diff --git a/engine/joint/v4k.h b/engine/joint/v4k.h
index b8bd187..903006d 100644
--- a/engine/joint/v4k.h
+++ b/engine/joint/v4k.h
@@ -338571,8 +338571,43 @@ void* forget( void *ptr ) {
 #line 0
 
 #line 1 "v4k_network.c"
+#if is(tcc) && is(win32) // @fixme: https lib is broken with tcc. replaced with InternetReadFile() api for now
 
-// @fixme: broken with tcc -m64 (our default tcc configuration)
+#   include <wininet.h>
+#   pragma comment(lib,"wininet")
+
+int download_file( FILE *out, const char *url ) {
+    int ok = false;
+    char buffer[ 4096 ];
+    DWORD response_size = 0;
+
+    if( out )
+    for( HINTERNET session = InternetOpenA("v4k.download_file", PRE_CONFIG_INTERNET_ACCESS, NULL, INTERNET_INVALID_PORT_NUMBER, 0); session; InternetCloseHandle(session), session = 0 )
+    for( HINTERNET request = InternetOpenUrlA(session, url, NULL, 0, INTERNET_FLAG_RELOAD, 0); request; InternetCloseHandle(request), request = 0 )
+    for(; InternetReadFile(request, buffer, sizeof(buffer), &response_size) != FALSE && response_size > 0; ) {
+        ok = (fwrite(buffer, response_size, 1, out) == 1);
+        if(!ok) break;
+    }
+
+    return ok;
+}
+
+array(char) download( const char *url ) {
+    int ok = false;
+    char buffer[ 4096 ];
+    DWORD response_size = 0, pos = 0;
+
+    array(char) out = 0;
+    for( HINTERNET session = InternetOpenA("v4k.download", PRE_CONFIG_INTERNET_ACCESS, NULL, INTERNET_INVALID_PORT_NUMBER, 0); session; InternetCloseHandle(session), session = 0 )
+    for( HINTERNET request = InternetOpenUrlA(session, url, NULL, 0, INTERNET_FLAG_RELOAD, 0); request; InternetCloseHandle(request), request = 0 )
+    for(; InternetReadFile(request, buffer, sizeof(buffer), &response_size) != FALSE && response_size > 0; ) {
+        array_resize(out, pos + response_size);
+        ok = !!memcpy(out + (pos += response_size) - response_size, buffer, response_size);
+    }
+
+    return out;
+}
+#else
 int download_file( FILE *out, const char *url ) {
     int ok = false;
     if( out ) for( https_t *h = https_get(url, NULL); h; https_release(h), h = NULL ) {
@@ -338597,11 +338632,13 @@ array(char) download( const char *url ) {
     }
     return out;
 }
+#endif
 
 bool network_tests() {
     // network test (https)
     array(char) webfile = download("https://www.google.com/");
     printf("Network test: %d bytes downloaded from google.com\n", array_count(webfile));
+    // array_push(webfile, '\0'); puts(webfile);
     return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/engine/split/v4k_network.c b/engine/split/v4k_network.c
index ac49c96..6c9bcf9 100644
--- a/engine/split/v4k_network.c
+++ b/engine/split/v4k_network.c
@@ -1,5 +1,40 @@
+#if is(tcc) && is(win32) // @fixme: https lib is broken with tcc. replaced with InternetReadFile() api for now
 
-// @fixme: broken with tcc -m64 (our default tcc configuration)
+#   include <wininet.h>
+#   pragma comment(lib,"wininet")
+
+int download_file( FILE *out, const char *url ) {
+    int ok = false;
+    char buffer[ 4096 ];
+    DWORD response_size = 0;
+
+    if( out )
+    for( HINTERNET session = InternetOpenA("v4k.download_file", PRE_CONFIG_INTERNET_ACCESS, NULL, INTERNET_INVALID_PORT_NUMBER, 0); session; InternetCloseHandle(session), session = 0 )
+    for( HINTERNET request = InternetOpenUrlA(session, url, NULL, 0, INTERNET_FLAG_RELOAD, 0); request; InternetCloseHandle(request), request = 0 )
+    for(; InternetReadFile(request, buffer, sizeof(buffer), &response_size) != FALSE && response_size > 0; ) {
+        ok = (fwrite(buffer, response_size, 1, out) == 1);
+        if(!ok) break;
+    }
+
+    return ok;
+}
+
+array(char) download( const char *url ) {
+    int ok = false;
+    char buffer[ 4096 ];
+    DWORD response_size = 0, pos = 0;
+
+    array(char) out = 0;
+    for( HINTERNET session = InternetOpenA("v4k.download", PRE_CONFIG_INTERNET_ACCESS, NULL, INTERNET_INVALID_PORT_NUMBER, 0); session; InternetCloseHandle(session), session = 0 )
+    for( HINTERNET request = InternetOpenUrlA(session, url, NULL, 0, INTERNET_FLAG_RELOAD, 0); request; InternetCloseHandle(request), request = 0 )
+    for(; InternetReadFile(request, buffer, sizeof(buffer), &response_size) != FALSE && response_size > 0; ) {
+        array_resize(out, pos + response_size);
+        ok = !!memcpy(out + (pos += response_size) - response_size, buffer, response_size);
+    }
+
+    return out;
+}
+#else
 int download_file( FILE *out, const char *url ) {
     int ok = false;
     if( out ) for( https_t *h = https_get(url, NULL); h; https_release(h), h = NULL ) {
@@ -24,11 +59,13 @@ array(char) download( const char *url ) {
     }
     return out;
 }
+#endif
 
 bool network_tests() {
     // network test (https)
     array(char) webfile = download("https://www.google.com/");
     printf("Network test: %d bytes downloaded from google.com\n", array_count(webfile));
+    // array_push(webfile, '\0'); puts(webfile);
     return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/engine/v4k.c b/engine/v4k.c
index 0f17309..ac9d5f3 100644
--- a/engine/v4k.c
+++ b/engine/v4k.c
@@ -9266,8 +9266,43 @@ void* forget( void *ptr ) {
 #line 0
 
 #line 1 "v4k_network.c"
+#if is(tcc) && is(win32) // @fixme: https lib is broken with tcc. replaced with InternetReadFile() api for now
 
-// @fixme: broken with tcc -m64 (our default tcc configuration)
+#   include <wininet.h>
+#   pragma comment(lib,"wininet")
+
+int download_file( FILE *out, const char *url ) {
+    int ok = false;
+    char buffer[ 4096 ];
+    DWORD response_size = 0;
+
+    if( out )
+    for( HINTERNET session = InternetOpenA("v4k.download_file", PRE_CONFIG_INTERNET_ACCESS, NULL, INTERNET_INVALID_PORT_NUMBER, 0); session; InternetCloseHandle(session), session = 0 )
+    for( HINTERNET request = InternetOpenUrlA(session, url, NULL, 0, INTERNET_FLAG_RELOAD, 0); request; InternetCloseHandle(request), request = 0 )
+    for(; InternetReadFile(request, buffer, sizeof(buffer), &response_size) != FALSE && response_size > 0; ) {
+        ok = (fwrite(buffer, response_size, 1, out) == 1);
+        if(!ok) break;
+    }
+
+    return ok;
+}
+
+array(char) download( const char *url ) {
+    int ok = false;
+    char buffer[ 4096 ];
+    DWORD response_size = 0, pos = 0;
+
+    array(char) out = 0;
+    for( HINTERNET session = InternetOpenA("v4k.download", PRE_CONFIG_INTERNET_ACCESS, NULL, INTERNET_INVALID_PORT_NUMBER, 0); session; InternetCloseHandle(session), session = 0 )
+    for( HINTERNET request = InternetOpenUrlA(session, url, NULL, 0, INTERNET_FLAG_RELOAD, 0); request; InternetCloseHandle(request), request = 0 )
+    for(; InternetReadFile(request, buffer, sizeof(buffer), &response_size) != FALSE && response_size > 0; ) {
+        array_resize(out, pos + response_size);
+        ok = !!memcpy(out + (pos += response_size) - response_size, buffer, response_size);
+    }
+
+    return out;
+}
+#else
 int download_file( FILE *out, const char *url ) {
     int ok = false;
     if( out ) for( https_t *h = https_get(url, NULL); h; https_release(h), h = NULL ) {
@@ -9292,11 +9327,13 @@ array(char) download( const char *url ) {
     }
     return out;
 }
+#endif
 
 bool network_tests() {
     // network test (https)
     array(char) webfile = download("https://www.google.com/");
     printf("Network test: %d bytes downloaded from google.com\n", array_count(webfile));
+    // array_push(webfile, '\0'); puts(webfile);
     return true;
 }