diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f22231da..c63ecf7b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -457,12 +457,12 @@ GODDARD_O_FILES := $(foreach file,$(GODDARD_C_FILES),$(BUILD_DIR)/$(file:.c=.o))
 RPC_LIBS :=
 ifeq ($(DISCORDRPC),1)
   ifeq ($(WINDOWS_BUILD),1)
-    RPC_LIBS := src/pc/discord/libs/libdiscord-rpc-win.a
+    RPC_LIBS := src/pc/discord/lib/libdiscord-rpc.dll
   else ifeq ($(OSX_BUILD),1) 
     # needs testing
-    RPC_LIBS := src/pc/discord/libs/libdiscord-rpc-osx.a
+    RPC_LIBS := src/pc/discord/lib/libdiscord-rpc.dylib
   else
-    RPC_LIBS := src/pc/discord/libs/libdiscord-rpc-unix.a
+    RPC_LIBS := src/pc/discord/lib/libdiscord-rpc.so
   endif
 endif
 
@@ -620,6 +620,9 @@ ifeq ($(OSX_BUILD),1)
 LDFLAGS := -lm -framework OpenGL `$(SDLCONFIG) --libs` -no-pie -lpthread `pkg-config --libs libusb-1.0 glfw3 glew`
 else
 LDFLAGS := $(BITS) -march=$(TARGET_ARCH) -lm -lGL `$(SDLCONFIG) --libs` -no-pie -lpthread
+ifeq ($(DISCORDRPC),1)
+	LDFLAGS += -ldl -Wl,-rpath .
+endif
 endif
 endif # End of LDFLAGS
 
@@ -655,8 +658,6 @@ ZEROTERM = $(PYTHON) $(TOOLS_DIR)/zeroterm.py
 
 all: $(EXE)
 
-ifeq ($(EXTERNAL_DATA),1)
-
 # thank you apple very cool
 ifeq ($(HOST_OS),Darwin)
   CP := gcp
@@ -664,6 +665,8 @@ else
   CP := cp
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(EXTERNAL_DATA),1)
+
 # depend on resources as well
 all: res
 
@@ -697,6 +700,9 @@ test: $(ROM)
 load: $(ROM)
 	$(LOADER) $(LOADER_FLAGS) $<
 
+$(BUILD_DIR)/$(RPC_LIBS):
+	@$(CP) -f $(RPC_LIBS) $(BUILD_DIR)
+
 libultra: $(BUILD_DIR)/libultra.a
 
 asm/boot.s: $(BUILD_DIR)/lib/bin/ipl3_font.bin
@@ -956,8 +962,8 @@ $(BUILD_DIR)/%.o: %.s
 
 
 
-$(EXE): $(O_FILES) $(MIO0_FILES:.mio0=.o) $(SOUND_OBJ_FILES) $(ULTRA_O_FILES) $(GODDARD_O_FILES) $(RPC_LIBS)
-	$(LD) -L $(BUILD_DIR) -o $@ $(O_FILES) $(SOUND_OBJ_FILES) $(ULTRA_O_FILES) $(GODDARD_O_FILES) $(RPC_LIBS) $(LDFLAGS)
+$(EXE): $(O_FILES) $(MIO0_FILES:.mio0=.o) $(SOUND_OBJ_FILES) $(ULTRA_O_FILES) $(GODDARD_O_FILES) $(BUILD_DIR)/$(RPC_LIBS)
+	$(LD) -L $(BUILD_DIR) -o $@ $(O_FILES) $(SOUND_OBJ_FILES) $(ULTRA_O_FILES) $(GODDARD_O_FILES) $(LDFLAGS)
 
 .PHONY: all clean distclean default diff test load libultra res
 .PRECIOUS: $(BUILD_DIR)/bin/%.elf $(SOUND_BIN_DIR)/%.ctl $(SOUND_BIN_DIR)/%.tbl $(SOUND_SAMPLE_TABLES) $(SOUND_BIN_DIR)/%.s $(BUILD_DIR)/%
diff --git a/src/game/area.c b/src/game/area.c
index d3257642..d8a36024 100644
--- a/src/game/area.c
+++ b/src/game/area.c
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@
 
 #include "gfx_dimensions.h"
 
+#ifdef DISCORDRPC
+#include "pc/discord/discordrpc.h"
+#endif
+
 struct SpawnInfo gPlayerSpawnInfos[1];
 struct GraphNode *D_8033A160[0x100];
 struct Area gAreaData[8];
diff --git a/src/pc/discord/discordrpc.c b/src/pc/discord/discordrpc.c
index af8d6300..db7416a0 100644
--- a/src/pc/discord/discordrpc.c
+++ b/src/pc/discord/discordrpc.c
@@ -7,12 +7,42 @@
 #include "pc/configfile.h"
 #include "discordrpc.h"
 
+#define DISCORDLIBFILE "libdiscord-rpc"
+
+// Thanks Microsoft for being non posix compliant
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+#include <windows.h>
+#define DISCORDLIBEXT ".dll"
+#define itoa(int, str) itoa(int, str, "10")
+#define dlopen(lib, flag) LoadLibrary(TEXT(lib))
+#define dlerror() ""
+#define dlsym(handle, func) GetProcAddress(handle, func)
+#define dlclose(handle) FreeLibrary(handle)
+#elif defined(__APPLE__)
+#include <dlfcn.h>
+#define DISCORDLIBEXT ".dylib"
+#elif defined(__linux__) || defined(__FreeBSD__) // lets make the bold assumption for FreeBSD
+#include <dlfcn.h>
+#define DISCORDLIBEXT ".so"
+#else
+#error Unknown System
+#endif
+#define DISCORDLIB DISCORDLIBFILE DISCORDLIBEXT
+
 #define DISCORD_APP_ID  "709083908708237342"
 #define DISCORD_UPDATE_RATE 5
 
 time_t lastUpdatedTime;
 
 DiscordRichPresence discordRichPresence;
+bool initd = false;
+
+void* handle;
+
+void (*Discord_Initialize)(const char*, DiscordEventHandlers*, int, const char*);
+void (*Discord_Shutdown)(void);
+void (*Discord_ClearPresence)(void);
+void (*Discord_UpdatePresence)(DiscordEventHandlers*);
 
 extern s16 gCurrCourseNum;
 extern s16 gCurrActNum;
@@ -91,7 +121,7 @@ void convertstring(const u8 *str, char* output)
         switch (output[strPos]) // decide if the next character should be capitalized
         {
             case ' ':
-                if (str[strPos] != 158) printf(stdout, "Unknown Character (%i)\n", str[strPos]); // inform that an unknown char was found
+                if (str[strPos] != 158) fprintf(stdout, "Unknown Character (%i)\n", str[strPos]); // inform that an unknown char was found
             case '-':
                 capitalizeChar = true;
                 break;
@@ -106,6 +136,7 @@ void convertstring(const u8 *str, char* output)
     output[strPos] = '\0';
 }
 
+#ifndef _WIN32
 void reverse(char s[])
 {
     int i, j;
@@ -132,6 +163,7 @@ void itoa(int n, char s[])
     s[i] = '\0';
     reverse(s);
 }
+#endif
 
 void OnReady( const DiscordUser* user )
 {
@@ -142,9 +174,11 @@ void InitializeDiscord()
 {
     DiscordEventHandlers handlers;
     memset(&handlers, 0, sizeof(handlers));
-    handlers.ready          = OnReady;
+    handlers.ready = OnReady;
 
-    Discord_Initialize( DISCORD_APP_ID, &handlers, false, "" );
+    (*Discord_Initialize)(DISCORD_APP_ID, &handlers, false, "");
+
+    initd = true;
 }
 
 void SetDetails()
@@ -247,7 +281,7 @@ void SetLogo()
 
 void discordUpdateRichPresence()
 {   
-    if (!configDiscordRPC) return;
+    if (!configDiscordRPC || !initd) return;
     if (time(NULL) < lastUpdatedTime + DISCORD_UPDATE_RATE) return;
 
     lastUpdatedTime = time(NULL);
@@ -260,13 +294,31 @@ void discordUpdateRichPresence()
 
 void discordShutdown()
 {
-    Discord_Shutdown();
+    if (handle)
+    {
+        (*Discord_ClearPresence)();
+        (*Discord_Shutdown)();
+
+        dlclose(handle);
+    }
+
 };
 
 void discordInit()
 {
     if (configDiscordRPC)
     {
+        handle = dlopen(DISCORDLIB, RTLD_LAZY);
+        if (!handle) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "Unable to load Discord\n%s\n", dlerror());
+            return;
+        }
+
+        Discord_Initialize = dlsym(handle, "Discord_Initialize");
+        Discord_Shutdown = dlsym(handle, "Discord_Shutdown");
+        Discord_ClearPresence = dlsym(handle, "Discord_ClearPresence");
+        Discord_UpdatePresence = dlsym(handle, "Discord_UpdatePresence");
+
         InitializeDiscord();
 
         discordRichPresence.details = stage;
@@ -284,6 +336,6 @@ void discordReset()
     SetState();
     SetDetails();
     SetLogo();
-    Discord_UpdatePresence( &discordRichPresence );
+    (*Discord_UpdatePresence)(&discordRichPresence);
 } 
 
diff --git a/src/pc/discord/discordrpc.h b/src/pc/discord/discordrpc.h
index 6ae80345..a4985715 100644
--- a/src/pc/discord/discordrpc.h
+++ b/src/pc/discord/discordrpc.h
@@ -3,24 +3,6 @@
 
 #include <stdint.h>
 
-// clang-format off
-
-#if defined(DISCORD_DYNAMIC_LIB)
-#  if defined(_WIN32)
-#    if defined(DISCORD_BUILDING_SDK)
-#      define DISCORD_EXPORT __declspec(dllexport)
-#    else
-#      define DISCORD_EXPORT __declspec(dllimport)
-#    endif
-#  else
-#    define DISCORD_EXPORT __attribute__((visibility("default")))
-#  endif
-#else
-#  define DISCORD_EXPORT
-#endif
-
-// clang-format on
-
 typedef struct DiscordRichPresence {
     const char* state;   /* max 128 bytes */
     const char* details; /* max 128 bytes */
@@ -59,27 +41,6 @@ typedef struct DiscordEventHandlers {
 #define DISCORD_REPLY_YES 1
 #define DISCORD_REPLY_IGNORE 2
 
-DISCORD_EXPORT void Discord_Initialize(const char* applicationId,
-                                       DiscordEventHandlers* handlers,
-                                       int autoRegister,
-                                       const char* optionalSteamId);
-DISCORD_EXPORT void Discord_Shutdown(void);
-
-/* checks for incoming messages, dispatches callbacks */
-DISCORD_EXPORT void Discord_RunCallbacks(void);
-
-/* If you disable the lib starting its own io thread, you'll need to call this from your own */
-#ifdef DISCORD_DISABLE_IO_THREAD
-DISCORD_EXPORT void Discord_UpdateConnection(void);
-#endif
-
-DISCORD_EXPORT void Discord_UpdatePresence(const DiscordRichPresence* presence);
-DISCORD_EXPORT void Discord_ClearPresence(void);
-
-DISCORD_EXPORT void Discord_Respond(const char* userid, /* DISCORD_REPLY_ */ int reply);
-
-DISCORD_EXPORT void Discord_UpdateHandlers(DiscordEventHandlers* handlers);
-
 void discordUpdateRichPresence();
 void discordShutdown();
 void discordInit();
diff --git a/src/pc/discord/lib/libdiscord-rpc.dll b/src/pc/discord/lib/libdiscord-rpc.dll
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8493c549
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/pc/discord/lib/libdiscord-rpc.dll differ
diff --git a/src/pc/discord/lib/libdiscord-rpc.dylib b/src/pc/discord/lib/libdiscord-rpc.dylib
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..f01acd67
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/pc/discord/lib/libdiscord-rpc.dylib differ
diff --git a/src/pc/discord/lib/libdiscord-rpc.so b/src/pc/discord/lib/libdiscord-rpc.so
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..188d4e84
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/pc/discord/lib/libdiscord-rpc.so differ
diff --git a/src/pc/gfx/gfx_sdl2.c b/src/pc/gfx/gfx_sdl2.c
index 5f643a61..ddeec429 100644
--- a/src/pc/gfx/gfx_sdl2.c
+++ b/src/pc/gfx/gfx_sdl2.c
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@
 
 #include "src/pc/controller/controller_keyboard.h"
 
+#ifdef DISCORDRPC
+#include "pc/discord/discordrpc.h"
+#endif
+
 // TODO: figure out if this shit even works
 #ifdef VERSION_EU
 # define FRAMERATE 25