diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
index 56e4f29ca..01d05d47a 100644
--- a/.appveyor.yml
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 init:
- # -ps: iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/appveyor/ci/master/scripts/enable-rdp.ps1'))
- 
+# -ps: iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/appveyor/ci/master/scripts/enable-rdp.ps1'))
+
 configuration:
   - Release
   - Debug
@@ -11,31 +11,34 @@ image:
 
 platform:
   - x64
+  - x86
 
 build_script:
-  # build pthread
-  - git clone https://github.com/GerHobbelt/pthread-win32.git C:/pthread-src
-  - ps: "if ( $Env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE -eq 'Visual Studio 2013' ) { $VS_VERSION='2013' } else { $VS_VERSION='2015' }"
-  - ps: "msbuild C:/pthread-src/pthread.${VS_VERSION}.sln /p:Configuration=$Env:CONFIGURATION /p:Platform=x64"
-  - ps: mkdir C:/pthread-win32
-  - ps: mkdir C:/pthread-win32/include
-  - ps: mkdir C:/pthread-win32/lib
-  - ps: cp C:/pthread-src/*.h C:/pthread-win32/include
-  - ps: cp C:/pthread-src/bin/x64_MSVC${VS_VERSION}.${Env:CONFIGURATION}/pthread_lib.lib C:/pthread-win32/lib
+  # prep shared variables
+  - ps: if ( $Env:PLATFORM -eq 'x86' ) { $DEVENV_PLATFORM = 'Win32' } else { $DEVENV_PLATFORM = 'x64' }
+  - ps: if ( $Env:PLATFORM -eq 'x86' ) { $FOLDER_PLATFORM = 'win32' } else { $FOLDER_PLATFORM = 'win64' }
+  - ps: if ( $Env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE -eq 'Visual Studio 2013' ) { $VS_VERSION='2013' } else { $VS_VERSION='2015' }
+  - ps: $env:VS_VERSION = $VS_VERSION
+  # get pthreads
+  - ps: nuget install cinegy.pthreads-$FOLDER_PLATFORM-$VS_VERSION -version 2.9.1.24
   # build SRT
-  - ps: if ( $VS_VERSION -eq "2013" ) { $CMAKE_GENERATOR = "Visual Studio 12 2013 Win64" } else { $CMAKE_GENERATOR = "Visual Studio 14 2015 Win64" }
-  - ps: if ( $VS_VERSION -eq "2013" ) { $ENABLE_UNITTESTS = "OFF" } else { $ENABLE_UNITTESTS = "ON" }
+  - ps: if ( $VS_VERSION -eq '2013' -and $Env:PLATFORM -eq 'x86' ) { $CMAKE_GENERATOR = 'Visual Studio 12 2013' }
+  - ps: if ( $VS_VERSION -eq '2013' -and $Env:PLATFORM -eq 'x64' ) { $CMAKE_GENERATOR = 'Visual Studio 12 2013 Win64' }
+  - ps: if ( $VS_VERSION -eq '2015' -and $Env:PLATFORM -eq 'x86' ) { $CMAKE_GENERATOR = 'Visual Studio 14 2015' }
+  - ps: if ( $VS_VERSION -eq '2015' -and $Env:PLATFORM -eq 'x64' ) { $CMAKE_GENERATOR = 'Visual Studio 14 2015 Win64' }
+  - ps: if ( $VS_VERSION -eq '2015' ) { $ENABLE_UNITTESTS = 'ON' } else { $ENABLE_UNITTESTS = 'OFF' }
   - ps: cmake . -G"$CMAKE_GENERATOR" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$Env:CONFIGURATION -DENABLE_UNITTESTS="$ENABLE_UNITTESTS"
-  - ps: msbuild SRT.sln /p:Configuration=$Env:CONFIGURATION /p:Platform=x64
-  
+  - ps: Update-AppveyorBuild -Version "1.0.0-$Env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_NUMBER"
+  - ps: msbuild SRT.sln /p:Configuration=$Env:CONFIGURATION /p:Platform=$DEVENV_PLATFORM
+    
 test_script:
-  - ps: if ( $VS_VERSION -ne "2013" ) { ctest --extra-verbose -C $Env:CONFIGURATION }
+  - ps: if ( $VS_VERSION -eq '2015' ) { ctest --extra-verbose -C $Env:CONFIGURATION }
   
 after_build:
 - cmd: >-
     scripts/gather-package.bat
-        7z a SRT-%APPVEYOR_REPO_BRANCH%-%CONFIGURATION%-%APPVEYOR_BUILD_VERSION%.zip %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\package\*
-        appveyor PushArtifact SRT-%APPVEYOR_REPO_BRANCH%-%CONFIGURATION%-%APPVEYOR_BUILD_VERSION%.zip
+        7z a SRT-%APPVEYOR_REPO_BRANCH%-%CONFIGURATION%-Win%PLATFORM%-%VS_VERSION%-%APPVEYOR_BUILD_VERSION%.zip %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\package\*
+        appveyor PushArtifact SRT-%APPVEYOR_REPO_BRANCH%-%CONFIGURATION%-Win%PLATFORM%-%VS_VERSION%-%APPVEYOR_BUILD_VERSION%.zip
 
 on_finish:
-#  - ps: $blockRdp = $true; iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/appveyor/ci/master/scripts/enable-rdp.ps1'))
+# - ps: $blockRdp = $true; iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/appveyor/ci/master/scripts/enable-rdp.ps1'))
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 27993477a..b87d59d93
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -369,6 +369,7 @@ set (haicrypt_libspec VIRTUAL)
 set (srtpack_libspec_common)
 if (srt_libspec_shared)
 	list(APPEND srtpack_libspec_common ${TARGET_srt}_shared)
+
 endif()
 if (srt_libspec_static)
 	list(APPEND srtpack_libspec_common ${TARGET_srt}_static)
@@ -463,15 +464,29 @@ elseif (WIN32 AND NOT MINGW)
 	find_package(pthreads QUIET)
 
 	if (NOT PTHREAD_INCLUDE_DIR OR NOT PTHREAD_LIBRARY)
-		# find pthread
-		find_path(PTHREAD_INCLUDE_DIR pthread.h HINTS C:/pthread-win32/include)
+		#search package folders with GLOB to add as extra hint for headers
+		file(GLOB PTHREAD_PACKAGE_INCLUDE_HINT ./packages/cinegy.pthreads-win*/sources)
+		if (PTHREAD_PACKAGE_INCLUDE_HINT)
+			message(STATUS "PTHREAD_PACKAGE_INCLUDE_HINT value: ${PTHREAD_PACKAGE_INCLUDE_HINT}")
+		endif()
+
+		# find pthread header
+		find_path(PTHREAD_INCLUDE_DIR pthread.h HINTS C:/pthread-win32/include ${PTHREAD_PACKAGE_INCLUDE_HINT})
+
 		if (PTHREAD_INCLUDE_DIR)
 			message(STATUS "Pthread include dir: ${PTHREAD_INCLUDE_DIR}")
 		else()
 			message(FATAL_ERROR "Failed to find pthread.h. Specify PTHREAD_INCLUDE_DIR.")
 		endif()
-	
-		find_library(PTHREAD_LIBRARY NAMES pthread pthread_dll pthread_lib HINTS C:/pthread-win32/lib C:/pthread-win64/lib)
+
+		#search package folders with GLOB to add as extra hint for libs
+		file(GLOB PTHREAD_PACKAGE_LIB_HINT ./packages/cinegy.pthreads-win*/runtimes/win-*/native/release)
+		if (PTHREAD_PACKAGE_LIB_HINT)
+			message(STATUS "PTHREAD_PACKAGE_LIB_HINT value: ${PTHREAD_PACKAGE_LIB_HINT}")
+		endif()
+
+		#find pthread library
+		find_library(PTHREAD_LIBRARY NAMES pthread pthread_dll pthread_lib HINTS C:/pthread-win32/lib C:/pthread-win64/lib ${PTHREAD_PACKAGE_LIB_HINT})
 		if (PTHREAD_LIBRARY)
 			message(STATUS "Pthread library: ${PTHREAD_LIBRARY}")
 		else()
@@ -551,6 +566,7 @@ MafReadDir(srtcore filelist.maf
 
 # Auto generated version file and add it to the HEADERS_srt list.
 configure_file("srtcore/version.h.in" "version.h" @ONLY)
+
 list(INSERT HEADERS_srt 0 "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/version.h")
 include_directories("${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}")
 
diff --git a/nuget.config b/nuget.config
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9178fe083
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nuget.config
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<configuration>
+    <config>
+        <add key="dependencyVersion" value="Highest" />
+        <add key="globalPackagesFolder" value="c:\packages" />
+        <add key="repositoryPath" value="packages" />
+    </config>
+    <packageSources>
+        <add key="nuget.org" value="https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json" protocolVersion="3" />
+        <!--<add key="Local Source" value="D:\Data\Dev\LocalNuget" />-->
+    </packageSources>
+</configuration>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/gather-package.bat b/scripts/gather-package.bat
index 2c66706f8..e56a7bf3e 100644
--- a/scripts/gather-package.bat
+++ b/scripts/gather-package.bat
@@ -1,13 +1,21 @@
 rem Create empty directories for package bundle
 @echo off
 
+IF "%PLATFORM%"=="x86" (
+    SET FOLDER_PLATFORM="32"
+) ELSE IF "%PLATFORM%"=="x64" (
+    SET FOLDER_PLATFORM="64"
+) ELSE (
+    echo "Platform %PLATFORM% is not supported"
+    exit 1
+)
+
 md %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\package
 md %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\package\include
 md %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\package\include\win
 md %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\package\bin        
 md %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\package\lib
-md %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\package\pthread-win32
-md %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\package\openssl-win64
+md %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\package\openssl-win%FOLDER_PLATFORM%
 
 rem Gather SRT includes, binaries and libs
 copy %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\version.h %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\package\include\
@@ -18,9 +26,10 @@ copy %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\common\win\*.h %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\package\incl
 copy %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\%CONFIGURATION%\*.exe %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\package\bin\
 copy %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\%CONFIGURATION%\*.dll %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\package\bin\
 copy %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\%CONFIGURATION%\*.lib %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\package\lib\
-copy %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\%CONFIGURATION%\*.lib %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\package\lib\
+IF "%CONFIGURATION%"=="Debug" (
+    copy %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\%CONFIGURATION%\*.pdb %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\package\bin\
+)
 
-rem gather 3rd party elements
-(robocopy c:\openssl-win64\ %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\package\openssl-win64 /s /e /np) ^& IF %ERRORLEVEL% GTR 1 exit %ERRORLEVEL%
-(robocopy c:\pthread-win32\ %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\package\pthread-win32 /s /e /np) ^& IF %ERRORLEVEL% GTR 1 exit %ERRORLEVEL%
+rem gather 3rd party openssl elements
+(robocopy c:\openssl-win%FOLDER_PLATFORM%\ %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\package\openssl-win%FOLDER_PLATFORM% /s /e /np) ^& IF %ERRORLEVEL% GTR 1 exit %ERRORLEVEL%
 exit 0