diff --git a/hui-glium/Cargo.toml b/hui-glium/Cargo.toml
index aed5b86..a0c1f2c 100644
--- a/hui-glium/Cargo.toml
+++ b/hui-glium/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ include = [
 ]
 
 [dependencies]
-#hack: hui doesn't compile without the builtin_font feature due to a bug
-hui = { version = "=0.1.0-alpha.4", path = "../hui", default-features = false, features = ["builtin_font"] }
+hui = { version = "=0.1.0-alpha.4", path = "../hui", default-features = false }
 glium = { version = "0.34", default-features = false }
 glam = "0.25"
 log = "0.4"
diff --git a/hui/src/element/builtin/text.rs b/hui/src/element/builtin/text.rs
index 500252a..0f02f17 100644
--- a/hui/src/element/builtin/text.rs
+++ b/hui/src/element/builtin/text.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 use glam::{vec2, Vec4};
 use crate::{
-  draw::UiDrawCommand,
-  element::{MeasureContext, ProcessContext, UiElement},
-  measure::Response,
-  text::{FontHandle, BUILTIN_FONT},
-  layout::UiSize
+  draw::UiDrawCommand, element::{MeasureContext, ProcessContext, UiElement}, layout::UiSize, measure::Response, text::{FontHandle, DEFAULT_FONT}
 };
 
+
 //TODO: text fit
 // pub enum TextSize {
 //   FitToWidthRatio(f32),
@@ -29,7 +26,7 @@ impl Default for Text {
       text: "".into(),
       size: (UiSize::Auto, UiSize::Auto),
       color: Vec4::new(1., 1., 1., 1.),
-      font: BUILTIN_FONT,
+      font: DEFAULT_FONT,
       text_size: 16,
     }
   }
diff --git a/hui/src/text.rs b/hui/src/text.rs
index c2e987d..d69570b 100644
--- a/hui/src/text.rs
+++ b/hui/src/text.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ mod font;
 mod ftm;
 
 use font::FontManager;
-pub use font::{FontHandle, BUILTIN_FONT};
+pub use font::FontHandle;
+#[cfg(feature="builtin_font")]
+pub use font::BUILTIN_FONT;
+pub(crate) use font::DEFAULT_FONT;
 use fontdue::{Font, FontSettings};
 use ftm::FontTextureManager;
 pub use ftm::{FontTextureInfo, GlyphCacheEntry};
diff --git a/hui/src/text/font.rs b/hui/src/text/font.rs
index e560c5c..402edd6 100644
--- a/hui/src/text/font.rs
+++ b/hui/src/text/font.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ pub struct FontHandle(pub(crate) usize);
 #[cfg(feature = "builtin_font")]
 pub const BUILTIN_FONT: FontHandle = FontHandle(0);
 
+
+pub(crate) const DEFAULT_FONT: FontHandle = {
+  #[cfg(feature = "builtin_font")] { BUILTIN_FONT }
+  #[cfg(not(feature = "builtin_font"))] { FontHandle(0) }
+};
+
 #[cfg(feature = "builtin_font")]
 const BUILTIN_FONT_DATA: &[u8] = include_bytes!("../../assets/font/ProggyTiny.ttf");