diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index a080bdd..0fdde4e 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -1,11 +1,31 @@
-#include "mainwindow.h"
+#include "mainwindow.h"
 #include <QApplication>
+#include <winsock2.h>
+
+// Need to link with Ws2_32.lib
+#pragma comment(lib, "ws2_32.lib")
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
+
+	/* Use the MAKEWORD(lowbyte, highbyte) macro declared in Windef.h */
+	WORD wVersionRequested = MAKEWORD(2, 2);
+	WSADATA wsaData;
+	int err = WSAStartup(wVersionRequested, &wsaData);
+	if (err != 0) {
+		/* Tell the user that we could not find a usable */
+		/* Winsock DLL.                                  */
+		printf("WSAStartup failed with error: %d\n", err);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
 	QApplication a(argc, argv);
 	MainWindow w;
 	w.show();
 
-	return a.exec();
+	int result = a.exec();
+
+	WSACleanup();
+
+	return result;
 }