diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 43b267c..2f47a7c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ function(use_townengine target sources output_directory)
                                                      RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${output_directory})
 
                 # launcher binary, loads game and engine shared library
-                add_executable(${target}_app ${TWN_ROOT_DIR}/src/twn_main.c)
+                add_executable(${target} ${TWN_ROOT_DIR}/src/twn_main.c)
 
                 # todo: copy instead?
                 # put libtownengine.so alongside the binary
@@ -263,38 +263,36 @@ function(use_townengine target sources output_directory)
                                                     LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${output_directory})
         else()
                 # build and link all statically
-                add_executable(${target}_app ${sources})
+                add_executable(${target} ${sources})
         endif()
 
-        set_target_properties(${target}_app PROPERTIES
-                                            OUTPUT_NAME ${target}
-                                            LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${output_directory}
-                                            RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${output_directory})
+        set_target_properties(${target} PROPERTIES
+                                        LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${output_directory}
+                                        RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${output_directory})
 
         if(EMSCRIPTEN)
-                set_target_properties(${target}_app PROPERTIES
-                                                    SUFFIX .html)
+                set_target_properties(${target} PROPERTIES SUFFIX .html)
         endif()
 
-        target_compile_options(${target}_app PRIVATE
-                                             $<$<BOOL:${EMSCRIPTEN}>:--shell-file ${TWN_ROOT_DIR}/shell_minimal.html>)
+        target_compile_options(${target} PRIVATE
+                                         $<$<BOOL:${EMSCRIPTEN}>:--shell-file ${TWN_ROOT_DIR}/shell_minimal.html>)
 
         # system libraries
         find_library(MATH_LIBRARY m)
         if (MATH_LIBRARY)
-                target_link_libraries(${target}_app PUBLIC ${MATH_LIBRARY})
+                target_link_libraries(${target} PUBLIC ${MATH_LIBRARY})
         endif()
 
-        give_options(${target}_app)
-        include_deps(${target}_app)
-        link_deps(${target}_app)
+        give_options(${target})
+        include_deps(${target})
+        link_deps(${target})
 
-        target_link_libraries(${target}_app PUBLIC ${TWN_TARGET})
+        target_link_libraries(${target} PUBLIC ${TWN_TARGET})
         if(WIN32)
                 # copy dlls for baby windows
-                add_custom_command(TARGET ${target}_app POST_BUILD
-                                   COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different $<TARGET_RUNTIME_DLLS:${target}_app>
-                                                                                 $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:${target}_app>
+                add_custom_command(TARGET ${target} POST_BUILD
+                                   COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different $<TARGET_RUNTIME_DLLS:${target}>
+                                                                                 $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:${target}>
                                    COMMAND_EXPAND_LISTS)
         endif()
 endfunction()