diff --git a/src/build/build.h b/src/build/build.h
index 6b84d4731..f119cc8e6 100644
--- a/src/build/build.h
+++ b/src/build/build.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #define MAX_THREADS 0xFFFF
 #define DEFAULT_SYMTAB_SIZE (256 * 1024)
 #define DEFAULT_SWITCHRANGE_MAX_SIZE (256)
+#define DEFAULT_PATH "."
 
 typedef enum
 {
@@ -433,6 +434,7 @@ typedef struct BuildOptions_
 	const char *project_name;
 	const char *target_select;
 	const char *path;
+	const char *vendor_download_path;
 	const char *template;
 	LinkerType linker_type;
 	const char *custom_linker_path;
diff --git a/src/build/build_options.c b/src/build/build_options.c
index eb9e2b60f..329816c95 100644
--- a/src/build/build_options.c
+++ b/src/build/build_options.c
@@ -1237,7 +1237,8 @@ BuildOptions parse_arguments(int argc, const char *argv[])
 	}
 
 	BuildOptions build_options = {
-		.path = ".",
+		.path = DEFAULT_PATH,
+		.vendor_download_path = DEFAULT_PATH,
 		.emit_llvm = false,
 		.optsetting = OPT_SETTING_NOT_SET,
 		.debug_info_override = DEBUG_INFO_NOT_SET,
diff --git a/src/build/project.h b/src/build/project.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8130c4ffc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/build/project.h
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#pragma once 
+#include "../utils/json.h"
+
+const char** get_project_dependency_directories();
+
+void add_libraries_to_project_file(const char** libs, const char* target_name);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/build/project_manipulation.c b/src/build/project_manipulation.c
index 3cdd07b6e..89dc87adc 100644
--- a/src/build/project_manipulation.c
+++ b/src/build/project_manipulation.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "build_internal.h"
+#include "project.h"
 #define PRINTFN(string, ...) fprintf(stdout, string "\n", ##__VA_ARGS__) // NOLINT
 #define PRINTF(string, ...) fprintf(stdout, string, ##__VA_ARGS__) // NOLINT
 
@@ -22,6 +23,18 @@ static JSONObject *read_project(const char **file_used)
 	return json;
 }
 
+const char** get_project_dependency_directories()
+{
+	const char *filename;
+	JSONObject *json = read_project(&filename);
+
+	const char *target = NULL;
+	const char **deps_dirs = NULL;
+	get_list_append_strings(filename, target, json, &deps_dirs, "dependency-search-paths", "dependency-search-paths-override", "dependency-search-paths-add");
+	
+	return deps_dirs;
+}
+
 static void print_vec(const char *header, const char **vec, bool opt)
 {
 	if (opt && !vec) return;
@@ -239,6 +252,56 @@ static void view_target(const char *filename, const char *name, JSONObject *targ
 	TARGET_VIEW_BOOL("Return structs on the stack", "x86-stack-struct-return");
 }
 
+void add_libraries_to_project_file(const char** libs, const char* target_name) {
+
+	if (!file_exists(PROJECT_JSON5) && !file_exists(PROJECT_JSON)) return;
+	//TODO! Target name option not implemented
+
+	const char *filename;
+	JSONObject *project_json = read_project(&filename);
+	
+
+	// TODO! check if target is specified and exists (NULL at the moment)
+	JSONObject *libraries_json = json_obj_get(project_json, "dependencies");
+	
+	const char** dependencies = NULL;
+	for(int i = 0; i < libraries_json->array_len; i++)
+	{
+		vec_add(dependencies, libraries_json->elements[i]->str);
+	}
+	
+	// check if libraries are already present
+	FOREACH(const char*, lib, libs)
+	{
+		if (str_findlist(lib, vec_size(dependencies), dependencies)!=-1) continue;
+		 
+		vec_add(dependencies, lib);
+	}
+
+	JSONObject** elements = NULL;
+	
+	FOREACH(const char*, dep, dependencies)
+	{
+		JSONObject* obj = json_new_object(&malloc_arena, J_STRING);
+		obj->str = dep;
+		vec_add(elements, obj);
+	}
+
+	// TODO fancier functions for altering JSON file (quite cumbersome at the moment)
+	// TODO! check if "dependency" entry exists in the project.json file.
+	
+	// Apply changes to JSON object
+
+	libraries_json->elements = elements;
+	libraries_json->array_len = vec_size(dependencies);
+
+	// write to project json file
+	FILE *file = fopen(filename, "w");
+	print_json_to_file(project_json, file);
+	fclose(file);
+
+}
+
 void add_target_project(BuildOptions *build_options)
 {
 	const char *filename;
diff --git a/src/compiler/compiler.c b/src/compiler/compiler.c
index bc6b996af..51f4096c6 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compiler.c
+++ b/src/compiler/compiler.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 // a copy of which can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
 #include "compiler_internal.h"
+#include "../build/project.h"
 #include <compiler_tests/benchmark.h>
 #include "../utils/whereami.h"
 #if PLATFORM_POSIX
@@ -862,25 +863,55 @@ static void setup_bool_define(const char *id, bool value)
 	}
 }
 #if FETCH_AVAILABLE
+
+const char * vendor_fetch_single(const char* lib, const char* path) 
+{
+	const char *resource = str_printf("/c3lang/vendor/releases/download/latest/%s.c3l", lib);
+	const char *destination = file_append_path(path, str_printf("%s.c3l", lib));
+	const char *error = download_file("https://github.com", resource, destination);
+	return error;	
+}
+
 void vendor_fetch(BuildOptions *options)
 {
 	unsigned count = 0;
+	if (str_eq(options->path, DEFAULT_PATH))
+	{
+		// check if there is a project JSON file
+		if (file_exists(PROJECT_JSON5) || file_exists(PROJECT_JSON))
+		{
+			const char** deps_dirs =  get_project_dependency_directories();
+			int num_lib = vec_size(deps_dirs); 
+			if (num_lib > 0) options->vendor_download_path = deps_dirs[0];
+
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	const char** fetched_libraries = NULL;
 	FOREACH(const char *, lib, options->libraries_to_fetch)
 	{
-		const char *resource = str_printf("/c3lang/vendor/releases/download/latest/%s.c3l", lib);
+		//TODO : Implement progress bar in the download_file function.
 		printf("Fetching library '%s'...", lib);
 		fflush(stdout);
-		const char *error = download_file("https://github.com", resource, str_printf("%s.c3l", lib));
+
+		const char *error = vendor_fetch_single(lib, options->vendor_download_path);
+
 		if (!error)
 		{
-			puts("ok.");
+			puts("finished.");
+			vec_add(fetched_libraries, lib);
 			count++;
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			printf("FAILED: '%s'\n", error);
+			printf("Failed: '%s'\n", error);
 		}
 	}
+	
+	// add fetched library to the dependency list
+	add_libraries_to_project_file(fetched_libraries, options->project_options.target_name);
+
 	if (count == 0)	error_exit("Error: Failed to download any libraries.");
 	if (count < vec_size(options->libraries_to_fetch)) error_exit("Error: Only some libraries were downloaded.");
 }
diff --git a/src/utils/json.c b/src/utils/json.c
index 8b08a94d2..b4adb82e6 100644
--- a/src/utils/json.c
+++ b/src/utils/json.c
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ JSONObject error = { .type = J_ERROR };
 JSONObject true_val = { .type = J_BOOL, .b = true };
 JSONObject false_val = { .type = J_BOOL, .b = false };
 JSONObject zero_val = { .type = J_NUMBER, .f = 0.0 };
-JSONObject empty_array_val = { .type = J_ARRAY, .array_len = 0 };
 JSONObject empty_obj_val = { .type = J_OBJECT, .member_len = 0 };
 
 #define CONSUME(token_) do { if (!consume(parser, token_)) { json_error(parser, "Unexpected character encountered."); return &error; } } while(0)
@@ -275,7 +274,12 @@ static inline bool consume(JsonParser *parser, JSONTokenType token)
 JSONObject *json_parse_array(JsonParser *parser)
 {
 	CONSUME(T_LBRACKET);
-	if (consume(parser, T_RBRACKET)) return &empty_array_val;
+	if (consume(parser, T_RBRACKET))
+	{
+		JSONObject *array = json_new_object(parser->allocator, J_ARRAY);
+		array->array_len = 0;
+		return array;
+	}
 
 	size_t capacity = 16;
 	JSONObject *array = json_new_object(parser->allocator, J_ARRAY);
@@ -440,7 +444,6 @@ bool is_freable(JSONObject *obj)
 	if (obj == &true_val) return false;
 	if (obj == &false_val) return false;
 	if (obj == &zero_val) return false;
-	if (obj == &empty_array_val) return false;
 	if (obj == &empty_obj_val) return false;
 	return true;
 }