diff --git a/dist/windows/service_install.bat b/dist/windows/service_install.bat
index 24c3b68..03baf61 100644
--- a/dist/windows/service_install.bat
+++ b/dist/windows/service_install.bat
@@ -10,9 +10,8 @@ pause
 set svc_name="ByeDPI"
 set svc_desc="Local SOCKS proxy server to bypass DPI (Deep Packet Inspection)."
 
-:: Set up launch args (bypass methods) here. The "--service" arg is required; 
-:: without it, the program will not register itself as a Windows service!
-set svc_bin="\"%cd%\ciadpi.exe\" --service --split 1+s --disorder 3+s --mod-http=h,d --auto --tlsrec 1+s"
+:: Set up launch args (bypass methods) here.
+set svc_bin="\"%cd%\ciadpi.exe\" --split 1+s --disorder 3+s --mod-http=h,d --auto --tlsrec 1+s"
 
 sc stop %svc_name%
 sc delete %svc_name%
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 23f0ffa..bfc8523 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -140,9 +140,6 @@ const struct option options[] = {
     #ifdef __linux__
     {"md5sig",        0, 0, 'S'},
     #endif
-    #ifdef _WIN32
-    {"service",       0, 0, 'B'},
-    #endif
     {"fake-data",     1, 0, 'l'},
     {"tls-sni",       1, 0, 'n'},
     #endif
@@ -437,8 +434,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         uniperror("WSAStartup");
         return -1;
     }
-
-    int as_winsvc = 0;
+    if (register_winsvc(argc, argv)) {
+        return 0;
+    }
     #endif
     struct sockaddr_ina s = {
         .in = {
@@ -465,7 +463,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     int rez;
     int invalid = 0;
     
-    ssize_t val = 0;
+    long val = 0;
     char *end = 0;
     
     uint16_t port = htons(1080);
@@ -481,12 +479,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
              argc, argv, opt, options, 0)) != -1) {
         switch (rez) {
         
-        #ifdef _WIN32
-        case 'B':
-            as_winsvc = 1;
-            break;
-        #endif
-        
         case 'N':
             params.resolve = 0;
             break;
@@ -649,12 +641,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
             break;
             
         case 'H':;
-            char *data = ftob(optarg, &val);
+            ssize_t size;
+            char *data = ftob(optarg, &size);
             if (!data) {
                 uniperror("read/parse");
                 invalid = 1;
             }
-            dp->hosts = parse_hosts(data, val);
+            dp->hosts = parse_hosts(data, size);
             if (!dp->hosts) {
                 perror("parse_hosts");
                 clear_params();
@@ -815,12 +808,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
             return -1;
         }
     }
-    
-    #ifdef _WIN32
-    if (as_winsvc && register_winsvc(argc, argv))
-        return 0;
-    #endif
-
     if (invalid) {
         fprintf(stderr, "invalid value: -%c %s\n", rez, optarg);
         clear_params();
diff --git a/win_service.c b/win_service.c
index 6189d75..b7052c5 100644
--- a/win_service.c
+++ b/win_service.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 static SERVICE_STATUS ServiceStatus;
 static SERVICE_STATUS_HANDLE hStatus;
+
 static int svc_argc = 0;
 static char **svc_argv = NULL;
 
@@ -60,20 +61,11 @@ int register_winsvc(int argc, char *argv[])
     };
 
     // Save args passed to the program to use instead of the service args.
-    if (!svc_argc && !svc_argv) {
-        svc_argc = argc;
-        svc_argv = calloc((size_t)(argc + 1), sizeof(void*));
-        for (int i = 0; i < argc; i++)
-            svc_argv[i] = strdup(argv[i]);
+    if (svc_argv) {
+        return 0;
     }
-
-    int result = StartServiceCtrlDispatcher(ServiceTable);
-    
-    if (svc_argc && svc_argv) {
-        for (int i = 0; i < svc_argc; i++)
-            free(svc_argv[i]);
-        free(svc_argv);
-    }
-
-    return result;
+    svc_argc = argc;
+    svc_argv = argv;
+        
+    return StartServiceCtrlDispatcher(ServiceTable);
 }
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