diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index bbe2c79..eb8148e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ name = "cynthiaweb"
 path = "./source/Main/main.rs"
 
 [features]
-default = ["js_runtime"]
+default = ["js_runtime", "selfinit"]
+selfinit = ["dep:rust-lzma"]
 js_runtime = []
 
 
@@ -34,13 +35,14 @@ lto = true
 panic = 'abort'
 
 [dependencies]
+rust-lzma = { version = "0.6.0", optional = true }
+chrono = "0.4.38"
 futures = "0.3.30"
 actix-web = "4"
 actix-files = "0.6"
 serde = { version = "1.0.104", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_yaml = "0.9.29"
 # colored = "2.0.4" // No longer needed, Cynthia uses its own color module
-chrono = "0.4.38"
 simplelog = "0.12.2"
 indicatif = "0.17.8"
 log = "0.4.21"
@@ -75,8 +77,7 @@ reqwest = { version = "0.12.5" }
 interactive_process = "0.1.3"
 serde_dhall = "0.12.1"
 regex = "1.10.3"
-rust-lzma = "0.6.0"
 
 [build-dependencies]
-rust-lzma = "0.6.0"
+rust-lzma = { version = "0.6.0", optional = true }
 tar = "0.4.40"
diff --git a/README.MD b/README.MD
index cfb4fcb..6c2b03c 100644
--- a/README.MD
+++ b/README.MD
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ Cynthia is currently in development, and is not yet ready for use. Cynthia is se
 > [!WARNING]  
 > Windows support is not yet available. Cynthia is currently only supported on Linux and MacOS.
 > As I don't run servers on Windows, it doesn't make sense for me to support it. If you want to run Cynthia on Windows, you can try using WSL2.
-> This might be fixed in the future, but it's not something I'm actively working on.
+> 
+>> UPDATE: If you _need_ Windows support timely, disable the `selfinit` feature while compiling Cynthia. This will remove the need for the lzma crate, which is not yet supported on Windows.
 
 ## usage
 
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index 85bc181..5f0f47b 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -8,33 +8,35 @@ const FILES: [&str; 1] = ["cleansheet"];
 
 fn main() {
     {
-        let packed_folder = {
-            let mut pkd = Vec::new();
-            let mut archive = tar::Builder::new(&mut pkd);
-            archive.append_dir_all("", "cleansheet").unwrap();
-            archive.finish().unwrap();
-            drop(archive);
-            pkd
-        };
-
-        let compressed_file = lzma::compress(&packed_folder, 9).unwrap();
-        std::fs::write("./target/cleansheet.tar.xz", compressed_file).unwrap();
+        #[cfg(feature = "selfinit")]
         {
-            let mut filelist: String = String::new();
-            let paths = std::fs::read_dir("./cleansheet/").unwrap();
+            let packed_folder = {
+                let mut pkd = Vec::new();
+                let mut archive = tar::Builder::new(&mut pkd);
+                archive.append_dir_all("", "cleansheet").unwrap();
+                archive.finish().unwrap();
+                drop(archive);
+                pkd
+            };
+
+            let compressed_file = lzma::compress(&packed_folder, 9).unwrap();
+            std::fs::write("./target/cleansheet.tar.xz", compressed_file).unwrap();
+            {
+                let mut filelist: String = String::new();
+                let paths = std::fs::read_dir("./cleansheet/").unwrap();
 
-            for path in paths {
-                filelist.push_str(
-                    format!("{}\n", path.unwrap().path().display())
-                        .as_str()
-                        .replace("./cleansheet/", "")
-                        .as_str(),
-                );
+                for path in paths {
+                    filelist.push_str(
+                        format!("{}\n", path.unwrap().path().display())
+                            .as_str()
+                            .replace("./cleansheet/", "")
+                            .as_str(),
+                    );
+                }
+                std::fs::write("./target/cleansheet.filelist.txt", filelist).unwrap();
             }
-            std::fs::write("./target/cleansheet.filelist.txt", filelist).unwrap();
         }
     }
-
     #[cfg(not(feature = "js_runtime"))]
     println!("cargo:warning=Node features are disabled. This means you won't need a node runtime to build or run Cynthia. It also means that some features are disabled.");
 
diff --git a/source/Main/helpers.rs b/source/Main/helpers.rs
index 3e72717..daae3f6 100644
--- a/source/Main/helpers.rs
+++ b/source/Main/helpers.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "selfinit")]
 /// Decompresses a folder from the bits of a .tar.xz file
 pub(crate) fn decompress_folder(compressed_folder: &[u8], output_folder: PathBuf) {
     let decompressed_folder = lzma::decompress(compressed_folder).unwrap();
diff --git a/source/Main/main.rs b/source/Main/main.rs
index b8914d0..ffd732d 100644
--- a/source/Main/main.rs
+++ b/source/Main/main.rs
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ async fn main() {
         .to_ascii_lowercase()
         .as_str()
     {
+        #[cfg(feature = "selfinit")]
         "init" => {
             interactive_initialiser().await;
         }
@@ -201,6 +202,7 @@ async fn main() {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "selfinit")]
 async fn interactive_initialiser() {
     // Steps for the initialiser:
     // 1. Check if over a config already exists.
diff --git a/win.cmd b/win.cmd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7c1d2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/win.cmd
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+cargo b --no-default-features --features js_runtime