diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 62c4939..09d2a2a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ serde_yaml = "0.9"
 embed-resource = "1.6.3"  # embedding of .exe metadata
 
 [features]
-default = ["x11"]
+default = ["x11", "embed_assets"]
 dev = ["bevy/dynamic_linking", "bevy/file_watcher"]
 wasm = ["bevy/webgl2"]
 x11 = ["bevy/x11"]