diff --git a/src/plugins/snarl/SnarlInterface.cpp b/src/plugins/snarl/SnarlInterface.cpp
index 0ae0b37..a7c02c1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/snarl/SnarlInterface.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/snarl/SnarlInterface.cpp
@@ -50,6 +50,23 @@
 namespace Snarl {
 namespace V41 {
 
+// workaround for mingw
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+inline errno_t strncat_s( char *strDest,  size_t bufferSizeInBytes,  const char *strSource,  size_t count){
+    strncat(strDest,strSource,count);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+inline errno_t _itoa_s(  int value,  char *buffer,  size_t sizeInCharacters,  int radix = 10){
+    itoa(value,buffer,radix);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+inline int _vsnprintf_s(  char *buffer,  size_t sizeOfBuffer,  size_t count,  const char *format,  va_list argptr ){
+return vsnprintf(buffer, sizeOfBuffer, format, argptr);
+}
+#endif //__GNUC__
+
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Constructor/Destructor
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/plugins/snarlnetwork/snarlnetwork.cpp b/src/plugins/snarlnetwork/snarlnetwork.cpp
index 26639e1..ea233e5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/snarlnetwork/snarlnetwork.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/snarlnetwork/snarlnetwork.cpp
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ void SnarlNetworkFrontend::callback(const SnarlNotification &sn,QString msg){
     if(sn.clientSocket!=NULL&&!msg.isEmpty()){
         msg+=QString::number(sn.notification->id());
         qDebug()<<msg;
-        sn.clientSocket->write(msg.toAscii()+"\n");
+        sn.clientSocket->write(msg.toAscii()+"\r\n");
         sn.clientSocket->flush();
 
         if(sn.httpClient){