diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e7aeef0..af0437b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ add_definitions(-DLASP_MAX_NFFT=33554432) # 2**25
 add_definitions(-D_REENTRANT)
 
 # ############### Choose an fft backend here
-#set(LASP_FFT_BACKEND fftpack)
-set(LASP_FFT_BACKEND "fftw")
+set(LASP_FFT_BACKEND fftpack)
+#set(LASP_FFT_BACKEND "fftw")
 
 if(LASP_FFT_BACKEND STREQUAL "fftw")
     find_library(FFTW_LIBRARY NAMES fftw3 fftw)
@@ -55,6 +55,32 @@ endif(NOT DEFINED LASP_DEBUG)
 set(Python_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS "3")
 # #################### Setting definitions and debug-specific compilation flags
 
+# General make flags
+set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -std=c11 -Wall -Wextra -Wno-type-limits \
+-Werror=implicit-function-declaration  \
+-Werror=return-type")
+
+if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Windows")
+    set(win32 true)
+	message("Building for Windows")
+	include_directories(
+		..\\rtaudio
+		C:\\mingw\\include\\OpenBLAS
+		)
+	add_definitions(-DMS_WIN64)
+	link_directories(C:\\mingw\\lib)
+	link_directories(C:\\mingw\\bin)
+	link_directories(..\\rtaudio)
+	link_directories(C:\\Users\\librewin7\\Miniconda3)
+else()
+    set(win32 false)
+	set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -fPIC -std=c11 \
+	-Werror=incompatible-pointer-types")
+		
+
+	
+endif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Windows")
+
 if(LASP_DEBUG)
     set(TRACERNAME LASPTracer)
     set(LASP_DEBUG_CYTHON=True)
@@ -87,10 +113,7 @@ endif(LASP_DEBUG)
 ############################## General compilation flags (independent of debug mode, windows or linux)
 set(CYTHON_EXTRA_C_FLAGS "-Wno-sign-compare -Wno-cpp -Wno-implicit-fallthrough -Wno-incompatible-pointer-types -Wno-strict-aliasing")
 
-# General make flags
-set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -fPIC -std=c11  -Wall -Wextra -Wno-type-limits \
--Werror=implicit-function-declaration -Werror=incompatible-pointer-types \
--Werror=return-type")
+
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fPIC -std=c++11  -Wall -Wextra \
 -Wno-type-limits")
@@ -111,11 +134,7 @@ endif(LASP_USE_BLAS)
 
 # ############################# End compilation flags
 
-if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Windows")
-    set(win32 true)
-else()
-    set(win32 false)
-endif(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Windows")
+
 
 find_package(PythonLibs REQUIRED )
 find_package(PythonInterp REQUIRED)
diff --git a/lasp/CMakeLists.txt b/lasp/CMakeLists.txt
index 021e6d5..c44e31d 100644
--- a/lasp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lasp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ add_subdirectory(device)
 
 set_source_files_properties(wrappers.c PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} ${CYTHON_EXTRA_C_FLAGS}")
 cython_add_module(wrappers wrappers.pyx)
-target_link_libraries(wrappers lasp_lib )
+target_link_libraries(wrappers lasp_lib python37)
diff --git a/lasp/c/lasp_mq.c b/lasp/c/lasp_mq.c
index d2c7ab1..e30f555 100644
--- a/lasp/c/lasp_mq.c
+++ b/lasp/c/lasp_mq.c
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
 #define _GNU_SOURCE
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#ifndef MS_WIN64
 #include <sys/syscall.h>
+#endif
 /* #endif */
 
 typedef struct {
diff --git a/lasp/c/lasp_tracer.c b/lasp/c/lasp_tracer.c
index ebcee45..f122a77 100644
--- a/lasp/c/lasp_tracer.c
+++ b/lasp/c/lasp_tracer.c
@@ -11,17 +11,17 @@
 #include "lasp_types.h"
 
 #ifdef _REENTRANT
-#include <stdatomic.h>
-static _Thread_local us ASCEE_FN_LEVEL = 0;
 
-static _Atomic(int) TRACERNAME = ATOMIC_VAR_INIT(DEFAULTTRACERLEVEL);
+static __thread us ASCEE_FN_LEVEL = 0;
+
+static int TRACERNAME = DEFAULTTRACERLEVEL;
 
 
 void setTracerLevel(int level) {
-    atomic_store(&TRACERNAME,level);
+    __sync_lock_test_and_set(&TRACERNAME, level);
 }
 int getTracerLevel() {
-    return atomic_load(&TRACERNAME);
+    return __sync_fetch_and_add(&TRACERNAME, 0);
 }
 
 #else
diff --git a/lasp/c/lasp_worker.c b/lasp/c/lasp_worker.c
index 9d69aad..239c87f 100644
--- a/lasp/c/lasp_worker.c
+++ b/lasp/c/lasp_worker.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ typedef struct Workers_s {
     us num_workers;
 } Workers;
 
-static void* threadfcn(void* data);
+static void threadfcn(void* data);
 
 Workers* Workers_create(const us num_workers,
                         JobQueue* jq,
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ void Workers_free(Workers* w) {
 
 }
 
-static void* threadfcn(void* thread_global_data) {
+static void threadfcn(void* thread_global_data) {
 
     TRACE(15,"Started worker thread function");
     dbgassert(thread_global_data,NULLPTRDEREF "thread_data in"
diff --git a/lasp/device/CMakeLists.txt b/lasp/device/CMakeLists.txt
index 708995a..a2fed95 100644
--- a/lasp/device/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lasp/device/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,5 +5,4 @@ set_source_files_properties(lasp_rtaudio.cxx PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS
 
 cython_add_module(lasp_rtaudio lasp_rtaudio.pyx)
 
-# target_link_libraries(lasp_portaudio portaudio) */
-target_link_libraries(lasp_rtaudio pthread rtaudio)
+target_link_libraries(lasp_rtaudio pthread rtaudio python37)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lasp/lasp_common.py b/lasp/lasp_common.py
index d623be6..60e856b 100644
--- a/lasp/lasp_common.py
+++ b/lasp/lasp_common.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import os
 import platform
 import shelve
-
+import sys
 import appdirs
 import numpy as np
 
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ lasp_appdir = appdirs.user_data_dir('Lasp', 'ASCEE')
 
 if not os.path.exists(lasp_appdir):
     try:
-        os.mkdir(lasp_appdir)
+        os.makedirs(lasp_appdir, exist_ok=True)
     except:
         print('Fatal error: could not create application directory')
-        exit(1)
+        sys.exit(1)
 
 class Shelve:
     def load(self, key, default_value):