diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 489ea3e..134e5f4 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,14 +24,16 @@ else()
     FetchContent_MakeAvailable(juce)
 endif()
 
-# A JUCE GUI plugin needs the core system headers to compile on Linux. Detect
-# them up front so a missing package produces a clear error instead of a
-# confusing compile failure. GTK and libcurl are never required.
+# A JUCE GUI plugin needs the core system headers to compile on Linux, and
+# juce_gui_extra (pulled in transitively via juce_audio_processors) unconditionally
+# includes <gtk/gtk.h>. Detect these up front so a missing package produces a
+# clear error instead of a confusing "gtk/gtk.h: No such file or directory"
+# compile failure. libcurl is not required.
 if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux")
-    set(_mindball_headers  "X11/Xlib.h"                      "freetype2/freetype/freetype.h"
-                           "fontconfig/fontconfig.h"         "alsa/asoundlib.h")
-    set(_mindball_packages "libx11-dev"                      "libfreetype-dev"
-                           "libfontconfig-dev"               "libasound2-dev")
+    set(_mindball_headers  "X11/Xlib.h"                "freetype2/freetype/freetype.h"
+                           "fontconfig/fontconfig.h"   "alsa/asoundlib.h")
+    set(_mindball_packages "libx11-dev"                "libfreetype-dev"
+                           "libfontconfig-dev"         "libasound2-dev")
     set(_mindball_missing "")
 
     foreach(_i RANGE 0 3)
@@ -43,11 +45,27 @@ if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux")
         endif()
     endforeach()
 
+    # juce_gui_extra unconditionally includes <gtk/gtk.h> on Linux.
+    find_package(PkgConfig QUIET)
+    if(NOT PkgConfig_FOUND)
+        string(APPEND _mindball_missing "  pkg-config            (package: pkg-config)\n")
+    else()
+        pkg_check_modules(_mindball_gtk gtk+-3.0 QUIET)
+        if(NOT _mindball_gtk_FOUND)
+            string(APPEND _mindball_missing "  gtk/gtk.h             (package: libgtk-3-dev)\n")
+        endif()
+    endif()
+
     if(_mindball_missing)
         message(FATAL_ERROR
-            "Missing required system headers for the Linux build:\n${_mindball_missing}"
+            "Missing required system packages for the Linux build:\n${_mindball_missing}"
             "Install them with:\n"
-            "  sudo apt-get install pkg-config libx11-dev libfreetype-dev libfontconfig-dev libasound2-dev\n")
+            "  # Debian/Ubuntu:\n"
+            "  sudo apt-get install pkg-config libx11-dev libfreetype-dev libfontconfig-dev libasound2-dev libgtk-3-dev\n"
+            "  # Arch Linux:\n"
+            "  sudo pacman -S pkgconf libx11 freetype2 fontconfig alsa-lib gtk3\n"
+            "  # Fedora:\n"
+            "  sudo dnf install pkgconf-pkg-config libX11-devel freetype-devel fontconfig-devel alsa-lib-devel gtk3-devel\n")
     endif()
 endif()
 
@@ -85,10 +103,17 @@ target_compile_definitions(Mindball PRIVATE JUCE_VST3_CAN_REPLACE_VST2=0)
 # juce_core enables libcurl by default on Linux; without NEEDS_CURL the JUCE
 # helper targets don't link -lcurl, so that would fail at link time with
 # undefined references to curl_easy_setopt. We use no network features, so
-# disable it. (GTK/webkit2gtk is never required because juce_gui_extra is not
-# linked.)
+# disable it.
 target_compile_definitions(Mindball PRIVATE JUCE_USE_CURL=0)
 
+# juce_gui_extra unconditionally #includes <gtk/gtk.h> (and webkit) on Linux
+# only when JUCE_WEB_BROWSER is enabled. JUCE only adds the GTK include path
+# via JUCE_BROWSER_LINUX_DEPS when NEEDS_WEB_BROWSER is set, which in turn
+# requires the webkit2gtk dev package. We don't use a web browser, so disable
+# JUCE_WEB_BROWSER entirely - this drops the GTK/webkit includes and avoids
+# needing webkit2gtk installed just to compile the plugin.
+target_compile_definitions(Mindball PRIVATE JUCE_WEB_BROWSER=0)
+
 # ---- git / build info -----------------------------------------------------
 find_package(Git QUIET)
 set(MINDBALL_GIT_HASH   "n/a")
diff --git a/Source/PluginEditor.cpp b/Source/PluginEditor.cpp
index 9a3bab6..e6336b3 100644
--- a/Source/PluginEditor.cpp
+++ b/Source/PluginEditor.cpp
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ public:
         };
 
         buildInfo.setJustificationType (juce::Justification::centredRight);
-        buildInfo.setFont (juce::Font (juce::Font::getDefaultMonospacedFontName(), 9.0f, 0));
+        buildInfo.setFont (juce::Font (juce::FontOptions (juce::Font::getDefaultMonospacedFontName(), 9.0f, 0)));
+        buildInfo.setColour (juce::Label::textColourId, MindballColors::textDim);
 
         juce::String dirty = mindball::BuildInfo::gitDirty ? " +dirty" : "";
         juce::String hash  = juce::String (mindball::BuildInfo::gitHash);
diff --git a/Source/PluginProcessor.cpp b/Source/PluginProcessor.cpp
index f22564b..0b60362 100644
--- a/Source/PluginProcessor.cpp
+++ b/Source/PluginProcessor.cpp
@@ -117,9 +117,9 @@ void MindballAudioProcessor::processBlock (juce::AudioBuffer<float>& buffer, juc
     double bpm = lastBpm.load (std::memory_order_relaxed);
     if (auto* playHead = getPlayHead())
     {
-        juce::AudioPlayHead::CurrentPositionInfo pos;
-        if (playHead->getCurrentPosition (pos) && pos.bpm > 0)
-            bpm = pos.bpm;
+        if (const auto pos = playHead->getPosition())
+            if (const auto newBpm = pos->getBpm())
+                bpm = *newBpm;
     }
     lastBpm.store (bpm, std::memory_order_relaxed);