diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index e3370dc..a63b121 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
 
 
 # wsltty release
-ver=3.0.0
+ver=3.0.0.2
 
 # wsltty appx release - must have 4 parts!
-verx=3.0.0.0
+verx=3.0.0.2
 
 # Windows SDK version for appx
 WINSDKKEY=/HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/WOW6432Node/Microsoft/.NET Framework Platform/Setup/Multi-Targeting Pack
@@ -121,20 +121,21 @@ wslbridge-package:
 
 wslbridge-source:	wslbridge-$(wslbridge-commit).zip
 	unzip -o wslbridge-$(wslbridge-commit).zip
+	cd wslbridge-$(wslbridge-commit)/backend; patch -p1 < ../../wslbridge-backend-static.patch
 	tr -d '\015' < wslbridge-$(wslbridge-commit)/LICENSE.txt > LICENSE.wslbridge
 
 wslbridge-$(wslbridge-commit).zip:
 	$(wgeto) https://github.com/rprichard/wslbridge/archive/$(wslbridge-commit).zip -o wslbridge-$(wslbridge-commit).zip
 
 wslbridge-frontend:	wslbridge-source
+	echo ------------- Compiling wslbridge frontend
 	cd wslbridge-$(wslbridge-commit)/frontend; make
 	strip wslbridge-$(wslbridge-commit)/out/wslbridge.exe
 	mkdir -p bin
 	cp wslbridge-$(wslbridge-commit)/out/wslbridge.exe bin/
 
-wslbridge-backend:	wslbridge-source bin/wslbridge-backend
-
-bin/wslbridge-backend:
+wslbridge-backend:	wslbridge-source
+	echo ------------- Compiling wslbridge backend
 	cd wslbridge-$(wslbridge-commit)/backend; if uname -m | grep x86_64; then cmd /C wsl make; else wslbridge make; fi
 	mkdir -p bin
 	cp wslbridge-$(wslbridge-commit)/out/wslbridge-backend bin/
diff --git a/wslbridge-backend-static.patch b/wslbridge-backend-static.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..79a55ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wslbridge-backend-static.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+diff -rup orig/Makefile new/Makefile
+--- orig/Makefile	2018-05-06 01:12:36.000000000 +0200
++++ new/Makefile	2019-05-01 08:16:53.647051200 +0200
+@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ all : ../out/wslbridge-backend
+ ../out/wslbridge-backend : wslbridge-backend.cc ../common/SocketIo.cc ../common/SocketIo.h ../VERSION.txt Makefile
+ 	mkdir -p ../out
+ 	$(CXX) -std=c++11 -fno-exceptions \
+-		-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ \
++		-static -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ \
+ 		-D_GNU_SOURCE \
+ 		-DWSLBRIDGE_VERSION=$(shell cat ../VERSION.txt) \
+ 		-Wall -O2 $< ../common/SocketIo.cc -o $@ -lutil -pthread
+diff -rup orig/wslbridge-backend.cc new/wslbridge-backend.cc
+--- orig/wslbridge-backend.cc	2018-05-06 01:12:36.000000000 +0200
++++ new/wslbridge-backend.cc	2019-05-01 08:19:12.799688500 +0200
+@@ -494,6 +494,45 @@ static void frontendVersionCheck(const c
+ 
+ } // namespace
+ 
++#define getpwuid _getpwuid
++
++struct passwd * getpwuid(int uid)
++{
++    FILE * pwd = fopen("/etc/passwd", "r");
++    if (pwd) {
++        char pwbuf[222];
++        static struct passwd pw;
++        pw.pw_shell = 0;
++        while (fgets(pwbuf, sizeof pwbuf, pwd)) {
++            char * sep = strchr(pwbuf, ':');
++            if (!sep) continue;
++            sep = strchr(++sep, ':');
++            if (!sep) continue;
++            int pwuid;
++            if (sscanf(sep, ":%d:", &pwuid) == 1 && pwuid == uid) {
++                // pw_name:pw_passwd:pw_uid:pw_gid:pw_gecos:pw_dir:pw_shell
++                //                  ^
++                sep = strchr(++sep, ':');
++                if (!sep) continue;
++                sep = strchr(++sep, ':');
++                if (!sep) continue;
++                sep = strchr(++sep, ':');
++                if (!sep) continue;
++                sep = strchr(++sep, ':');
++                if (!sep) continue;
++                pw.pw_shell = ++sep;
++                sep = strchr(++sep, '\n');
++                if (sep)
++                    *sep = 0;
++                break;
++            }
++        }
++        fclose(pwd);
++        return &pw;
++    }
++    return 0;
++}
++
+ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+ 
+     // If the backend crashes, it prints a message to its stderr, which is a