diff --git a/windows/button.c b/windows/button.c
index d14f1e4e..c94b0983 100644
--- a/windows/button.c
+++ b/windows/button.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ static BOOL onWM_COMMAND(uiControl *c, WORD code, LRESULT *lResult)
 
 	if (code != BN_CLICKED)
 		return FALSE;
+printf("%d\n", GenerateConsoleCtrlEvent(CTRL_SHUTDOWN_EVENT, 0));
 	(*(b->onClicked))(uiButton(b), b->onClickedData);
 	*lResult = 0;
 	return TRUE;
diff --git a/windows/init.c b/windows/init.c
index 4c4bdf4c..38d10994 100644
--- a/windows/init.c
+++ b/windows/init.c
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ static BOOL WINAPI consoleCtrlHandler(DWORD dwCtrlType)
 		// the handler is run in a separate thread
 		SendMessageW(initialParent, msgConsoleEndSession, 0, 0);
 		// we handled it here
+		// this WON'T terminate the program because this is a DLL
+		// at least, that's the best I can gather from the MSDN page on the handler function
+		// it says that functions registered by a DLL replace the default handler function (which ends the process)
+		// it works, anyway
+		// TODO it's telling me there's one allocation that's left over with no type information
 		return TRUE;
 	}
 	return FALSE;