diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index bfc639d..f6a2dc7 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ build:
   script:
     # Set the VCPKG_TOOLCHAIN environment variable
     - export VCPKG_TOOLCHAIN=$VCPKG_ROOT/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake
-    - cmake -B build -S . -G Ninja
+    - cmake -B build -S . -G Ninja -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=$VCPKG_TOOLCHAIN
     - cmake --build build
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5ea04df..4117476 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
 
 #include(C:/users/jmchr/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake)
 
-# Use the environment variable if it is set
+# Use the vcpkg toolchain file
 if(DEFINED ENV{VCPKG_TOOLCHAIN})
-    include("$ENV{VCPKG_TOOLCHAIN}")
+    set(CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE $ENV{VCPKG_TOOLCHAIN})
 endif()
 
 # Find packages using vcpkg