diff --git a/include/frnetlib/HttpRequest.h b/include/frnetlib/HttpRequest.h
index d7cbfe4..ad8f9fd 100644
--- a/include/frnetlib/HttpRequest.h
+++ b/include/frnetlib/HttpRequest.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ namespace fr
          *
          * @param header_end_pos The position in 'body' of the end of the header
          */
-        void parse_header(ssize_t header_end_pos);
+        void parse_header(int32_t header_end_pos);
 
         /*!
          * Parses the POST data from the body
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ namespace fr
 
         //State
         bool header_ended;
-        ssize_t last_parsed_character;
+		int32_t last_parsed_character;
         size_t content_length;
 
     };
diff --git a/include/frnetlib/HttpResponse.h b/include/frnetlib/HttpResponse.h
index 21ec82f..d2d8383 100644
--- a/include/frnetlib/HttpResponse.h
+++ b/include/frnetlib/HttpResponse.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ namespace fr
          *
          * @param header_end_pos The position in 'body' of the end of the header
          */
-        void parse_header(ssize_t header_end_pos);
+        void parse_header(int32_t header_end_pos);
 
         //State
         bool header_ended;
diff --git a/include/frnetlib/NetworkEncoding.h b/include/frnetlib/NetworkEncoding.h
index 1951dd4..4bbf410 100644
--- a/include/frnetlib/NetworkEncoding.h
+++ b/include/frnetlib/NetworkEncoding.h
@@ -28,44 +28,49 @@
 #endif
 
 
+
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+
 #define htonll(x) ((1==htonl(1)) ? (x) : ((uint64_t)htonl((x) & 0xFFFFFFFF) << 32) | htonl((x) >> 32))
 #define ntohll(x) ((1==ntohl(1)) ? (x) : ((uint64_t)ntohl((x) & 0xFFFFFFFF) << 32) | ntohl((x) >> 32))
 
 inline float htonf(float val)
 {
-    uint32_t ret;
-    memcpy(&ret, &val, sizeof(ret));
-    ret = htonl(ret);
-    memcpy(&val, &ret, sizeof(val));
-    return val;
+	uint32_t ret;
+	memcpy(&ret, &val, sizeof(ret));
+	ret = htonl(ret);
+	memcpy(&val, &ret, sizeof(val));
+	return val;
 }
 
 inline float ntohf(float val)
 {
-    uint32_t ret;
-    memcpy(&ret, &val, sizeof(ret));
-    ret = ntohl(ret);
-    memcpy(&val, &ret, sizeof(val));
-    return val;
+	uint32_t ret;
+	memcpy(&ret, &val, sizeof(ret));
+	ret = ntohl(ret);
+	memcpy(&val, &ret, sizeof(val));
+	return val;
 }
 
 inline double htond(double val)
 {
-    uint64_t ret;
-    memcpy(&ret, &val, sizeof(ret));
-    ret = htonll(ret);
-    memcpy(&val, &ret, sizeof(val));
-    return val;
+	uint64_t ret;
+	memcpy(&ret, &val, sizeof(ret));
+	ret = htonll(ret);
+	memcpy(&val, &ret, sizeof(val));
+	return val;
 }
 
 inline double ntohd(double val)
 {
-    uint64_t ret;
-    memcpy(&ret, &val, sizeof(ret));
-    ret = ntohll(ret);
-    memcpy(&val, &ret, sizeof(val));
-    return val;
+	uint64_t ret;
+	memcpy(&ret, &val, sizeof(ret));
+	ret = ntohll(ret);
+	memcpy(&val, &ret, sizeof(val));
+	return val;
 }
+#endif
+
 inline void *get_sin_addr(struct sockaddr *sa)
 {
     if(sa->sa_family == AF_INET)
diff --git a/include/frnetlib/SSLContext.h b/include/frnetlib/SSLContext.h
index b53dc17..643b1cb 100644
--- a/include/frnetlib/SSLContext.h
+++ b/include/frnetlib/SSLContext.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ namespace fr
          */
         bool load_ca_certs_from_memory(const std::string &ca_certs)
         {
+			std::cerr << "Note: load_ca_certs_from_memory() seems to be broken. Please use load_ca_certs_from_file() until this is resolved." << std::endl;
             int error = mbedtls_x509_crt_parse(&cacert, (const unsigned char *)ca_certs.c_str(), ca_certs.size());
             if(error < 0)
             {
diff --git a/src/HttpRequest.cpp b/src/HttpRequest.cpp
index 1705a82..41e9508 100644
--- a/src/HttpRequest.cpp
+++ b/src/HttpRequest.cpp
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ namespace fr
         return true;
     }
 
-    void HttpRequest::parse_header(ssize_t header_end_pos)
+    void HttpRequest::parse_header(int32_t header_end_pos)
     {
         //Split the header into lines
         size_t line = 0;
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ namespace fr
         //Store content length value if it exists
         auto length_header_iter = header_data.find("content-length");
         if(length_header_iter != header_data.end())
-            content_length = std::stoull(length_header_iter->second);
+            content_length = (size_t)std::stoull(length_header_iter->second);
     }
 
     std::string HttpRequest::construct(const std::string &host) const
diff --git a/src/HttpResponse.cpp b/src/HttpResponse.cpp
index b002ff5..1bb9d3c 100644
--- a/src/HttpResponse.cpp
+++ b/src/HttpResponse.cpp
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ namespace fr
         return response;
     }
 
-    void HttpResponse::parse_header(ssize_t header_end_pos)
+    void HttpResponse::parse_header(int32_t header_end_pos)
     {
         //Split the header into lines
         size_t line = 0;
diff --git a/src/Socket.cpp b/src/Socket.cpp
index 380cda9..e044686 100644
--- a/src/Socket.cpp
+++ b/src/Socket.cpp
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ namespace fr
         if(!connected())
             return Socket::Disconnected;
 
-        ssize_t bytes_remaining = buffer_size;
+		int32_t bytes_remaining = buffer_size;
         size_t bytes_read = 0;
         while(bytes_remaining > 0)
         {
diff --git a/src/TcpSocket.cpp b/src/TcpSocket.cpp
index 49ea2c0..d319f82 100644
--- a/src/TcpSocket.cpp
+++ b/src/TcpSocket.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ namespace fr
         size_t sent = 0;
         while(sent < size)
         {
-            ssize_t status = ::send(socket_descriptor, data + sent, size - sent, 0);
+            int32_t status = ::send(socket_descriptor, data + sent, size - sent, 0);
             if(status > 0)
             {
                 sent += status;
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ namespace fr
         received = 0;
 
         //Read RECV_CHUNK_SIZE bytes into the recv buffer
-        ssize_t status = ::recv(socket_descriptor, (char*)data, buffer_size, 0);
+		int32_t status = ::recv(socket_descriptor, (char*)data, buffer_size, 0);
 
         if(status > 0)
         {