diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ea1e225..2cf651f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 *.o
 /build
 *.make
+*.lib
diff --git a/src/base/stat.c b/src/base/stat.c
index 43f1dc6..057217c 100644
--- a/src/base/stat.c
+++ b/src/base/stat.c
@@ -3,28 +3,34 @@
 
 int ppr_stat(const char* path, struct ppr_stat* s) {
 #if defined(PPR_IS_WIN32)
-	WIN32_FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DATA fad;
+	DWORD attr;
 	ULARGE_INTEGER		  mtime;
+	PPR_FILE* f;
+	FILETIME ft;
 
-	if(!GetFileAttributesEx(path, GetFileExInfoStandard, &fad)) return -1;
+	if((attr = GetFileAttributes(path)) == INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES) return -1;
 
-	memcpy(&mtime, &fad.ftLastWriteTime, sizeof(mtime));
+	f = ppr_fopen(path, "r"); /* :))))))) */
+	
+	GetFileTime((HANDLE)f, NULL, NULL, &ft);
+
+	memcpy(&mtime, &ft, sizeof(mtime));
 
 	s->st_size    = 0;
 	s->st_modtime = (mtime.QuadPart / 10000000) / 11644473600;
 	s->st_mode    = 0;
 
 	s->st_mode |= PPR_S_IFREG;
-	if(fad.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) {
+	if(attr & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) {
 		s->st_mode &= ~PPR_S_IFREG;
 		s->st_mode |= PPR_S_IFDIR;
 	}
 
 	if(PPR_S_ISREG(s->st_mode)) {
-		PPR_FILE* f = ppr_fopen(path, "r"); /* :))))))) */
 		s->st_size  = GetFileSize((HANDLE)f, NULL);
-		ppr_fclose(f);
 	}
+	
+	ppr_fclose(f);
 
 	return 0;
 #elif defined(PPR_IS_UNIX) || defined(PPR_IS_NETWARE)