diff --git a/static/build_files/windows/client-win.spec b/static/build_files/windows/client-win.spec
index 27269336..4b1555ce 100644
--- a/static/build_files/windows/client-win.spec
+++ b/static/build_files/windows/client-win.spec
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # -*- mode: python ; coding: utf-8 -*-
 
+import cloudscraper
+import cv2
+import os
+import glob
+cloudscraper_dir = os.path.dirname( cloudscraper.__file__ )
+cv2_ffmpeg_dll = glob.glob(os.path.dirname( cv2.__file__ )+"/*.dll")[0]
+
 block_cipher = None
 
 
@@ -17,9 +24,14 @@ a = Analysis(['hydrus\\client.pyw'],
                ('hydrus\\license.txt', '.'),
                ('hydrus\\Readme.txt', '.'),
                ('hydrus\\help my client will not boot.txt', '.'),
-               ('hydrus\\db', 'db')
+               ('hydrus\\db', 'db'),
+               ('hydrus\\hydrus', 'hydrus'),
+               ('hydrus\\sqlite3.dll', '.'),
+               ('hydrus\\mpv-1.dll', '.'),
+               (cloudscraper_dir, 'cloudscraper'),
+               (cv2_ffmpeg_dll, '.')
              ],
-             hiddenimports=['hydrus\\server.py'],
+             hiddenimports=['hydrus\\server.py', 'cloudscraper'],
              hookspath=[],
              runtime_hooks=[],
              excludes=[],
diff --git a/static/build_files/windows/requirements.txt b/static/build_files/windows/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b7f443eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/build_files/windows/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+PyWin32
+pypiwin32
+pywin32-ctypes
+pefile
+beautifulsoup4>=4.0.0
+chardet>=3.0.4
+cloudscraper>=1.2.33
+html5lib>=1.0.1
+lxml>=4.5.0
+lz4>=3.0.0
+nose>=1.3.0
+numpy>=1.16.0
+opencv-python-headless>=4.0.0
+Pillow>=6.0.0
+psutil>=5.0.0
+pylzma>=0.5.0
+pyOpenSSL>=19.1.0
+PySide2>=5.15.0
+PySocks>=1.7.0
+python-mpv>=0.4.5
+PyYAML>=5.0.0
+QtPy>=1.9.0
+requests==2.23.0
+Send2Trash>=1.5.0
+service-identity>=18.1.0
+six>=1.14.0
+Twisted>=20.3.0
diff --git a/static/build_files/windows/sqlite3.dll b/static/build_files/windows/sqlite3.dll
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..96f319bc
Binary files /dev/null and b/static/build_files/windows/sqlite3.dll differ
diff --git a/static/build_files/windows/windows_build.yml b/static/build_files/windows/windows_build.yml
index 471dd323..e66e5411 100644
--- a/static/build_files/windows/windows_build.yml
+++ b/static/build_files/windows/windows_build.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
           path: hydrus
-      - uses: FedericoCarboni/setup-ffmpeg@v1
+      - name: Setup FFMPEG
+        uses: FedericoCarboni/setup-ffmpeg@v1
         id: setup_ffmpeg
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -22,10 +23,10 @@ jobs:
           python-version: 3.8
           architecture: x64
       - name: Cache Qt
-        id: cache-qt
-        uses: actions/cache@v2.1.4
+        id: cache_qt
+        uses: actions/cache@v1
         with:
-          path: Qt
+          path: ../Qt
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-QtCache
       - name: Install Qt
         uses: jurplel/install-qt-action@v2
@@ -33,15 +34,27 @@ jobs:
           install-deps: true
           setup-python: 'false'
           modules: qtcharts qtwidgets qtgui qtcore
-          cached: ${{ steps.cache-qt.outputs.cache-hit }}
-      - name: Pip Installer
+          cached: ${{ steps.cache_qt.outputs.cache-hit }}
+      - name: PIP Install Packages
         uses: BSFishy/pip-action@v1
         with:
           packages: pyinstaller
-          requirements: hydrus\requirements.txt
-      - name: build with pyinstaller
+          requirements: hydrus\static\build_files\windows\requirements.txt
+      - name: Download mpv-dev
+        uses: carlosperate/download-file-action@v1.0.3
+        id: download_mpv
+        with:
+            file-url: 'https://sourceforge.net/projects/mpv-player-windows/files/libmpv/mpv-dev-x86_64-20210228-git-d1be8bb.7z'
+            file-name: 'mpv-dev-x86_64.7z'
+            location: '.'
+      - name: Process mpv-dev
+        run: |
+          7z x ${{ steps.download_mpv.outputs.file-path }}
+          move mpv-1.dll hydrus\
+      - name: Build Hydrus
         run: |
           move ${{ steps.setup_ffmpeg.outputs.ffmpeg-path }} hydrus\bin\
+          move hydrus\static\build_files\windows\sqlite3.dll hydrus\
           move hydrus\static\build_files\windows\client-win.spec client-win.spec
           move hydrus\static\build_files\windows\server-win.spec server-win.spec
           pyinstaller server-win.spec
@@ -51,15 +64,17 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           move hydrus\static\build_files\windows\InnoSetup.iss InnoSetup.iss
           ISCC.exe InnoSetup.iss
-      - name: Upload a Build Artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
-        with:
-          name: Windows-Extract
-          path: dist\Hydrus Network
       - name: Upload a Build Artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
         with:
           name: Windows-Install
           path: dist\HydrusInstaller.exe
           if-no-files-found: error
+          retention-days: 2
+      - name: Upload a Build Artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: Windows-Extract
+          path: dist\Hydrus Network
+          if-no-files-found: error
           retention-days: 2
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