diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5a984df..abbe48d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,12 +10,25 @@ v1.0 for minetest 5.0.1
 - noclip - default keybind (https://github.com/MinetestClients/OpenClient/commit/441ac6f686680d7a4e515ee91dd543482d2b1404)
 
 # installation:
-The easiest way to install is using brew (the compressed files in the brewinstall repo are identical to the compressed release files of this repo): ....actually i need to fix this brew install code, for the moment use the official minetest compiling method...  
+Apple & Linux:
 1) install brew (https://brew.sh/)
 2) brew --cache https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MinetestClients/brewinstall/master/minetest.rb
 3) brew install https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MinetestClients/brewinstall/master/minetest.rb
+4) you'll find the app/executable in your Cellar/minetest folder
 
-Alternatively, you can follow the instructions on the official minetest github page: https://github.com/minetest/minetest/blob/master/README.md#compiling      
+Windows:
+1) Download & Install the following:
+- [Visual Studio 2015 or newer](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com)
+- [CMake](https://cmake.org/download/)
+- [vcpkg](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg)
+- [Git](https://git-scm.com/downloads)
+2) open the cmd app and run `git clone https://github.com/MinetestClients/OpenClient.git`
+3) run `cd OpenClient`
+4) run `powershell`
+5) now that you're in powershell, run `vcpkg install irrlicht zlib curl[winssl] openal-soft libvorbis libogg sqlite3 freetype luajit --triplet x64-windows`
+6) (still in powershell) run `cmake . -G"Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64" -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=D:/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DENABLE_GETTEXT=0 -DENABLE_CURSES=0`
+7) (still in powershell) `cmake --build . --config Release`
+8) you'll find the executable in the current directory
 
 # for the truly paranoid:
 You can also recreate OpenClient. First, download minetest 5.0.1 from the official minetest github page (https://github.com/minetest/minetest/releases). Next, make the changes listed above (https://github.com/MinetestClients/OpenClient/blob/master/README.md#features-so-far-v1). Then run through the appropriate compiling method.