diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 6008b4a03..3a960cca8 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -875,3 +875,4 @@ seen. gmtime warning still there
 - Fixed the Z:line bug (caused by stskeeps-on-crack coding) reported by Power2All
 - Removed the tokens for /users, /summon, and /samode (these never come from a server so they don't need
   it)
+- Added a utility to auto create version.c for win32. It's the worst coding I've ever done, but it works :P
diff --git a/makefile.win32 b/makefile.win32
index 3a4645bbe..2291448e0 100644
--- a/makefile.win32
+++ b/makefile.win32
@@ -47,17 +47,19 @@ MOD_FILES=SRC/L_COMMANDS.OBJ SRC/M_CHGHOST.OBJ SRC/M_SDESC.OBJ SRC/M_SETIDENT.OB
  SRC/SCAN.OBJ SRC/SCAN_SOCKS.OBJ SRC/SCAN_HTTP.OBJ
 
 
-ALL: WIRCD.EXE
+ALL: CONF WIRCD.EXE
 
 CLEAN:
-        -@erase src\*.exe 2>NUL
-        -@erase src\*.obj 2>NUL
-        -@erase src\win32.res 2>NUL
-        -@erase src\version.c 2>NUL
-        -@erase src\win32\*.obj 2>NUL
-        -@erase .\*.exe 2>NUL
-
+        -@erase src\*.obj >NUL
+        -@erase src\win32.res >NUL
+        -@erase src\version.c >NUL
+        -@erase src\win32\*.obj >NUL
+        -@erase .\*.exe >NUL
 
+CONF:
+	-@copy include\win32\setup.h include\setup.h >NUL
+	$(CC) src/win32/config.c
+	-@config.exe
 
 ./WIRCD.EXE: $(OBJ_FILES) $(MOD_FILES) SRC/win32/WIN32.RES
         $(LINK) $(LFLAGS) $(OBJ_FILES) $(MOD_FILES) SRC/win32/WIN32.RES SRC/WIN32/GNU_REGEX.LIB SRC/WIN32/DEBUG/STACKTRACE.LIB /MAPINFO:LINES /MAP
diff --git a/src/win32/config.c b/src/win32/config.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0b84fe200
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/win32/config.c
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+int main() {
+	FILE *fd = fopen("Changes", "r");
+	FILE *fd2;
+	char buf[1024];
+	int i = 0, space = 0, j = 0;
+	char releaseid[512];
+	int generation = 0;
+
+	if (!fd) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	while (fgets(buf, 1023, fd)) {
+		if (!strstr(buf, "Changes,v"))
+			continue;
+		else {
+			while (!isdigit(buf[i]))
+				i++;
+			j = i;
+			while (buf[j]) {
+				if (buf[j] == ' ')
+					space++;
+				if (space == 3) {
+					buf[j] = 0;
+					break;
+				}
+				j++;
+			}
+			strcpy(releaseid,&buf[i]);
+		}
+	}
+	fclose(fd);
+	i = 0;
+	fd = fopen("src/version.c", "r");
+	if (!fd)
+		generation = 1;
+	else {
+		while (fgets(buf, 1023, fd)) {
+			if (!strstr(buf, "char *generation"))
+				continue;
+			while (!isdigit(buf[i]))
+					i++;
+			j = i;
+			while (isdigit(buf[j])) 
+				j++;
+			buf[j] = 0;
+			generation = (atoi(&buf[i])+1);
+		}
+	}
+	fd = fopen("src/version.c.sh", "r");
+	if (!fd)
+		return 0;
+	fd2 = fopen("src/version.c", "w");
+	if (!fd2)
+		return 0;
+	while (fgets(buf, 1023, fd)) {
+		if (!strncmp("cat >version.c <<!SUB!THIS!",buf,27)) {
+			while (fgets(buf, 1023, fd)) {
+				if (!strncmp("!SUB!THIS!",buf,10))
+					break;
+				if (!strncmp("char *creation = \"$creation\";",buf,29)) 
+					fprintf(fd2,"char *creation = __TIMESTAMP__;\n");
+				else if (!strncmp("char *generation = \"$generation\";",buf,33))
+					fprintf(fd2,"char *generation = \"%d\";\n",generation);
+				else if (!strncmp("char *buildid = \"$id\";",buf,22))
+					fprintf(fd2,"char *buildid = \"%s\";\n",releaseid);
+				else
+					fprintf(fd2,"%s", buf);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+
+}
+	
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