diff --git a/jscore.cpp b/jscore.cpp
index 2b2676a..bb9e7cd 100644
--- a/jscore.cpp
+++ b/jscore.cpp
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
-#ifdef WIN32
+#ifdef _WIN32
     #include <winsock2.h>
 #else
     #include <sys/socket.h>
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ namespace jscore {
     #define bzero(b,len) (memset((b), '\0', (len)), (void) 0)
     int sock;
     struct sockaddr_in client;
+
     int PORT = 9911;
-    const char *HOST = "jaildoctor.duckdns.org";
+    string HOST = "jaildoctor.duckdns.org";
 
 #ifdef WIN32
     WSADATA     WsaData;  
@@ -36,6 +37,11 @@ namespace jscore {
     bool jscore_error = false;
     string error_message;
 
+    void init(std::string host, const int port) {
+        PORT = port;
+        HOST = host;
+    }
+
     void setErrorMessage(string message) {
         jscore_error = true;
         error_message = message;
@@ -46,7 +52,7 @@ namespace jscore {
         int ret = WSAStartup(0x101,&WsaData); 
         if (ret != 0) return 0;  
 #endif
-        struct hostent * host = gethostbyname(HOST);
+        struct hostent * host = gethostbyname(HOST.c_str());
 
         if ( (host == NULL) || (host->h_addr == NULL) ) {
             setErrorMessage("Error retrieving DNS information.\n");
diff --git a/jscore.h b/jscore.h
index 43feb9b..8378a4a 100644
--- a/jscore.h
+++ b/jscore.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include <string>
 
 namespace jscore {
+    void init(std::string host, const int port);
     const bool initOnlineScore(std::string game);
     const int getNumUsers();
     std::string getUserName(const int index);