diff --git a/src/io/mod.rs b/src/io/mod.rs
index 5bc18fc..7cd3c75 100644
--- a/src/io/mod.rs
+++ b/src/io/mod.rs
@@ -4,4 +4,9 @@ mod windows;
 mod servers_context;
 
 pub type Address = windows::WindowsAddressKnown;
-use allocator::Allocator;
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+use allocator::Allocator;
+use crate::io::windows::winsocks_scope;
+
+pub(crate) fn network_scope<R>(scope: impl FnOnce() -> R) -> R {
+    return winsocks_scope(scope);
+}
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diff --git a/src/io/windows/mod.rs b/src/io/windows/mod.rs
index 14cb5cd..2ccf570 100644
--- a/src/io/windows/mod.rs
+++ b/src/io/windows/mod.rs
@@ -2,5 +2,7 @@ mod address;
 mod errors;
 mod eventloop;
 mod task;
+mod winsocks_scope;
 
-pub use address::{WindowsAddressAny, WindowsAddressKnown};
\ No newline at end of file
+pub use address::{WindowsAddressAny, WindowsAddressKnown};
+pub(super) use winsocks_scope::winsocks_scope;
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diff --git a/src/io/windows/winsocks_scope.rs b/src/io/windows/winsocks_scope.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2d2017
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/io/windows/winsocks_scope.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+use super::errors::throw_from_windows_err_code;
+use std::mem::uninitialized;
+use windows::Win32::Networking::WinSock::{WSACleanup, WSAStartup};
+
+pub(in super::super) fn winsocks_scope<R>(scope: impl FnOnce() -> R) -> R {
+    unsafe {
+        match WSAStartup(0x0202, &mut uninitialized()) {
+            0 => {}
+            errcode => throw_from_windows_err_code(errcode),
+        }
+
+        let result = scope();
+
+        match WSACleanup() {
+            0 => {}
+            errcode => throw_from_windows_err_code(errcode),
+        }
+
+        return result;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index a7907da..7472c61 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
+use crate::io::network_scope;
+
 mod data;
 mod io;
 
 fn main() {
-    println!("Hello, world!");
+    network_scope(|| {
+        println!("Hello, world!");
+    });
 }