diff --git a/dependencies/subprojects/sdl2_image_windows/meson.build b/dependencies/subprojects/sdl2_image_windows/meson.build
index 1e2a87b877a3fd891429e7bb466e31e9f10876da..033e61f3a27191c27b1f7e5ba76631a77025f127 100644
--- a/dependencies/subprojects/sdl2_image_windows/meson.build
+++ b/dependencies/subprojects/sdl2_image_windows/meson.build
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
 project('sdl2_image_windows', 'cpp')
 
+fs = import('fs')
+
+new_dir = join_paths('C:/TDT4102-mingw64','SDL2','sdl2_image_lib')
+old_dir = join_paths(meson.current_source_dir(), 'lib')
+#Ensuring backwards compatability in transition when SDL2 can be both places
+dir_to_use = fs.exists(new_dir) ? new_dir : old_dir
+
 cxx = meson.get_compiler('cpp')
 sdl2_image_windows_dep = declare_dependency(
-  dependencies : [cxx.find_library('SDL2_image', dirs : join_paths(meson.current_source_dir(), 'lib'))],
+  dependencies : [cxx.find_library('SDL2_image', dirs : dir_to_use)],
   include_directories : include_directories(join_paths('include', 'SDL2')))
  
  
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diff --git a/dependencies/subprojects/sdl2_windows/meson.build b/dependencies/subprojects/sdl2_windows/meson.build
index 59c3c794d0420f44e09497a5e1cce0a2794c67c3..09d8f7699373532da43eefbc82bf794382669cfa 100644
--- a/dependencies/subprojects/sdl2_windows/meson.build
+++ b/dependencies/subprojects/sdl2_windows/meson.build
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
 project('sdl2_windows', 'cpp')
 
+fs = import('fs')
+
+new_dir = join_paths('C:/TDT4102-mingw64','SDL2','sdl2_lib')
+old_dir = join_paths(meson.current_source_dir(), 'lib')
+#Ensuring backwards compatability in transition when SDL2 can be both places
+dir_to_use = fs.exists(new_dir) ? new_dir : old_dir
+
 cxx = meson.get_compiler('cpp')
 sdl2_windows_dep = declare_dependency(
-  dependencies : [cxx.find_library('SDL2main', dirs : join_paths(meson.current_source_dir(), 'lib')), 
-                  cxx.find_library('SDL2', dirs : join_paths(meson.current_source_dir(), 'lib'))],
+  dependencies : [cxx.find_library('SDL2main', dirs : dir_to_use), 
+                  cxx.find_library('SDL2', dirs : dir_to_use)],
   link_args: ['-lmingw32'],
   include_directories : include_directories(join_paths('include', 'SDL2')))