diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5869b57..155d29e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ project(xaiepy)
 
 include(collect)
 
-#find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
-#if(OPENSSL_FOUND)
-#  message(STATUS "OpenSSL found")
-#  message(STATUS "OpenSSL include directories:" ${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR})
-#else()
-#  message(FATAL_ERROR "OpenSSL Not found.")
-#endif()
+find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
+if(OPENSSL_FOUND)
+  message(STATUS "OpenSSL found")
+  message(STATUS "OpenSSL include directories:" ${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR})
+else()
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "OpenSSL Not found.")
+endif()
 
 set(BOOTGEN_SRC_DIR ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/third_party/bootgen)
 # malloc.h is deprecated and should not be used
@@ -44,13 +44,13 @@ target_link_libraries(bootgen_objlib PUBLIC)
 add_library(bootgen_shared SHARED $<TARGET_OBJECTS:bootgen_objlib>)
 add_library(bootgen_static STATIC $<TARGET_OBJECTS:bootgen_objlib>)
 
-#add_executable(bootgen ${BOOTGEN_SRC_DIR}/main.cpp)
-#target_include_directories(
-#  bootgen PUBLIC ${BOOTGEN_SRC_DIR} ${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}
-#                 ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/include)
-#target_compile_definitions(bootgen PRIVATE OPENSSL_USE_APPLINK)
-#target_link_libraries(bootgen PRIVATE bootgen_static OpenSSL::SSL
-#                                      OpenSSL::applink)
+add_executable(bootgen ${BOOTGEN_SRC_DIR}/main.cpp)
+target_include_directories(
+  bootgen PUBLIC ${BOOTGEN_SRC_DIR} ${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}
+                 ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/include)
+target_compile_definitions(bootgen PRIVATE OPENSSL_USE_APPLINK)
+target_link_libraries(bootgen PRIVATE bootgen_static OpenSSL::SSL
+                                      OpenSSL::applink)
 
 add_library(cdo_driver STATIC ${BOOTGEN_SRC_DIR}/cdo-driver/cdo_driver.c)
 # because primarily this will be linked into libxaie.so... if not you get
@@ -80,4 +80,5 @@ add_library(xaie SHARED ${AIERT_SRCS})
 set_target_properties(xaie PROPERTIES LINKER_LANGUAGE C)
 target_compile_options(xaie PRIVATE -D__AIECDO__)
 target_link_libraries(xaie cdo_driver)
-target_include_directories(xaie PUBLIC ${AIERT_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES} ${BOOTGEN_SRC_DIR})
+target_include_directories(xaie PUBLIC ${AIERT_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES})
+target_include_directories(xaie PUBLIC SYSTEM ${BOOTGEN_SRC_DIR})
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0adec3f..5e72cdc 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ before-all = [
     "rm -rf *egg*",
 ]
 build-verbosity = 3
-build = "cp38-* cp39-* cp310-* cp311-* cp312-*"
+#build = "cp38-* cp39-* cp310-* cp311-* cp312-*"
+build = "cp311-*"
 skip = ["*-manylinux_i686", "*-musllinux*"]
 manylinux-aarch64-image = "manylinux_2_28"
 manylinux-x86_64-image = "manylinux_2_28"
@@ -21,8 +22,8 @@ manylinux-x86_64-image = "manylinux_2_28"
 [tool.cibuildwheel.linux]
 before-build = [
     "pip install -r requirements-dev.txt",
+    "yum install -y epel-release && yum install -y openssl openssl-devel"
 ]
 
 [tool.cibuildwheel.windows]
 skip = ["*-win32"]
-build = "cp38-* cp39-* cp310-* cp311-* cp312-*"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0bdbbee..226f995 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ def print_loader(self):
 EXCLUDED_HEADERS = {"xaie_interrupt.h"}
 
 
-def generate(xaie_build_include_dir: Path, output: Path):
+def generate(xaie_build_include_dir: Path, output: Path, bootgen_include_dir: Path):
     headers = list(
         filter(
             lambda f: Path(f).name not in EXCLUDED_HEADERS,
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ def generate(xaie_build_include_dir: Path, output: Path):
         allow_gnu_c=False,
         builtin_symbols=False,
         compile_libdirs=[str(Path(__file__).parent)],
-        cpp="gcc -E",
+        cpp=f"gcc -E -I {bootgen_include_dir}",
         cpp_defines=[],
         cpp_undefines=[],
         debug_level=0,
@@ -334,10 +334,12 @@ def build_extension(self, ext: CMakeExtension) -> None:
         CMAKE_MODULE_PATH = str(
             Path(__file__).parent / "third_party" / "aie-rt" / "fal" / "cmake"
         )
+        BOOTGEN_INCLUDE_PATH = str(Path(__file__).parent / "third_party" / "bootgen")
         if platform.system() == "Windows":
             PYTHON_EXECUTABLE = PYTHON_EXECUTABLE.replace("\\", "\\\\")
             # i have no clue - cmake parses these at different points...?
             CMAKE_MODULE_PATH = CMAKE_MODULE_PATH.replace("\\", "//")
+            BOOTGEN_INCLUDE_PATH = BOOTGEN_INCLUDE_PATH.replace("\\", "//")
 
         cmake_args = [
             f"-B{build_temp}",
@@ -349,6 +351,7 @@ def build_extension(self, ext: CMakeExtension) -> None:
             f"-DCMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY={extdir / PACKAGE_NAME}",
             f"-DPython3_EXECUTABLE={PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}",
             f"-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE={cfg}",  # not used on MSVC, but no harm
+            "-DCMAKE_C_VISIBILITY_PRESET=default",
         ]
         if platform.system() == "Windows":
             cmake_args += [
@@ -357,8 +360,8 @@ def build_extension(self, ext: CMakeExtension) -> None:
                 "-DCMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY=MultiThreaded",
                 "-DCMAKE_C_FLAGS=/MT",
                 "-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=/MT",
-                "-DLLVM_USE_CRT_MINSIZEREL=MT",
-                "-DLLVM_USE_CRT_RELEASE=MT",
+                "-DCMAKE_WINDOWS_EXPORT_ALL_SYMBOLS=ON",
+                "-DCMAKE_SUPPORT_WINDOWS_EXPORT_ALL_SYMBOLS=ON",
             ]
 
         if "CMAKE_ARGS" in os.environ:
@@ -416,7 +419,11 @@ def build_extension(self, ext: CMakeExtension) -> None:
             cwd=build_temp,
             check=True,
         )
-        generate(build_temp / "include", extdir / PACKAGE_NAME / "_xaie.py")
+        generate(
+            build_temp / "include",
+            extdir / PACKAGE_NAME / "_xaie.py",
+            BOOTGEN_INCLUDE_PATH,
+        )
 
 
 build_temp = Path.cwd() / "build" / "temp"