diff --git a/Adventures in Lestoria/AdventuresInLestoria.cpp b/Adventures in Lestoria/AdventuresInLestoria.cpp
index ce98e87d..bbc463b1 100644
--- a/Adventures in Lestoria/AdventuresInLestoria.cpp	
+++ b/Adventures in Lestoria/AdventuresInLestoria.cpp	
@@ -156,7 +156,6 @@ float AiL::SIZE_CHANGE_SPEED=1;
 
 AiL::AiL()
 {
-	debugLogger.open("debug.log");
 	utils::datafile::Read(DATA,"assets/config/configuration.txt");
 	std::filesystem::create_directories("save_file_path"_S);
 
@@ -2901,8 +2900,20 @@ bool Steam_Init(){
 	return false;
 }
 
-int main()
+int main(char**args,const int argn)
 { 
+	debugLogger.open("debug.log");
+	LOG(std::format("Found {} args",argn));
+	bool usingSteam=true;
+
+	for(int i=0;i<argn;i++){
+		if(std::string(args[i])=="nosteam"){
+			LOG("nosteam flag detected. Disabling steam API...");
+			usingSteam=false;
+		}
+		LOG(std::format("{}: {}",i,args[i]));
+	}
+
 	if(!std::filesystem::exists("assets/config/configuration.txt")){
 		ERR("WARNING! Could not find initial config file! Aborting.");
 		return false;
@@ -2910,7 +2921,8 @@ int main()
 	{
 		utils::datafile configFile;
 		utils::datafile::Read(configFile,"assets/config/configuration.txt");
-		if(configFile["steam_api"].GetBool()){
+		usingSteam&=configFile["steam_api"].GetBool();
+		if(usingSteam){
 			#ifndef __EMSCRIPTEN__
 				if(SteamAPI_RestartAppIfNecessary(2895980U))return false; //Immediately quit if steam is detected and can be started through it.
 				if(Steam_Init()){
@@ -2924,6 +2936,8 @@ int main()
 	{
 		AiL demo;
 		
+		demo.UsingSteamAPI(usingSteam);
+
 		#pragma region Load Window Settings
 			utils::datafile loadSystemFile;
 
@@ -2997,10 +3011,42 @@ int main()
 	return 0;
 }
 
+void get_command_line_args( int * argc, char *** argv )
+{
+  // Get the command line arguments as wchar_t strings
+  wchar_t ** wargv = CommandLineToArgvW( GetCommandLineW(), argc );
+  if (!wargv) { *argc = 0; *argv = NULL; return; }
+  
+  // Count the number of bytes necessary to store the UTF-8 versions of those strings
+  int n = 0;
+  for (int i = 0;  i < *argc;  i++)
+    n += WideCharToMultiByte( CP_UTF8, 0, wargv[i], -1, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL ) + 1;
+  
+  // Allocate the argv[] array + all the UTF-8 strings
+  *argv = (char**)(malloc( (*argc + 1) * sizeof(char *) + n ));
+  if (!*argv) { *argc = 0; return; }
+  
+  // Convert all wargv[] --> argv[]
+  char * arg = (char *)&((*argv)[*argc + 1]);
+  for (int i = 0;  i < *argc;  i++)
+  {
+    (*argv)[i] = arg;
+    arg += WideCharToMultiByte( CP_UTF8, 0, wargv[i], -1, arg, n, NULL, NULL ) + 1;
+  }
+  (*argv)[*argc] = NULL;
+}
+
 #ifndef _DEBUG
 #ifdef _WIN32
 	int CALLBACK WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance,HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,LPSTR lpCmdLine,int nCmdShow){
-		main();
+		int     argc;
+		char ** argv;
+		get_command_line_args( &argc, &argv );
+  
+		for(int n = 0;n < argc;n++)
+			printf( "  %d : %s\n", n, argv[n] );
+		main(argv,argc);
+		free( argv );
 	}
 #endif
 #endif
@@ -3888,7 +3934,7 @@ void AiL::UpdateDiscordStatus(std::string levelName,std::string className){
 			}
 			SteamFriends()->SetRichPresence("steam_display","#Status");
 		}else{
-			if("steam_api"_B&&Steam_Init()){
+			if(steamAPIEnabled&&Steam_Init()){
 				retry=true;
 				LOG("Steam API Initialized successfully!");
 			}
@@ -4212,4 +4258,8 @@ void AiL::ComputeModeColors(TilesetData&tileset){
 
 void AiL::SetBossIndicatorPos(const vf2d pos){
 	bossIndicatorPos=pos;
+}
+
+void AiL::UsingSteamAPI(const bool usingSteam){
+	steamAPIEnabled=usingSteam;
 }
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diff --git a/Adventures in Lestoria/AdventuresInLestoria.h b/Adventures in Lestoria/AdventuresInLestoria.h
index cf30506e..60976fcf 100644
--- a/Adventures in Lestoria/AdventuresInLestoria.h	
+++ b/Adventures in Lestoria/AdventuresInLestoria.h	
@@ -201,6 +201,8 @@ private:
 	SteamKeyboardCallbackHandler*steamKeyboardCallbackListener=nullptr;
 	SteamStatsReceivedHandler*steamStatsReceivedHandlerListener=nullptr;
 	std::optional<vf2d>bossIndicatorPos{};
+	bool steamAPIEnabled{true};
+
 public:
 	AiL();
 	bool OnUserCreate() override;
@@ -211,6 +213,7 @@ public:
 	void GetAnyMousePress(int32_t mouseButton)override final;
 	void GetAnyMouseHeld(int32_t mouseButton)override final;
 	void GetAnyMouseRelease(int32_t mouseButton)override final;
+	void UsingSteamAPI(const bool usingSteam);
 public:
 	geom2d::rect<float>NO_COLLISION={{0.f,0.f,},{0.f,0.f}};
 	TileTransformedView view;
diff --git a/Adventures in Lestoria/Version.h b/Adventures in Lestoria/Version.h
index a7d23e31..2e266f7e 100644
--- a/Adventures in Lestoria/Version.h	
+++ b/Adventures in Lestoria/Version.h	
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ All rights reserved.
 #define VERSION_MAJOR 1
 #define VERSION_MINOR 2
 #define VERSION_PATCH 3
-#define VERSION_BUILD 9430
+#define VERSION_BUILD 9441
 
 #define stringify(a) stringify_(a)
 #define stringify_(a) #a
diff --git a/distribute.sh b/distribute.sh
index cc23bafd..155454f4 100755
--- a/distribute.sh
+++ b/distribute.sh
@@ -23,4 +23,10 @@ cp -R bin release
 rm release/*.pdb
 
 touch release/runGame.sh
-echo "bin/AdventuresInLestoria" > release/runGame.sh
\ No newline at end of file
+echo "#!/bin/bash
+if [ `bin/AdventuresInLestoria | wc -l` == 0 ]; then
+    echo \"Failed to Load through Steam Restarting without Steam API!\"
+    bin/AdventuresInLestoria nosteam
+else
+    echo \"Success!\"
+fi" > release/runGame.sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/runGame - NO STEAM.bat b/runGame - NO STEAM.bat
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..49853c8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runGame - NO STEAM.bat	
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+cd "Adventures in Lestoria"
+"..\x64\Release\Adventures in Lestoria.exe" nosteam
+set /p DUMMY=Hit ENTER to exit...
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/x64/Release/Adventures in Lestoria.exe b/x64/Release/Adventures in Lestoria.exe
index c34f5c76..c8f04a24 100644
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