diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6724346..c4e1958 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@
 /unittest.depend
 /unittest.layout
 /unittest1.depend
+/curl
diff --git a/lab01.cbp b/lab01.cbp
index 69d320a..c9a8e9a 100644
--- a/lab01.cbp
+++ b/lab01.cbp
@@ -13,7 +13,14 @@
 				<Option compiler="gcc" />
 				<Compiler>
 					<Add option="-g" />
+					<Add directory="curl/include" />
 				</Compiler>
+				<Linker>
+					<Add option="-static-libstdc++" />
+					<Add option="-static" />
+					<Add library="libcurl.dll.a" />
+					<Add directory="curl/lib" />
+				</Linker>
 			</Target>
 			<Target title="Release">
 				<Option output="bin/Release/lab01" prefix_auto="1" extension_auto="1" />
@@ -31,7 +38,12 @@
 		<Compiler>
 			<Add option="-Wall" />
 			<Add option="-fexceptions" />
+			<Add directory="curl/include" />
 		</Compiler>
+		<Linker>
+			<Add library="libcurl.dll.a" />
+			<Add directory="curl/lib" />
+		</Linker>
 		<Unit filename=".gitignore" />
 		<Unit filename="histogram.cpp" />
 		<Unit filename="histogram.h">
diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index ad73860..3118f23 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include <curl/curl.h>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <vector>
 #include <cmath>
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ input_data(istream& in, bool prompt)
 int
 main()
 {
+    curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL);
     bool prompt = false;
     auto in = input_data(cin, prompt);
     auto bins = make_histogram(in.numbers, in.bin_count);