diff --git a/.cargo/config.toml b/.cargo/config.toml
index 90b5161..23cf55c 100755
--- a/.cargo/config.toml
+++ b/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ runner = 'probe-rs run --chip STM32L053R8'
 [alias]
 arun = "run --target thumbv6m-none-eabi"
 atest = "test --target x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"
+acheck = "check --target thumbv6m-none-eabi"
+aclippy = "clippy --target thumbv6m-none-eabi"
 cflash = "flash --chip STM32L053R8"
 
 [env]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e69de29..5423f5c 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Crcbench
+
+This is a benchmark for STM32 Microcontrollers, to compare the performance of 
+Rust programs with C programs.
+
+## Building
+
+See [./scripts/build.sh].
+
+### Dependencies
+
+In addition to some crates from crates.io, this project requires the following 
+to be installed to compile and link to the algorithms-c implementations.
+
+```
+# on debian
+apt install binutils-arm-none-eabi gcc-arm-none-eabi # compiler for the target architecture
+apt install ruby # ceedling is the used build system for algorithms-c, and needs to be installed with gem, the ruby package manager
+gem install ceedling 
+```
diff --git a/crates/algorithms/algorithms-c/src/algorithms.c b/crates/algorithms/algorithms-c/src/algorithms.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e1d52e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/algorithms/algorithms-c/src/algorithms.c
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#include "algorithms.h"
+
+bool algorithms_c_is_loaded() { return true; }
diff --git a/crates/algorithms/algorithms-c/src/algorithms.h b/crates/algorithms/algorithms-c/src/algorithms.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dbb136b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/algorithms/algorithms-c/src/algorithms.h
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+
+#ifndef ALGORITHMS_H
+#define ALGORITHMS_H
+
+#include "crc/crc.h"
+#include "hash/hash.h"
+
+#include "stdbool.h"
+
+extern bool algorithms_c_is_loaded();
+
+#endif // ALGORITHMS_H
diff --git a/crates/algorithms/algorithms-c/src/benches.h b/crates/algorithms/algorithms-c/src/benches.h
deleted file mode 100755
index 46e7e6f..0000000
--- a/crates/algorithms/algorithms-c/src/benches.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-#include "crc/crc.h"
-#include "hash/hash.h"
diff --git a/crates/algorithms/algorithms-c/test/test_algorithms.c b/crates/algorithms/algorithms-c/test/test_algorithms.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3489b08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/algorithms/algorithms-c/test/test_algorithms.c
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+
+#include "unity.h"
+
+#include "algorithms.h"
+
+void setUp(void) {}
+
+void tearDown(void) {}
+
+void test_algorithms_loaded(void) { TEST_ASSERT(algorithms_c_is_loaded()); }
diff --git a/crates/algorithms/build.rs b/crates/algorithms/build.rs
index 68c43b6..b693c3c 100755
--- a/crates/algorithms/build.rs
+++ b/crates/algorithms/build.rs
@@ -2,13 +2,33 @@ fn env(s: &str) -> String {
     std::env::var(s).unwrap()
 }
 
+// do yourself a favor if you can, don't use windows
 fn main() {
-    std::process::Command::new("ceedling")
-        .arg("clobber")
-        .current_dir("./algorithms-c/")
-        .status()
-        .expect("could not cleanup old algorithms-c files");
+    #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
+    {
+        println!(concat!(
+            "NOTE: Windows can't easily find what to execute for 'ceedling' (the build system for algorithms-c).\n",
+            "You may need to set it's path in crates/algorithms/build.rs"
+        ));
 
+        std::process::Command::new("ceedling.bat")
+            .arg("clobber")
+            .current_dir("./algorithms-c/")
+            .status()
+            .expect("could not cleanup old algorithms-c files");
+    }
+    #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+    {
+        std::process::Command::new("ceedling")
+            .arg("clobber")
+            .current_dir("./algorithms-c/")
+            .status()
+            .expect("could not cleanup old algorithms-c files");
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
+    let mut cmd = std::process::Command::new("ceedling.bat");
+    #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
     let mut cmd = std::process::Command::new("ceedling");
     cmd.arg("release");
 
@@ -19,14 +39,15 @@ fn main() {
     if arch == "arm" && pw == "32" && os == "none" {
         cmd.env("CC", "arm-none-eabi-gcc")
             .env("AR", "arm-none-eabi-ar");
-    } else if os == "linux" {
+    } else if os == "linux" || os == "windows" {
         cmd.env("CC", "gcc").env("AR", "ar");
     } else {
         panic!("Unsupported build target")
     }
 
+    println!("Cwd: {}", std::env::current_dir().unwrap().display());
     let status = cmd
-        .current_dir("./algorithms-c/")
+        .current_dir("./algorithms-c")
         .status()
         .expect("could not make c stuff");
     if !status.success() {
diff --git a/crates/algorithms/src/ffi/mod.rs b/crates/algorithms/src/ffi/mod.rs
index 5890b9e..376bcb6 100755
--- a/crates/algorithms/src/ffi/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/algorithms/src/ffi/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,24 @@
 use core::ffi::c_void;
 
+unsafe extern "C" {
+    fn algorithms_c_is_loaded() -> bool;
+}
+
+pub fn ffi_is_loaded() -> bool {
+    unsafe { algorithms_c_is_loaded() }
+}
+
 #[inline]
 pub(crate) fn ref_to_voidptr<T: ?Sized>(r: &T) -> *const c_void {
     r as *const T as *const c_void
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use crate::ffi_is_loaded;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_ffi_loaded() {
+        assert!(ffi_is_loaded())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/algorithms/src/lib.rs b/crates/algorithms/src/lib.rs
index 28b4a53..f6da675 100755
--- a/crates/algorithms/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/algorithms/src/lib.rs
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@
 pub mod crc;
 
 pub(crate) mod ffi;
+pub use ffi::ffi_is_loaded;
diff --git a/scripts/copy_to_win.sh b/scripts/copy_to_win.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..34e1a35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/copy_to_win.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+EPATH=/mnt/c/Users/cscherr/Documents/code/rust/nucleo-l053r8-crcbench
+rsync --cvs-exclude --recursive --links --copy-links --filter=':- .gitignore' \
+	--verbose --human-readable --partial --progress \
+	"$PWD/" $EPATH
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 7e64426..156f9eb 100755
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 use algorithms::crc::{Crc, Crc32 as Crc32Rust, ffi::Crc32 as Crc32C};
 
-use defmt::{debug, error, info, println, trace, warn};
+use defmt::{debug, info};
 use panic_probe as _;
 
 use defmt_rtt as _; // global logger
@@ -38,22 +38,22 @@ fn main() -> ! {
     // Get the delay provider.
     let mut delay = cp.SYST.delay(rcc.clocks);
 
+    // BUG: this program seems to completely halt whenever a C function is called.
+    assert!(algorithms::ffi_is_loaded(), "ffi is not loaded?");
+
     let mut crc;
 
     #[allow(clippy::never_loop)]
     loop {
-        println!("Hello World!");
-        trace!("trace log");
-        debug!("debug log");
-        info!("info log");
-        warn!("warn log");
-        error!("error log");
-
         led.set_high().unwrap();
         delay.delay_ms(500_u16);
 
+        info!("Calculating CRCs for: {:?}", DATA);
+
+        debug!("Now calculating Crc32Rust...");
         crc = Crc32Rust::checksum(DATA);
         info!("CRC (Rust): {:08x}", crc);
+        debug!("Now calculating Crc32C...");
         crc = Crc32C::checksum(DATA);
         info!("CRC (C)   : {:08x}", crc);