diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a090202..858d10c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,7 +4,12 @@ __pycache__/
 *$py.class
 
 # C extensions
+*.a
 *.so
+*.obj
+*.dll
+*.exp
+*.lib
 
 # Distribution / packaging
 .Python
diff --git a/hatch_cpp/plugin.py b/hatch_cpp/plugin.py
index 0ce6f53..0de620f 100644
--- a/hatch_cpp/plugin.py
+++ b/hatch_cpp/plugin.py
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ def initialize(self, version: str, _: dict[str, t.Any]) -> None:
                 for command in build_plan.commands:
                     self._logger.info(command)
             build_plan.execute()
+            build_plan.cleanup()
 
         # build_kwargs = config.build_kwargs
         # if version == "editable":
diff --git a/hatch_cpp/structs.py b/hatch_cpp/structs.py
index 0412aef..cc9c99c 100644
--- a/hatch_cpp/structs.py
+++ b/hatch_cpp/structs.py
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from os import environ, system
-from sys import platform as sys_platform
+from pathlib import Path
+from sys import executable, platform as sys_platform
 from sysconfig import get_path
 from typing import Literal
 
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ def default() -> HatchCppPlatform:
             raise Exception(f"Unrecognized toolchain: {CC}, {CXX}")
         return HatchCppPlatform(cc=CC, cxx=CXX, platform=platform, toolchain=toolchain)
 
-    def get_flags(self, library: HatchCppLibrary) -> str:
+    def get_compile_flags(self, library: HatchCppLibrary) -> str:
         flags = ""
         if self.toolchain == "gcc":
             flags = f"-I{get_path('include')}"
@@ -109,20 +110,28 @@ def get_flags(self, library: HatchCppLibrary) -> str:
         elif self.toolchain == "msvc":
             flags = f"/I{get_path('include')} "
             flags += " ".join(f"/I{d}" for d in library.include_dirs)
-            flags += " /LD"
             flags += " " + " ".join(library.extra_compile_args)
             flags += " " + " ".join(library.extra_link_args)
             flags += " " + " ".join(library.extra_objects)
-            flags += " " + " ".join(f"{lib}.lib" for lib in library.libraries)
-            flags += " " + " ".join(f"/LIBPATH:{lib}" for lib in library.library_dirs)
             flags += " " + " ".join(f"/D{macro}" for macro in library.define_macros)
             flags += " " + " ".join(f"/U{macro}" for macro in library.undef_macros)
-            flags += f" /Fo{library.name}.pyd"
+            flags += " /EHsc /DWIN32 /LD"
+            flags += f" /Fo:{library.name}.obj"
+            flags += f" /Fe:{library.name}.pyd"
+            flags += " /link /DLL"
+            if (Path(executable).parent / "libs").exists():
+                flags += f" /LIBPATH:{str(Path(executable).parent / 'libs')}"
+            flags += " " + " ".join(f"{lib}.lib" for lib in library.libraries)
+            flags += " " + " ".join(f"/LIBPATH:{lib}" for lib in library.library_dirs)
         # clean
         while flags.count("  "):
             flags = flags.replace("  ", " ")
         return flags
 
+    def get_link_flags(self, library: HatchCppLibrary) -> str:
+        flags = ""
+        return flags
+
 
 @dataclass
 class HatchCppBuildPlan(object):
@@ -133,7 +142,7 @@ class HatchCppBuildPlan(object):
     def generate(self):
         self.commands = []
         for library in self.libraries:
-            flags = self.platform.get_flags(library)
+            flags = self.platform.get_compile_flags(library)
             self.commands.append(f"{self.platform.cc} {' '.join(library.sources)} {flags}")
         return self.commands
 
@@ -141,3 +150,10 @@ def execute(self):
         for command in self.commands:
             system(command)
         return self.commands
+
+    def cleanup(self):
+        if self.platform.platform == "win32":
+            for library in self.libraries:
+                temp_obj = Path(f"{library.name}.obj")
+                if temp_obj.exists():
+                    temp_obj.unlink()
diff --git a/hatch_cpp/tests/test_project_basic.py b/hatch_cpp/tests/test_project_basic.py
index b70fff5..03de9f9 100644
--- a/hatch_cpp/tests/test_project_basic.py
+++ b/hatch_cpp/tests/test_project_basic.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 from os import listdir
+from pathlib import Path
 from shutil import rmtree
 from subprocess import check_output
-from sys import platform
+from sys import path, platform
 
 
 class TestProject:
@@ -20,3 +21,8 @@ def test_basic(self):
             assert "extension.pyd" in listdir("hatch_cpp/tests/test_project_basic/basic_project")
         else:
             assert "extension.so" in listdir("hatch_cpp/tests/test_project_basic/basic_project")
+        here = Path(__file__).parent / "test_project_basic"
+        path.insert(0, str(here))
+        import basic_project.extension
+
+        assert basic_project.extension.hello() == "A string"