diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index cbdc50a..c4347b8 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-project('playergame', 'c')
+project('playergame', 'c', 
+    default_options: [
+        'c_std=c99',
+        'c_flags=-Wall -Werror -Wextra -g'
+    ]
+)
 cursesdep = dependency('curses')
-executable('playergame', 'src/main.c', dependencies : cursesdep)
+executable('playergame', 'src/main.c', dependencies: cursesdep)