDER_H
 #define MARKDOWN_RENDER_H
 
-#include <QString>
+#include <string>
 #include <cmark-gfm.h>
 #include "render.h"
 
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ class MarkdownRender
 {
 public:
     MarkdownRender();
-    QString const render();
+    std::string const render();
 
 private:
-    QString exePath;
+    std::string exePath;
 
     void addMarkdownExtension(cmark_parser *parser, const char *extName);
-    char * parseAndRender(const QString& filePath);
+    std::string parseAndRender(const std::string &filePath);
     static int renderNode(cmark_renderer *renderer, cmark_node *node,
                          cmark_event_type ev_type, int options);
     char * renderToLayout(cmark_node *root, int options, int width, cmark_llist *extensions);