diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7393e46d3..53b1ce827 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,6 @@
 
 *.o
+
+agents/iguana
+
+agents/libcrypto777.a
diff --git a/agents/libcrypto777.a b/agents/libcrypto777.a
deleted file mode 100644
index 34481851f..000000000
Binary files a/agents/libcrypto777.a and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/crypto777/bitcoind_RPC.c b/crypto777/bitcoind_RPC.c
index f8875ea8c..9cda47c05 100755
--- a/crypto777/bitcoind_RPC.c
+++ b/crypto777/bitcoind_RPC.c
@@ -103,9 +103,14 @@ char *Jay_NXTrequest(char *command,char *params)
 
 char *bitcoind_RPC(char **retstrp,char *debugstr,char *url,char *userpass,char *command,char *params)
 {
-    static int count,count2; static double elapsedsum,elapsedsum2; extern int32_t USE_JAY;
+    static int didinit,count,count2; static double elapsedsum,elapsedsum2; extern int32_t USE_JAY;
     struct curl_slist *headers = NULL; struct return_string s; CURLcode res; CURL *curl_handle;
     char *bracket0,*bracket1,*databuf = 0; long len; int32_t specialcase,numretries; double starttime;
+    if ( didinit == 0 )
+    {
+        didinit = 1;
+        curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL); //init the curl session
+    }
     if ( USE_JAY != 0 && (strncmp(url,"http://127.0.0.1:7876/nxt",strlen("http://127.0.0.1:7876/nxt")) == 0 || strncmp(url,"https://127.0.0.1:7876/nxt",strlen("https://127.0.0.1:7876/nxt")) == 0) )
     {
         if ( (databuf= Jay_NXTrequest(command,params)) != 0 )
diff --git a/crypto777/iguana_OS.c b/crypto777/iguana_OS.c
index 189735024..40292ba4c 100755
--- a/crypto777/iguana_OS.c
+++ b/crypto777/iguana_OS.c
@@ -826,10 +826,8 @@ void *OS_tmpalloc(char *dirname,char *name,struct OS_memspace *mem,long origsize
     return(OS_portable_tmpalloc(dirname,name,mem,origsize));
 }
 
-#include <curl/curl.h>
 void OS_init()
 {
-    curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_ALL); //init the curl session
     SaM_PrepareIndices();
     return(OS_portable_init());
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/iguana/m_clean b/iguana/m_clean
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..47d15d969
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iguana/m_clean
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+rm *.o
diff --git a/iguana/m_osx b/iguana/m_osx
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..5aa8b2b7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iguana/m_osx
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+gcc -Wno-deprecated  -o ../agents/iguana -O2 *.c ../agents/libcrypto777.a -lssl -lcrypto -lm
diff --git a/iguana/m_unix b/iguana/m_unix
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..f4e7777ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iguana/m_unix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+gcc -o ../agents/iguana -O2 *.c -lssl -lcrypto -lm
diff --git a/iguana/m_win32 b/iguana/m_win32
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..216478f67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iguana/m_win32
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+echo do equivalent of: gcc -o ../agents/iguana -O2 *.c -lssl -lcrypto -lm
diff --git a/iguana/m_win64 b/iguana/m_win64
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..216478f67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iguana/m_win64
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+echo do equivalent of: gcc -o ../agents/iguana -O2 *.c -lssl -lcrypto -lm
diff --git a/tools/m_unix b/tools/m_unix
index eb967f793..5456c5b80 100755
--- a/tools/m_unix
+++ b/tools/m_unix
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 git pull
-make
+gcc -o agent *.c libcrypto777.a