diff --git a/.ci/boostrap.sh b/.ci/boostrap.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+###### Part 1: Build old QB64 ######
+com_build() {
+  cd internal/c/$1/os/lnx
+  echo -n "Building $2..."
+  ./setup_build.sh
+  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "$2 build failed."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  echo "Done"
+  cd - > /dev/null
+} 
+
+com_build "libqb" "libQB"
+com_build "parts/video/font/ttf" "FreeType"
+com_build "parts/core" "FreeGLUT"
+
+cp -r internal/source/* internal/temp/
+cd internal/c
+echo -n "Bootstrapping QB64..."
+g++ $NOPIE -w qbx.cpp libqb/os/lnx/libqb_setup.o parts/video/font/ttf/os/lnx/src.o parts/core/os/lnx/src.a -lGL -lGLU -lX11 -lcurses -lpthread -ldl -lrt -D FREEGLUT_STATIC -DDEPENDENCY_USER_MODS -o ../../qb64_bootstrap
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+  echo "QB64 bootstrap failed"
+  exit 1
+fi
+echo "Done"