diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 9680804..cb09681 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 #include "histogram.h"
 #include "svg.h"
+#include <curl/curl.h>
 
 using namespace std;
 
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ input_data(istream& in, bool prompt){
 int
 main()
 {
+    curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL);
     auto in = input_data(cin, false);
     auto bins = make_histogram(in.numbers, in.bin_count);
     show_histogram_svg(bins);
diff --git a/my_project.cbp b/my_project.cbp
index f72deb7..fc76e36 100644
--- a/my_project.cbp
+++ b/my_project.cbp
@@ -13,7 +13,11 @@
 				<Option compiler="gcc" />
 				<Compiler>
 					<Add option="-g" />
+					<Add directory="curl/include" />
 				</Compiler>
+				<Linker>
+					<Add library="curl/lib/libcurl.dill.a" />
+				</Linker>
 			</Target>
 			<Target title="Release">
 				<Option output="bin/Release/my_project" prefix_auto="1" extension_auto="1" />
@@ -31,7 +35,11 @@
 		<Compiler>
 			<Add option="-Wall" />
 			<Add option="-fexceptions" />
+			<Add directory="curl/include" />
 		</Compiler>
+		<Linker>
+			<Add library="curl/lib/libcurl.dll.a" />
+		</Linker>
 		<Unit filename="histogram.cpp" />
 		<Unit filename="histogram.h" />
 		<Unit filename="histogram_internal.h" />