diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 009c3353..9d598b8c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,9 +11,23 @@ $ export JDK_LIB_DIR=/usr/local/share/jdk1.6.0_30/jre/lib/i386/client/
 $ npm install java
 ```
 
+## Installation Windows
+
+* Install Python
+* Download node.js source
+* Run a Visual Studios command prompt
+* Build node.js source by running "vcbuild.bat release"
+* The directory where jvm.dll exists must be in the PATH.
+
+```bash
+$ set NODE_ROOT=C:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs
+$ vcbuild.bat
+```
+
 ## Installation Mac
 
 ```bash
+$ ???
 $ npm install java
 ```
 
diff --git a/src/java.cpp b/src/java.cpp
index 169cbb69..274fb3d9 100644
--- a/src/java.cpp
+++ b/src/java.cpp
@@ -69,7 +69,11 @@ v8::Handle<v8::Value> Java::createJVM(JavaVM** jvm, JNIEnv** env) {
   v8::Local<v8::Array> classPathArray = v8::Array::Cast(*classPathValue);
   for(uint32_t i=0; i<classPathArray->Length(); i++) {
     if(i != 0) {
-      classPath << ":"; // TODO: figure out path seperator
+      #ifdef WIN32
+      	classPath << ";";
+      #else
+      	classPath << ":";
+      #endif
     }
     v8::Local<v8::Value> arrayItemValue = classPathArray->Get(i);
     if(!arrayItemValue->IsString()) {
diff --git a/src/methodCallBaton.cpp b/src/methodCallBaton.cpp
index 69738cd6..f3beb2c3 100644
--- a/src/methodCallBaton.cpp
+++ b/src/methodCallBaton.cpp
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ MethodCallBaton::~MethodCallBaton() {
 }
 
 void MethodCallBaton::run() {
-  eio_custom(MethodCallBaton::EIO_MethodCall, EIO_PRI_DEFAULT, MethodCallBaton::EIO_AfterMethodCall, this);
-  ev_ref(EV_DEFAULT_UC);
+  uv_work_t* req = new uv_work_t();
+  req->data = this;
+  uv_queue_work(uv_default_loop(), req, MethodCallBaton::EIO_MethodCall, MethodCallBaton::EIO_AfterMethodCall);
 }
 
 v8::Handle<v8::Value> MethodCallBaton::runSync() {
@@ -32,20 +33,19 @@ v8::Handle<v8::Value> MethodCallBaton::runSync() {
   return resultsToV8(env);
 }
 
-/*static*/ void MethodCallBaton::EIO_MethodCall(eio_req* req) {
+/*static*/ void MethodCallBaton::EIO_MethodCall(uv_work_t* req) {
   MethodCallBaton* self = static_cast<MethodCallBaton*>(req->data);
   JNIEnv *env = javaAttachCurrentThread(self->m_java->getJvm());
   self->execute(env);
   javaDetachCurrentThread(self->m_java->getJvm());
 }
 
-/*static*/ int MethodCallBaton::EIO_AfterMethodCall(eio_req* req) {
+/*static*/ void MethodCallBaton::EIO_AfterMethodCall(uv_work_t* req) {
   MethodCallBaton* self = static_cast<MethodCallBaton*>(req->data);
   JNIEnv *env = self->m_java->getJavaEnv();
   self->after(env);
-  ev_unref(EV_DEFAULT_UC);
+  delete req;
   delete self;
-  return 0;
 }
 
 void MethodCallBaton::after(JNIEnv *env) {
diff --git a/src/methodCallBaton.h b/src/methodCallBaton.h
index 029c8494..2e13e4d7 100644
--- a/src/methodCallBaton.h
+++ b/src/methodCallBaton.h
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 #ifndef _methodcallbaton_h_
 #define _methodcallbaton_h_
 
+#include "utils.h"
 #include <v8.h>
 #include <node.h>
 #include <jni.h>
 #include <list>
-#include "utils.h"
 
 class Java;
 class JavaObject;
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ class MethodCallBaton {
   MethodCallBaton(Java* java, jobject method, jarray args, v8::Handle<v8::Value>& callback);
   virtual ~MethodCallBaton();
 
-  static void EIO_MethodCall(eio_req* req);
-  static int EIO_AfterMethodCall(eio_req* req);
+  static void EIO_MethodCall(uv_work_t* req);
+  static void EIO_AfterMethodCall(uv_work_t* req);
   void run();
   v8::Handle<v8::Value> runSync();
 
diff --git a/src/nodeJavaBridge.cpp b/src/nodeJavaBridge.cpp
index 3efcbccc..b98d1496 100644
--- a/src/nodeJavaBridge.cpp
+++ b/src/nodeJavaBridge.cpp
@@ -10,3 +10,11 @@ extern "C" {
 
   NODE_MODULE(nodejavabridge_bindings, init);
 }
+
+#ifdef WIN32
+
+BOOL APIENTRY DllMain(HMODULE hModule, DWORD ul_reason_for_call, LPVOID lpReserved) {
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+#endif
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/utils.cpp b/src/utils.cpp
index 2cd28b31..259dfb1e 100644
--- a/src/utils.cpp
+++ b/src/utils.cpp
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ std::string javaToString(JNIEnv *env, jstring str) {
 
 std::string javaObjectToString(JNIEnv *env, jobject obj) {
   if(obj == NULL) {
-    return "";
+    return "(null)";
   }
   jclass objClazz = env->GetObjectClass(obj);
   jmethodID methodId = env->GetMethodID(objClazz, "toString", "()Ljava/lang/String;");
@@ -161,8 +161,9 @@ void javaDetachCurrentThread(JavaVM* jvm) {
 
 jvalueType javaGetType(JNIEnv *env, jclass type) {
   // TODO: has to be a better way
-  const char *typeStr = javaObjectToString(env, type).c_str();
-  //printf("%s\n", typeStr);
+  std::string str = javaObjectToString(env, type);
+  const char *typeStr = str.c_str();
+  //printf("javaGetType: %s\n", typeStr);
   if(strcmp(typeStr, "int") == 0) {
     return TYPE_INT;
   } else if(strcmp(typeStr, "long") == 0) {
diff --git a/src/utils.h b/src/utils.h
index 1d5abaf6..f8d7e73b 100644
--- a/src/utils.h
+++ b/src/utils.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #ifndef _utils_h_
 #define _utils_h_
 
+#define BUILDING_NODE_EXTENSION 1
 #include <v8.h>
 #include <jni.h>
 #include <list>
diff --git a/vcbuild.bat b/vcbuild.bat
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a1cd33fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vcbuild.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+@echo OFF
+
+echo Check for nodejs build location variable: %NODE_ROOT%
+if not defined NODE_ROOT goto nodebuild-not-found
+if not exist "%NODE_ROOT%\src\node.h" goto nodebuild-not-found
+if not exist "%NODE_ROOT%\deps\v8\include\v8.h" goto nodebuild-not-found
+if not exist "%NODE_ROOT%\deps\uv\include\uv.h" goto nodebuild-not-found
+
+echo detect the location of the node.lib file
+set nodelibpath=
+if exist "%NODE_ROOT%\Release\node.lib" set nodelibpath=%NODE_ROOT%\Release
+if not defined nodelibpath if exist "%NODE_ROOT%\Debug\node.lib" set nodelibpath=%NODE_ROOT%\Debug
+if not defined nodelibpath goto nodebuild-not-found
+
+echo detect java
+if not defined NODE_ROOT goto java-not-found
+if not exist "%JAVA_HOME%\include\jni.h" goto java-not-found
+if not exist "%JAVA_HOME%\lib\jvm.lib" goto java-not-found
+
+echo Check for visual studio tools if not already loaded
+if defined VCINSTALLDIR goto start-compilation
+if not defined VS100COMNTOOLS goto msbuild-not-found
+if not exist "%VS100COMNTOOLS%..\..\vc\vcvarsall.bat" goto msbuild-not-found
+call "%VS100COMNTOOLS%..\..\vc\vcvarsall.bat"
+if not defined VCINSTALLDIR goto msbuild-not-found
+
+:start-compilation
+echo Compiling...
+@rem "support throws" "don't strip comments" "no banner" "disable intrinsic functions" "no optimization" "calling conversion __cdecl" "no analysis" "the /I adds some folders in the include path"
+rem /ZI /nologo /W3 /WX- /Od /Oy- /D "WIN32" /D "_DEBUG" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "_USRDLL" /D "NODEJAVA_EXPORTS" /D "_WINDLL" /D "_UNICODE" /D "UNICODE" /Gm /EHsc /RTC1 /GS /fp:precise /Zc:wchar_t /Zc:forScope /Yu"StdAfx.h" /Fp"Debug\node-java.pch" /Fa"Debug\" /Fo"Debug\" /Fd"Debug\vc100.pdb" /Gd /analyze- /errorReport:queue 
+cl.exe src\*.cpp /D "WIN32" /D "_WINDOWS" /D "_WINDLL" /EHsc /c /nologo /Oi- /Od /Gd /analyze- /I "%NODE_ROOT%\deps\v8\include" /I "%NODE_ROOT%\src" /I "%NODE_ROOT%\deps\uv\include" /I "%JAVA_HOME%\include" /I "%JAVA_HOME%\include\win32"
+if errorlevel 1 goto exit-error
+echo Done compiling. Linking...
+echo Using %nodelibpath%\node.lib file to link to
+link *.obj node.lib jvm.lib uv.lib /OUT:"nodejavabridge_bindings.dll" /NOLOGO /DLL /MANIFEST:NO /SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS /TLBID:1 /DYNAMICBASE /NXCOMPAT /MACHINE:X86 /LIBPATH:%nodelibpath% /LIBPATH:%nodelibpath%/lib /LIBPATH:"%JAVA_HOME%\lib"
+if errorlevel 1 goto exit-error
+echo Done linking
+echo Cleaning up
+if not exist build mkdir build
+if not exist build\Release mkdir build\Release
+move nodejavabridge_bindings.dll build\Release\nodejavabridge_bindings.node
+echo Finished
+goto exit
+
+:msbuild-not-found
+echo Visual studio tools were not found! Please check the VS100COMNTOOLS path variable
+goto exit
+
+:nodebuild-not-found
+echo Node build path not found! Please check the NODE_ROOT path variable exists and that it points to the root of the git repo where you have build 
+goto exit
+
+:java-not-found
+echo Java not found! Please check JAVA_HOME variable.
+goto exit
+
+:exit-error
+echo An error occured. Please check the above output
+:exit