diff --git a/hashengine.py b/hashengine.py
index 8272aeb..601eef7 100644
--- a/hashengine.py
+++ b/hashengine.py
@@ -4,8 +4,13 @@ class game():
         import sys
         import subprocess
         import pkg_resources
+        import os
         print("initializing hashengine and installing dependencies if missing")
-        required = {'keyboard', 'sounddevice', 'soundfile'}
+        self.linecount = 0
+        if os.name == 'nt':
+            required = {'sounddevice', 'soundfile', 'windows-curses'}
+        else:
+            required = {'sounddevice', 'soundfile'}
         installed = {pkg.key for pkg in pkg_resources.working_set}
         missing = required - installed
 
@@ -16,21 +21,13 @@ class game():
                 print(i)
                 subprocess.check_call([python, '-m', 'pip', 'install', i], stdout=sys.stdout)
         print("done")
-        import os
-        import ctypes
         import string
-        def isAdmin():
-            try:
-                is_admin = (os.getuid() == 0)
-            except AttributeError:
-                is_admin = ctypes.windll.shell32.IsUserAnAdmin() != 0
-            return is_admin
-        if not isAdmin():
-            print("error: hashengine needs to be run as an admin")
-            input("enter to continue...")
-            exit()
         self.osmodule = __import__("os")
-        self.keyboard = __import__("keyboard")
+        import curses
+        self.screen = curses.initscr()
+        self.screen.nodelay(1)
+        curses.noecho()
+        curses.endwin()
         try:
             self.sounddevice = __import__("sounddevice")
         except OSError:
@@ -54,7 +51,7 @@ class game():
                 self.map["{}:{}".format(i, f)] = " "
         
         self.objects = []
-    
+
     def round2(self, target):
         from decimal import localcontext, Decimal, ROUND_HALF_UP
         with localcontext() as ctx:
@@ -62,8 +59,13 @@ class game():
             return Decimal(target).to_integral_value()
 
     def update(self):
+        import curses
+        curses.noecho()
+        curses.endwin()
+        temp = self.screen.getch()
+        #temp = ""
         for i in self.pressedkeys:
-            if self.keyboard.is_pressed(i):
+            if temp == ord(i):
                 self.pressedkeys[i] = True
             else:
                 self.pressedkeys[i] = False