diff --git a/cbuild b/cbuild
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..dd6253f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cbuild
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit dd6253f636a3e3ec2e4fb44e4bf08cecf88ffb9d
diff --git a/default.config b/default.config
index 23c2c06..2018f93 100644
--- a/default.config
+++ b/default.config
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-CBUILD_VERSION=3
-CONFIG_VERSION=4
+CBUILD_VERSION=4
+CONFIG_VERSION=5
 
 PROJECT=kerep
 CMP_C=gcc
@@ -20,52 +20,44 @@ EXEC_FILE=$PROJECT.com
 SHARED_LIB_FILE=$PROJECT.so
 STATIC_LIB_FILE=$PROJECT.a
 
+#can be used in tasks
+#PRE_TASK_SCRIPT=
+#POST_TASK_SCRIPT=
+
 case $TASK in
     build_exec)
         C_ARGS="-O2"
         CPP_ARGS="$C_ARGS"
         LINKER_ARGS=""
         TASK_SCRIPT=cbuild/default_tasks/build_exec.sh
-        PRE_TASK_SCRIPT=tasks/pre_build.sh
-        POST_TASK_SCRIPT=
         ;;
     build_exec_dbg)
         C_ARGS="-O0 -g"
         CPP_ARGS="$C_ARGS"
         LINKER_ARGS=""
         TASK_SCRIPT=cbuild/default_tasks/build_exec.sh
-        PRE_TASK_SCRIPT=tasks/pre_build.sh
-        POST_TASK_SCRIPT=
         ;;
     build_shared_lib)
         C_ARGS="-O2 -fpic -flto -shared"
         CPP_ARGS="$C_ARGS"
         LINKER_ARGS="-Wl,-soname,$SHARED_LIB_FILE"
         TASK_SCRIPT=cbuild/default_tasks/build_shared_lib.sh
-        PRE_TASK_SCRIPT=tasks/pre_build.sh
-        POST_TASK_SCRIPT=
         ;;
     build_shared_lib_dbg)
         C_ARGS="-O0 -g -fpic -shared"
         CPP_ARGS="$C_ARGS"
         LINKER_ARGS="-Wl,-soname,$SHARED_LIB_FILE"
         TASK_SCRIPT=cbuild/default_tasks/build_shared_lib.sh
-        PRE_TASK_SCRIPT=tasks/pre_build.sh
-        POST_TASK_SCRIPT=
         ;;
     build_static_lib)
         C_ARGS="-O2 -fpic"
-        CPP_ARGS="$C_ARGS" 
+        CPP_ARGS="$C_ARGS"
         TASK_SCRIPT=cbuild/default_tasks/build_static_lib.sh
-        PRE_TASK_SCRIPT=tasks/pre_build.sh
-        POST_TASK_SCRIPT=
         ;;
     build_static_lib_dbg)
         C_ARGS="-O0 -g"
-        CPP_ARGS="$C_ARGS" 
+        CPP_ARGS="$C_ARGS"
         TASK_SCRIPT=cbuild/default_tasks/build_static_lib.sh
-        PRE_TASK_SCRIPT=tasks/pre_build.sh
-        POST_TASK_SCRIPT=
         ;;
     exec)
         TASK_SCRIPT=cbuild/default_tasks/exec.sh
@@ -75,3 +67,15 @@ case $TASK in
         TASK_SCRIPT=cbuild/default_tasks/valgrind.sh
         ;;
 esac
+
+case $OS in
+    WINDOWS)
+        LINKER_ARGS="$LINKER_ARGS -lws2_32"
+        ;;
+    LINUX)
+        ;;
+    *)
+        printf "${RED}operating system $OS has no configuration variants\n"
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+esac
diff --git a/src/Network/network.h b/src/Network/network.h
index 6581b35..5136e5e 100644
--- a/src/Network/network.h
+++ b/src/Network/network.h
@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #include "../base/base.h"
 
-#if defined(_WIN64) || defined(_WIN32)
-    #define KN_USE_WINSOCK 1
-#endif
-
 #include "knAddress.h"
 #include "sockets/knSocketTCP.h"
 #include "sockets/knSocketUDP.h"
diff --git a/src/Network/stdSocketHeaders.h b/src/Network/stdSocketHeaders.h
index 136db9c..a3cda90 100644
--- a/src/Network/stdSocketHeaders.h
+++ b/src/Network/stdSocketHeaders.h
@@ -4,8 +4,15 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
+#if defined(_WIN64) || defined(_WIN32)
+    #define KN_USE_WINSOCK 1
+#else 
+    #define KN_USE_WINSOCK 0
+#endif
+
 #if KN_USE_WINSOCK
     #include <winsock2.h>
+    // #include <ws2tcpip.h>
 #else
     #include <sys/types.h>
     #include <sys/socket.h>