diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 0f3aac8dbd5e194994e56e4d99054b7707ae56f5..690938419078d0b9ea93d52825f0617fd8c23b4d 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ To effectively work on the project the following tools are required:
    * Windows: Open a terminal and execute `cd C:\path\to\project\fc-pregmod`
    * GNU/Linux: Open a terminal and execute `cd /path/to/project/fc-pregmod/`
 3. Run `npm install` in your terminal
+   * On Windows, you may need to run `npm install --omit-optional` instead.
 4. Open the directory in your preferred editor
 
 * Make sure you have an extension for ESlint installed to catch formatting errors
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3afb616b61aeaa75f505af57a475c98ad05c3a2b..706037722a7ce2a743882bcd4ffefeab322113b3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 		"typescript": "^4.4.0"
 	},
 	"dependencies": {
-		"@tdewolff/minify": "^2.12.5",
 		"autoprefixer": "^10.0.0",
 		"chalk": "^5.2.0",
 		"fancy-log-levels": "^1.0.0",
@@ -41,5 +40,8 @@
 		"through2": "^4.0.2",
 		"which": "^3.0.0",
 		"yargs": "^17.7.1"
+	},
+	"optionalDependencies": {
+		"@tdewolff/minify": "^2.20.9"
 	}
 }