diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 399060fa..272f1f39 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -98,18 +98,18 @@ set(${PROJECT_NAME}_SOVERSION "1.7")
 
 include(FeatureSummary)
 
-option(${PROJECT_NAME}_QT6 "Build against Qt 6" OFF)
+option(${PROJECT_NAME}_QT6 "Build against Qt 6" ON)
 option(${PROJECT_NAME}_DEVELOPER_MODE "Developer Mode" OFF)
 option(${PROJECT_NAME}_PYTHON_BINDINGS "Build python bindings" OFF)
 option(${PROJECT_NAME}_QTQUICK "Build for QtQuick instead of QtWidgets" OFF)
 option(${PROJECT_NAME}_STATIC "Build statically" OFF)
 option(${PROJECT_NAME}_TESTS "Build the tests" OFF)
-option(${PROJECT_NAME}_EXAMPLES "Build the examples" ON)
+option(${PROJECT_NAME}_EXAMPLES "Build the examples" OFF)
 option(${PROJECT_NAME}_DOCS "Build the API documentation" OFF)
 option(${PROJECT_NAME}_WERROR "Use -Werror (will be true for developer-mode unconditionally)" OFF)
 option(${PROJECT_NAME}_X11EXTRAS
        "Link with QtX11Extras to detect if the compositor supports transparency. Not applicable to non-Linux or Qt6."
-       ON
+       OFF
 )
 option(${PROJECT_NAME}_XLib "On Linux, link against XLib, for a more robust window z-order detection." OFF)
 
diff --git a/src/MainWindow.cpp b/src/MainWindow.cpp
index 9339665f..4141511d 100644
--- a/src/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -106,6 +106,11 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(const QString &name, MainWindowOptions options,
         d->m_layout->addWidget(layoutWidget());
     }
 
+
+}
+
+void MainWindow::postInit(QWidget *parent, Qt::WindowFlags flags)
+{
     setCentralWidget(d->m_centralWidget);
 
     const bool isWindow = !parent || (flags & Qt::Window);
diff --git a/src/MainWindow.h b/src/MainWindow.h
index 788260a8..99987f15 100644
--- a/src/MainWindow.h
+++ b/src/MainWindow.h
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ public:
     explicit MainWindow(const QString &uniqueName, MainWindowOptions options = MainWindowOption_None,
                         QWidget *parent = nullptr, Qt::WindowFlags flags = Qt::WindowFlags());
 
+    void postInit(QWidget *parent, Qt::WindowFlags flags = Qt::WindowFlags());
+
+
     ///@brief Destructor
     ~MainWindow() override;