diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6308429..07ab8fc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ config.json
 dist
 node_modules
 yarn-error*
+vendor
diff --git a/ffmpeg b/ffmpeg_linux
similarity index 100%
rename from ffmpeg
rename to ffmpeg_linux
diff --git a/ffmpeg_mac b/ffmpeg_mac
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..16e6629
Binary files /dev/null and b/ffmpeg_mac differ
diff --git a/ffmpeg_windows.exe b/ffmpeg_windows.exe
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..0e2cd9e
Binary files /dev/null and b/ffmpeg_windows.exe differ
diff --git a/glide.lock b/glide.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad4122e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/glide.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+hash: aa2cc77713b57b79c4fc5bd35494fc4077e122137fdd68fa77aab8fdbc4215c8
+updated: 2017-06-28T22:24:45.223511-05:00
+imports:
+- name: github.com/buaazp/fasthttprouter
+  version: ade4e2031af3aed7fffd241084aad80a58faf421
+- name: github.com/bwmarrin/discordgo
+  version: 0993a94b4e1c3291bed2047f583f34792269355c
+- name: github.com/gorilla/websocket
+  version: ea4d1f681babbce9545c9c5f3d5194a789c89f5b
+- name: github.com/karalabe/xgo
+  version: 34c7afab9a8eb8bff579e20bdbce9a764ce2a9ab
+- name: github.com/klauspost/compress
+  version: f3dce52e0576655d55fd69e74b63da96ad1108f3
+  subpackages:
+  - flate
+  - gzip
+  - zlib
+- name: github.com/klauspost/cpuid
+  version: 09cded8978dc9e80714c4d85b0322337b0a1e5e0
+- name: github.com/tidwall/gjson
+  version: c784c417818f59d6597274642d8ac1d09efc9b01
+- name: github.com/tidwall/match
+  version: 173748da739a410c5b0b813b956f89ff94730b4c
+- name: github.com/valyala/fasthttp
+  version: d42167fd04f636e20b005e9934159e95454233c7
+  subpackages:
+  - fasthttputil
+- name: golang.org/x/crypto
+  version: 84f24dfdf3c414ed893ca1b318d0045ef5a1f607
+  subpackages:
+  - nacl/secretbox
+  - poly1305
+  - salsa20/salsa
+- name: layeh.com/gopus
+  version: 0ebf989153aa016ef5e77141b08c48e48a79312e
+testImports: []
diff --git a/glide.yaml b/glide.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ce2a0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/glide.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package: .
+import:
+- package: github.com/buaazp/fasthttprouter
+  version: ^0.1.1
+- package: github.com/bwmarrin/discordgo
+  version: ^0.16.0
+- package: github.com/tidwall/gjson
+- package: github.com/valyala/fasthttp
+  version: ^20160617.0.0
+- package: layeh.com/gopus
+- package: github.com/karalabe/xgo
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 3387e09..330154b 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -2,17 +2,19 @@ run:
 	go run ./server/main.go
 
 install:
-	go get ./server && yarn install
+	glide install && yarn install
 
 build:
-	go build -o ./dist/bot ./server/main.go
+	go build -o ./dist/linux ./server/main.go
 
 clean:
 	rm -rf ./dist
 
 copyfiles:
 	cp config.template.json ./dist/config.template.json
-	cp ffmpeg ./dist/ffmpeg
+	cp ffmpeg_linux ./dist/
+	cp ffmpeg_mac ./dist/
+	cp ffmpeg_windows.exe ./dist/
 
 all: install build copyfiles
 	yarn run build
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 10e0176..665174c 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -24,12 +24,14 @@ Sounds are stored in the `dist/sounds` directory. You may copy files directly to
 
 ### Dependencies
 - Go
+- Glide - [GoLang package manager](https://glide.sh/)
 - Yarn (or npm - makefile will need to be adjusted)
 - make
 
 ### Compiling
 - Make sure dependencies are installed
 - `make all`
+- cd into ./dist
 - Rename the `config.template.json` to `config.json`
 - add configurations to `config.json`
 - run the executable
@@ -38,7 +40,4 @@ Sounds are stored in the `dist/sounds` directory. You may copy files directly to
 - success!
 
 ### Windows
-I've only compiled and run this on linux, but it should work on windows with little changes.
-An ffmpeg executable is required. The linux executable is included.
-If running on windows ffmpeg.exe must be downloaded.
-Check line 116 in server/bothandlers/sounds.go
+I've only compiled and run this on linux so far, but I've recently added cross platform support.
diff --git a/server/bot/bot.go b/server/bot/bot.go
index 216be19..6c85709 100644
--- a/server/bot/bot.go
+++ b/server/bot/bot.go
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package bot
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"log"
+
 	"github.com/bwmarrin/discordgo"
 )
 
@@ -17,14 +19,16 @@ func Connect(token string) {
 	Session, err = discordgo.New("Bot " + token)
 
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Println("error creating Discord session,", err)
-		return
+		log.Println(err)
+		log.Fatal("Error creating Discord session.", err)
 	}
 
 	// Get the account information.
 	u, err := Session.User("@me")
+
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Println("error obtaining account details,", err)
+		log.Println("Error obtaining account details. Make sure you have the correct bot token.")
+		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
 	// Store the account ID for later use.
diff --git a/server/bothandlers/sounds.go b/server/bothandlers/sounds.go
index 90a1fc5..9dda99a 100644
--- a/server/bothandlers/sounds.go
+++ b/server/bothandlers/sounds.go
@@ -1,19 +1,21 @@
 package bothandlers
 
 import (
-	"../config"
 	"bufio"
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/bwmarrin/discordgo"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
-	"layeh.com/gopus"
 	"os/exec"
+	"runtime"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
+
+	"../config"
+	"github.com/bwmarrin/discordgo"
+	"layeh.com/gopus"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -113,14 +115,24 @@ func loadFile(fileName string) error {
 
 	fmt.Println("Loading file: " + fname + fextension)
 
-	// TODO - check if windows and use "./ffmpeg.exe" - change this if you wish to run on windows
+	var ffmpegExecutable string
+
+	switch runtime.GOOS {
+	case "darwin":
+		ffmpegExecutable = "./ffmpeg_mac"
+	case "linux":
+		ffmpegExecutable = "./ffmpeg_linux"
+	case "windows":
+		ffmpegExecutable = "ffmpeg_windows.exe"
+	}
+
 	// use ffmpeg to convert file into a format we can use
-	cmd := exec.Command("./ffmpeg", "-i", config.Config.SoundsPath+fname+fextension, "-f", "s16le", "-ar", strconv.Itoa(frameRate), "-ac", strconv.Itoa(channels), "pipe:1")
+	cmd := exec.Command(ffmpegExecutable, "-i", config.Config.SoundsPath+fname+fextension, "-f", "s16le", "-ar", strconv.Itoa(frameRate), "-ac", strconv.Itoa(channels), "pipe:1")
 
 	ffmpegout, err := cmd.StdoutPipe()
 
 	if err != nil {
-		return errors.New("Stdout error.")
+		return errors.New("Unable to execute ffmpeg. To set permissions on this file run chmod +x ffmpeg_linux (or ffmpeg_mac depending which operating system you are on)")
 	}
 
 	ffmpegbuf := bufio.NewReaderSize(ffmpegout, 16348)
@@ -128,7 +140,7 @@ func loadFile(fileName string) error {
 	err = cmd.Start()
 
 	if err != nil {
-		return errors.New("CMD Start error.")
+		return errors.New("Unable to execute ffmpeg. To set permissions on this file run chmod +x ffmpeg_linux (or ffmpeg_mac depending which operating system you are on)")
 	}
 
 	// crate encoder to convert audio to opus codec