diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d095d14..eff4582 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 CC=gcc
 CFLAGS=-g  -std=gnu99 -c -lconfig -ldl -I./lib
-BINFLAGS=-g -rdynamic -ldl -lconfig -lssl -lcrypto 
+BINFLAGS=-g -rdynamic -ldl -lconfig
 SRC=./src
 OBJ=./build
 OBJECTS=$(OBJ)/*.o
diff --git a/lib/irc.h b/lib/irc.h
index d5ee148..2540b99 100755
--- a/lib/irc.h
+++ b/lib/irc.h
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@
 #define OUTBUF_SIZE 1200000
 #define INBUF_SIZE 1200000
 
-#include <openssl/ssl.h>
-#include <openssl/err.h>
-
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #include <winsock2.h>
 #else
@@ -29,16 +26,16 @@
 
 struct irc_conn
 {
+    int ssl_fd;
+
+    int ssl_fdi;
+    int srv_fdi;
+
 #ifdef _WIN32
 	SOCKET srv_fd;
 #else
 	FILE *srv_fd;
 #endif
-
-    int ssl_fd;
-    SSL *ssl;
-    SSL_CTX *ctx;
-
     char nick[50];
     char user[50];
     char admin[256];
@@ -49,15 +46,24 @@ struct irc_conn
 #ifdef _WIN32
     BOOL use_ssl;
     BOOL verify_ssl;
+    
+    FARPROC sslmod_init;
+    FARPROC sslmod_connect;
+    FARPROC sslmod_read;
+    FARPROC sslmod_write;
+    FARPROC sslmod_cleanup;
+    FARPROC sslmod_get_fd;
 #else
     bool use_ssl;
     bool verify_ssl;
     bool sslmod_loaded;
 
+    void (*sslmod_init)();
     void (*sslmod_connect)();
     int (*sslmod_read)();
     int (*sslmod_write)();
     void (*sslmod_cleanup)();
+    int (*sslmod_get_fd)();
 
 #endif
 
@@ -74,9 +80,20 @@ typedef struct handler event_handler;
 
 void irc_connect(struct irc_conn *bot);
 void irc_auth(struct irc_conn *bot);
-void set_ssl_connect(struct irc_conn *bot, void *func);
-void set_ssl_read(struct irc_conn *bot, void *func);
-void set_ssl_write(struct irc_conn *bot, void *func);
+
+MY_API void set_ssl_init(struct irc_conn *bot, void *func);
+MY_API void set_ssl_connect(struct irc_conn *bot, void *func);
+MY_API void set_ssl_read(struct irc_conn *bot, void *func);
+MY_API void set_ssl_write(struct irc_conn *bot, void *func);
+MY_API void set_ssl_cleanup(struct irc_conn *bot, void *func);
+MY_API void set_ssl_get_fd(struct irc_conn *bot, void *func);
+
+MY_API void ssl_init();
+MY_API void ssl_connect();
+MY_API int ssl_read(char *buf, int len);
+MY_API int ssl_write(char *buf, int len);
+MY_API void ssl_cleanup();
+MY_API int ssl_get_fd();
 
 MY_API void irc_notice(struct irc_conn *bot, char *to, char *fmt, ...);
 MY_API void irc_privmsg(struct irc_conn *bot, char *to, char *fmt, ...);
diff --git a/lib/module.h b/lib/module.h
index 4f1c9e1..9f1343b 100755
--- a/lib/module.h
+++ b/lib/module.h
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 #include "irc.h"
 #include "events.h"
 
+enum module_flags
+{
+    MOD_FLAG_NO_UNLOAD = 1,
+    MOD_FLAG_NO_RELOAD = 2
+};
 
 struct module {
     char name[25];
@@ -12,6 +17,7 @@ struct module {
     char description[256];
 
     char fname[256];
+    int flags;
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
     HMODULE handle;
@@ -37,7 +43,8 @@ void unload_module(struct irc_conn *bot, char *where, char *file);
 void list_modules(struct irc_conn *bot, char *where);
 void set_bot(struct irc_conn *b);
 void set_bot_db(struct db_table *db);
-MY_API void register_module(char *name, char *author, char *version, char *description);
+
+MY_API void register_module(char *name, char *author, char *version, char *description, ...);
 MY_API void unregister_module(char *name);
 MY_API struct mods *get_mods();
 MY_API struct irc_conn *get_bot();
diff --git a/lib/util.h b/lib/util.h
index 79774d9..8c7dc11 100755
--- a/lib/util.h
+++ b/lib/util.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 #define MY_API
 #endif
 
-void eprint(char *fmt, ...);
+MY_API void eprint(char *fmt, ...);
 
 #if defined(__GLIBC__) && (__GLIBC__ < 2 || (__GLIBC__ == 2 && __GLIBC_MINOR__ < 38)) || defined(_WIN32)
 MY_API void strlcpy(char *to, const char *from, int len);
diff --git a/mods/openssl.dll b/mods/openssl.dll
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..6b88717
Binary files /dev/null and b/mods/openssl.dll differ
diff --git a/mods/openssl.lib b/mods/openssl.lib
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3055209
Binary files /dev/null and b/mods/openssl.lib differ
diff --git a/mods/openssl/Makefile b/mods/openssl/Makefile
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f5d7a50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mods/openssl/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+CC=gcc
+CFLAGS=-g -fPIC -I../../lib -lcrypto -lssl
+OBJ=../openssl.so
+
+main:
+	$(CC) -shared -o $(OBJ) $(CFLAGS) ./openssl.c
+	@echo "All Done!"
diff --git a/mods/openssl/make.bat b/mods/openssl/make.bat
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..291be5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mods/openssl/make.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+"%PROGRAMFILES%\Microsoft Visual Studio 2010\VC\vcvarsall.bat"
+
+cl /I "..\..\lib" /I "..\..\include\openssl-3.2.1\include" /c openssl.c
+link /DLL /out:..\openssl.dll openssl.obj ..\..\Debug\xbot.lib ..\..\include\openssl-3.2.1\lib\libssl.lib ..\..\include\openssl-3.2.1\lib\libcrypto.lib
+del *.obj
+
+
diff --git a/mods/openssl/openssl.c b/mods/openssl/openssl.c
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index e873dc2..5302e8b
--- a/mods/openssl/openssl.c
+++ b/mods/openssl/openssl.c
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
 
 #include "util.h"
 #include "irc.h"
-#include "events.h"
 #include "module.h"
-#include "timers.h"
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -42,9 +40,21 @@ MY_API void sslmod_init(struct irc_conn *bot)
     }
 }
 
-MY_API void sslmod_connect(struct irc_conn *bot)
+MY_API int get_ssl_fd()
 {
-    if (SSL_set_fd(ssl, fileno(bot->srv_fd)) == 0)
+    printf("ssl_fd: %d\n", ssl_fd);
+    return ssl_fd;
+}
+
+MY_API void sslmod_connect()
+{
+    struct irc_conn *bot = get_bot();
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    if (SSL_set_fd(ssl, bot->srv_fd) == 0)
+#else
+    if (SSL_set_fd(ssl, bot->srv_fdi) == 0)
+#endif
     {
         eprint("Error: Cannot set SSL file descriptor\n");
     }
@@ -54,18 +64,66 @@ MY_API void sslmod_connect(struct irc_conn *bot)
         eprint("Error: Cannot connect to SSL server\n");
     }
 
-    ssl_fd = fileno(bot->srv_fd);
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    bot->ssl_fd = bot->srv_fd;
+#else
+    bot->ssl_fd = bot->srv_fdi;
+#endif
+}
+
+MY_API void sslmod_write(char *buf, int len)
+{
+    int n;
+    if ((n = SSL_write(ssl, buf, len)) <= 0)
+    {
+        eprint("Error: Cannot write to SSL server\n");
+    }
+} 
+
+MY_API int sslmod_read(char *buf, int len)
+{
+    int n;
+    unsigned long ssl_err;
+
+    if ((n = SSL_read(ssl, buf, len)) <= 0)
+    {
+        eprint("xbot: error on SSL_read()\n");
+
+        ssl_err = ERR_get_error();
+        if (ssl_err)
+        {
+            eprint("SSL error: %s\n", ERR_error_string(ssl_err, NULL));
+        }
+
+        return -1;
+    }
+    return n;
+}
+
+MY_API void sslmod_cleanup()
+{
+    SSL_shutdown(ssl);
+    SSL_free(ssl);
+    SSL_CTX_free(ctx);
+    ERR_free_strings();
+    EVP_cleanup();
 }
 
 MY_API void mod_init()
 {
-    register_module("openssl", "Aaron Blakely", "1.0", "SSL/TLS support using OpenSSL");
+    struct irc_conn *bot = get_bot();
 
+    register_module("openssl", "Aaron Blakely", "1.0", "SSL/TLS support using OpenSSL", MOD_FLAG_NO_UNLOAD);
+    set_ssl_init(bot, sslmod_init);
+    set_ssl_connect(bot, sslmod_connect);
+    set_ssl_write(bot, sslmod_write);
+    set_ssl_read(bot, sslmod_read);
+    set_ssl_cleanup(bot, sslmod_cleanup);
 
+    printf("OpenSSL module loaded\n");
 }
 
-MY_API void mod_unlaod()
+MY_API void mod_unload()
 {
-    unregister_module("openssl");
-
+    // should never be called because of MOD_FLAG_NO_UNLOAD
 }
diff --git a/src/irc.c b/src/irc.c
index d158df7..ce2b6fb 100755
--- a/src/irc.c
+++ b/src/irc.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "irc.h"
 #include "util.h"
 #include "events.h"
+#include "module.h"
 #include "channel.h"
 
 #include <string.h>
@@ -44,29 +45,7 @@ void irc_connect(struct irc_conn *bot)
     SetConsoleTitle(titlebuf);
 
     if (bot->use_ssl)
-    {
-        SSL_library_init();
-        SSL_load_error_strings();
-        bot->ctx = SSL_CTX_new(SSLv23_client_method());
-        if (bot->ctx == NULL)
-        {
-            eprint("Error: Cannot create SSL context\n");
-        }
-
-        if (bot->verify_ssl)
-        {
-            SSL_CTX_set_verify(bot->ctx, SSL_VERIFY_PEER, NULL);
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            SSL_CTX_set_verify(bot->ctx, SSL_VERIFY_NONE, NULL);
-        }
-
-        if ((bot->ssl = SSL_new(bot->ctx)) == NULL)
-        {
-            eprint("Error: Cannot create SSL object\n");
-        }
-    }
+        ssl_init();
 
     if (WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(2, 2), &wsaData) != 0) {
         eprint("WSAStartup failed.\n");
@@ -115,52 +94,16 @@ void irc_connect(struct irc_conn *bot)
 
 
     if (bot->use_ssl)
-    {
-        if (SSL_set_fd(bot->ssl, bot->srv_fd) == 0)
-        {
-            eprint("Error: Cannot set SSL file descriptor\n");
-        }
-
-        if (SSL_connect(bot->ssl) != 1)
-        {
-            eprint("Error: Cannot connect to SSL server\n");
-        }
-
-        bot->ssl_fd = bot->srv_fd;
-    }
+        ssl_connect();
 
     sprintf(titlebuf, "xbot [connected]: %s:%s", bot->host, bot->port);
     SetConsoleTitle(titlebuf);
 #else
-    int srv_fd;
     struct addrinfo hints;
     struct addrinfo *res, *r;
 
     if (bot->use_ssl)
-    {
-        SSL_library_init();
-        SSL_load_error_strings();
-        bot->ctx = SSL_CTX_new(SSLv23_client_method());
-        if (bot->ctx == NULL)
-        {
-            eprint("Error: Cannot create SSL context\n");
-        }
-
-        if (bot->verify_ssl)
-        {
-            SSL_CTX_set_verify(bot->ctx, SSL_VERIFY_PEER, NULL);
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            SSL_CTX_set_verify(bot->ctx, SSL_VERIFY_NONE, NULL);
-        }
-
-        if ((bot->ssl = SSL_new(bot->ctx)) == NULL)
-        {
-            eprint("Error: Cannot create SSL object\n");
-        }
-    }
-    
+        ssl_init();
 
     memset(&hints, 0, sizeof hints);
     hints.ai_family		= AF_UNSPEC;
@@ -173,17 +116,17 @@ void irc_connect(struct irc_conn *bot)
 
     for (r = res; r; r->ai_next)
     {
-        if ((srv_fd = socket(r->ai_family, r->ai_socktype, r->ai_protocol)) == -1)
+        if ((bot->srv_fdi = socket(r->ai_family, r->ai_socktype, r->ai_protocol)) == -1)
         {
             continue;
         }
 
-        if (connect(srv_fd, r->ai_addr, r->ai_addrlen) == 0)
+        if (connect(bot->srv_fdi, r->ai_addr, r->ai_addrlen) == 0)
         {
             break;
         }
 
-        close(srv_fd);
+        close(bot->srv_fdi);
     }
 
     freeaddrinfo(res);
@@ -194,21 +137,9 @@ void irc_connect(struct irc_conn *bot)
 
 
     if (bot->use_ssl)
-    {
-        if (SSL_set_fd(bot->ssl, srv_fd) == 0)
-        {
-            eprint("Error: Cannot set SSL file descriptor\n");
-        }
+        ssl_connect();
 
-        if (SSL_connect(bot->ssl) != 1)
-        {
-            eprint("Error: Cannot connect to SSL server\n");
-        }
-
-        bot->ssl_fd = srv_fd;
-    }
-
-    bot->srv_fd = FDOPEN(srv_fd, "r+");
+    bot->srv_fd = FDOPEN(bot->srv_fdi, "r+");
     xlog("[IRC] Connected!\n");
 #endif
 }
@@ -227,6 +158,84 @@ void irc_auth(struct irc_conn *bot)
 #endif
 }
 
+void set_ssl_init(struct irc_conn *bot, void *func)
+{
+    bot->sslmod_init = func;
+}
+
+void set_ssl_connect(struct irc_conn *bot, void *func)
+{
+    bot->sslmod_connect = func;
+}
+
+void set_ssl_write(struct irc_conn *bot, void *func)
+{
+    bot->sslmod_write = func;
+}
+
+void set_ssl_read(struct irc_conn *bot, void *func)
+{
+    bot->sslmod_read = func;
+}
+
+void set_ssl_cleanup(struct irc_conn *bot, void *func)
+{
+    bot->sslmod_cleanup = func;
+}
+
+void set_ssl_get_fd(struct irc_conn *bot, void *func)
+{
+    bot->sslmod_get_fd = func;
+}
+
+void ssl_init()
+{
+    struct irc_conn *bot = get_bot();
+    void *sslinit = bot->sslmod_init;
+
+    ((void (*)())sslinit)();
+}
+
+void ssl_connect()
+{
+    struct irc_conn *bot = get_bot();
+    void *sslconnect = bot->sslmod_connect;
+
+    ((void (*)())sslconnect)();
+}
+
+int ssl_read(char *buf, int len)
+{
+    struct irc_conn *bot = get_bot();
+    void *sslread = bot->sslmod_read;
+
+    return ((int (*)(char *, int))sslread)(buf, len);
+}
+
+int ssl_write(char *buf, int len)
+{
+    struct irc_conn *bot = get_bot();
+    void *sslwrite = bot->sslmod_write;
+
+    return ((int (*)(char *, int))sslwrite)(buf, len);
+}
+
+void ssl_cleanup()
+{
+    struct irc_conn *bot = get_bot();
+    void *sslcleanup = bot->sslmod_cleanup;
+
+    ((void (*)())sslcleanup)();
+}
+
+int ssl_get_fd()
+{
+    struct irc_conn *bot = get_bot();
+    void *sslgetfd = bot->sslmod_get_fd;
+
+    return ((int (*)())sslgetfd)();
+}
+
 void irc_notice(struct irc_conn *bot, char *to, char *fmt, ...)
 {
     char msg_[4096];
@@ -266,7 +275,7 @@ void irc_raw(struct irc_conn *bot, char *fmt, ...)
     if (bot->use_ssl)
     {
         sprintf(outbuf, "%s\r\n", bot->out);
-        if (SSL_write(bot->ssl, outbuf, strlen(outbuf)) <= 0)
+        if (ssl_write(outbuf, strlen(outbuf)) <= 0)
         {
             eprint("Error: Cannot write to SSL server\n");
         }
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 1b34ee1..74d808c 100755
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
         if (bot.use_ssl)
         {
-            FD_SET(SSL_get_fd(bot.ssl), &rd);
+            FD_SET(bot.ssl_fd, &rd);
         }
         else
         {
@@ -210,20 +210,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		{
             if (bot.use_ssl)
             {
-                bytesRecv = SSL_read(bot.ssl, bot.in, INBUF_SIZE);
+                bytesRecv = ssl_read(bot.in, INBUF_SIZE);
                 if (bytesRecv <= 0)
                 {
-                    eprint("xbot: error on SSL_read()\n");
-
-                    ssl_err = ERR_get_error();
-                    if (ssl_err)
-                    {
-                        eprint("SSL error: %s\n", ERR_error_string(ssl_err, NULL));
-                    }
-
-
                     return -1;
-
                 }
 
                 bot.in[bytesRecv] = '\0';
diff --git a/src/module.c b/src/module.c
index c245d43..8cc49d2 100755
--- a/src/module.c
+++ b/src/module.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #include <windows.h>
@@ -222,10 +223,23 @@ void unload_module(struct irc_conn *bot, char *where, char *file)
     int i;
     for (i = 0; i < mods->count; i++)
     {
-        (*mods->modules[i].unload)();
-
         if (strcmp(mods->modules[i].fname, file) == 0)
         {
+            if (mods->modules[i].flags & MOD_FLAG_NO_UNLOAD)
+            {
+                if (strcmp(PRIVMSG_CHAN, where))
+                {
+                    irc_notice(bot, where, "Module '%s' cannot be unloaded.", file);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    xlog("[module] Module '%s' cannot be unloaded.\n", file);
+                }
+                return;
+            }
+
+
+            (*mods->modules[i].unload)();
 #ifdef _WIN32
             FreeLibrary(mods->modules[i].handle);
 #else
@@ -270,8 +284,10 @@ void list_modules(struct irc_conn *bot, char *where)
     free(tmp);
 }
 
-MY_API void register_module(char *name, char *author, char *version, char *description)
+MY_API void register_module(char *name, char *author, char *version, char *description, ...)
 {
+    va_list args;
+
     if (mods->count >= 512)
     {
         eprint("Error: Too many modules loaded.\n");
@@ -282,6 +298,17 @@ MY_API void register_module(char *name, char *author, char *version, char *descr
     strlcpy(mods->modules[mods->count].author, author, 50);
     strlcpy(mods->modules[mods->count].version, version, 10);
     strlcpy(mods->modules[mods->count].description, description, 256);
+
+    va_start(args, description);
+
+    mods->modules[mods->count].flags = va_arg(args, int);
+
+    if (mods->modules[mods->count].flags & MOD_FLAG_NO_UNLOAD)
+    {
+        xlog("[module] Module '%s' cannot be unloaded.\n", name);
+    }
+
+    va_end(args);
 }
 
 MY_API void unregister_module(char *name)
diff --git a/xbot.cfg b/xbot.cfg
index 0c57e62..d16b2c9 100755
--- a/xbot.cfg
+++ b/xbot.cfg
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ bot:
 server:
 {
 	host = "memphis.ephasic.org";
-	port = "6697";
+	port = "6667";
 
-    ssl = true;
+    ssl = false;
     ssl_verify = false;
 };
 
diff --git a/xbot.vcxproj b/xbot.vcxproj
index 5e7348a..41b44ee 100755
--- a/xbot.vcxproj
+++ b/xbot.vcxproj
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
     <ClCompile>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>.;lib;include\openssl-3.2.1\include;include\libconfig-1.7.3\lib;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>.;lib;include\libconfig-1.7.3\lib;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE;MY_DLL_EXPORTS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <MinimalRebuild>true</MinimalRebuild>
       <BasicRuntimeChecks>EnableFastChecks</BasicRuntimeChecks>
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@
       <DebugInformationFormat>EditAndContinue</DebugInformationFormat>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>libcrypto.lib;libssl.lib;libconfig.lib;ws2_32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
-      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>include;include\openssl-3.2.1\lib;%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>libconfig.lib;ws2_32.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>include;%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
       <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>
       <TargetMachine>MachineX86</TargetMachine>