diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 23bf94f..3305ae3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 CXX = g++
 CXXFLAGS = -Wall -Wextra -Wpedantic -Wshadow
+ifeq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
+	CXXFLAGS += -static
+endif
 OUTPUT = range_randomizer
 
 all: main
diff --git a/romprocessor.cpp b/romprocessor.cpp
index 8477596..027c2cf 100644
--- a/romprocessor.cpp
+++ b/romprocessor.cpp
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 using namespace std;
 
 RomProcessor::RomProcessor(const char *in_path, const char *out_path) {
-    rom_file.open(in_path);
-    out_file.open(out_path, fstream::in | fstream::out | fstream::trunc);
+    rom_file.open(in_path, fstream::in | fstream::binary);
+    out_file.open(out_path, fstream::in | fstream::out | fstream::trunc | fstream::binary);
 
     out_file << rom_file.rdbuf(); out_file.flush(); // copy over file