diff --git a/.cargo/config.toml b/.cargo/config.toml
index 32f830df0..4c1d72421 100644
--- a/.cargo/config.toml
+++ b/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,38 @@ rustflags = ["-Ctarget-cpu=apple-m1"]
 [target.x86_64-pc-windows-msvc]
 # FORCE:MULTIPLE is a bit sketchy. v8 and rocksdb both export the same symbol.
 # This seems to work around it to build on windows, but it's not ideal.
-rustflags = ["-Clink-arg=/FORCE:MULTIPLE", "-Clink-arg=/STACK:4194304"]
+rustflags = [
+    "-Clink-arg=/FORCE:MULTIPLE",
+    "-Clink-arg=/STACK:4194304",
+    "-Ctarget-feature=+crt-static",
+    "-Clink-arg=/DEFAULTLIB:libcmt",
+    "-Clink-arg=/DEFAULTLIB:libvcruntime",
+    "-Clink-arg=/DEFAULTLIB:libucrt",
+    "-Clink-arg=/NODEFAULTLIB:msvcrt",     # dynamic C runtime
+    "-Clink-arg=/NODEFAULTLIB:msvcprt",    # dynamic C++ runtime
+    "-Clink-arg=/NODEFAULTLIB:msvcrtd",    # dynamic debug C runtime  
+    "-Clink-arg=/NODEFAULTLIB:msvcprtd",   # dynamic debug C++ runtime
+    "-Zpanic-abort-tests"
+]
+
+[target.x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.env]
+ROCKSDB_STATIC_LIB = "1"
+VCPKG_ALL_STATIC = "1"
+VCPKGRS_DYNAMIC = "0"
+RUSTFLAGS = "-Ctarget-feature=+crt-static"
+# For native-tls
+OPENSSL_STATIC = "1"
+OPENSSL_NO_VENDOR = "0"
+# For any dependencies using cmake
+CMAKE_STATIC_VCRT = "True"
+# For any dependencies using pkg-config
+PKG_CONFIG_ALL_STATIC = "1"
+LIBROCKSDB_STATIC = "1"
+ROCKSDB_LIB_DIR = ""
+SODIUM_STATIC = "1"
+SODIUM_LIB_DIR = ""
+RUSTY_V8_MIRROR = "https://github.com/denoland/rusty_v8/releases/download"
+V8_STATIC = "1"
 
 [target.'cfg(all())']
 rustflags = ["--cfg", "tokio_unstable"]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/precompile.yml b/.github/workflows/precompile.yml
index a7f2958de..4e9abdf4c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/precompile.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/precompile.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install JS
         run: |
           just rush install
-          just rush build
 
       - name: Precompute release name
         id: release_name
@@ -79,7 +78,7 @@ jobs:
           unset ROCKSDB_LIB_DIR
           unset SODIUM_USE_PKG_CONFIG
           unset SNAPPY_LIB_DIR
-          cargo build --release -p local_backend --bin convex-local-backend
+          RUSTFLAGS="-Clink-arg=/VERBOSE" cargo build -vv --release -p local_backend --bin convex-local-backend
           mv target/release/${{ steps.release_name.outputs.BINARY_NAME }} .
 
       - name: Zip backend into arch