diff --git a/futurerestore/futurerestore.cpp b/futurerestore/futurerestore.cpp
index ea4bcaa0..a0d3a261 100644
--- a/futurerestore/futurerestore.cpp
+++ b/futurerestore/futurerestore.cpp
@@ -6,13 +6,6 @@
 //  Copyright © 2016 tihmstar. All rights reserved.
 //
 
-#if defined _WIN32 || defined __CYGWIN__
-#ifndef WIN32
-//make sure WIN32 is defined if compiling for windows
-#define WIN32
-#endif
-#endif
-
 #include <libgeneral/macros.h>
 
 #include <iostream>
@@ -41,7 +34,6 @@ extern "C"{
 #include <libirecovery.h>
 }
 
-
 //(re)define __mkdir
 #ifdef __mkdir
 #undef __mkdir
@@ -56,8 +48,12 @@ extern "C"{
 
 #define USEC_PER_SEC 1000000
 
+#ifdef WIN32
+#define FUTURERESTORE_TMP_PATH "download"
+#else
 #define TMP_PATH "/tmp"
 #define FUTURERESTORE_TMP_PATH TMP_PATH"/futurerestore"
+#endif
 
 #define BASEBAND_TMP_PATH FUTURERESTORE_TMP_PATH"/baseband.bbfw"
 #define BASEBAND_MANIFEST_TMP_PATH FUTURERESTORE_TMP_PATH"/basebandManifest.plist"
diff --git a/futurerestore/futurerestore.hpp b/futurerestore/futurerestore.hpp
index c9acd85a..550908f5 100644
--- a/futurerestore/futurerestore.hpp
+++ b/futurerestore/futurerestore.hpp
@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@
 #ifndef futurerestore_hpp
 #define futurerestore_hpp
 
+#if defined _WIN32 || defined __CYGWIN__
+#ifndef WIN32
+//make sure WIN32 is defined if compiling for windows
+#define WIN32
+#endif
+#endif
+
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <functional>
 #include <vector>
diff --git a/futurerestore/main.cpp b/futurerestore/main.cpp
index f70a0065..a581c4c8 100644
--- a/futurerestore/main.cpp
+++ b/futurerestore/main.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ extern "C"{
 #include <libipatcher/libipatcher.hpp>
 #endif
 
+#ifdef WIN32
+#include <windows.h>
+#ifndef ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING
+#define ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING 0x0004
+#endif
+#endif
 
 static struct option longopts[] = {
     { "apticket",           required_argument,      NULL, 't' },
@@ -75,6 +81,13 @@ void cmd_help(){
     printf("                   \t\tWARNING: only use this for device without baseband (eg iPod or some wifi only iPads)\n\n");
 }
 
+#ifdef WIN32
+    DWORD termFlags;
+    HANDLE handle = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
+    if (GetConsoleMode(handle, &termFlags))
+        SetConsoleMode(handle, termFlags | ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING);
+#endif
+
 using namespace std;
 using namespace tihmstar;
 int main_r(int argc, const char * argv[]) {