diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6a22d10..09cbba0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -64,7 +64,12 @@ Thumbs.db
 *.mov
 *.wmv
 *.mp3
-*.wavbuild/
+*.wav
+
+# Symlink to GroveEngine (local only)
+external/GroveEngine
+
+build/
 *.o
 *.a
 *.so
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e79c3a0..47db7cb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ endif()
 
 # cpp-httplib (header-only HTTP client)
 include(FetchContent)
+
+# Disable OpenSSL auto-detection in httplib if OpenSSL is not available
+if(NOT OPENSSL_FOUND)
+    set(HTTPLIB_USE_OPENSSL_IF_AVAILABLE OFF CACHE BOOL "Disable OpenSSL in httplib" FORCE)
+endif()
+
 FetchContent_Declare(
     httplib
     GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib.git
@@ -68,6 +74,10 @@ target_link_libraries(AissiaLLM PUBLIC
     GroveEngine::impl
     spdlog::spdlog
 )
+# Link Winsock for httplib on Windows
+if(WIN32)
+    target_link_libraries(AissiaLLM PUBLIC ws2_32)
+endif()
 if(OPENSSL_FOUND)
     target_link_libraries(AissiaLLM PUBLIC OpenSSL::SSL OpenSSL::Crypto)
     target_compile_definitions(AissiaLLM PRIVATE CPPHTTPLIB_OPENSSL_SUPPORT)
@@ -119,13 +129,16 @@ target_include_directories(AissiaAudio PUBLIC
 target_link_libraries(AissiaAudio PUBLIC
     spdlog::spdlog
 )
+# Link Winsock for httplib on Windows
+if(WIN32)
+    target_link_libraries(AissiaAudio PUBLIC ws2_32 sapi ole32)
+endif()
 if(OPENSSL_FOUND)
     target_link_libraries(AissiaAudio PUBLIC OpenSSL::SSL OpenSSL::Crypto)
     target_compile_definitions(AissiaAudio PRIVATE CPPHTTPLIB_OPENSSL_SUPPORT)
 endif()
-if(WIN32)
-    target_link_libraries(AissiaAudio PUBLIC sapi ole32)
-endif()
+# Note: Si OpenSSL n'est pas trouvé, on ne définit PAS CPPHTTPLIB_OPENSSL_SUPPORT
+# httplib utilisera HTTP simple sans SSL
 
 # Optional: Link Vosk if available (Phase 7 STT)
 find_library(VOSK_LIBRARY vosk)
@@ -300,6 +313,10 @@ target_link_libraries(WebModule PRIVATE
     GroveEngine::impl
     spdlog::spdlog
 )
+# Link Winsock for httplib on Windows
+if(WIN32)
+    target_link_libraries(WebModule PRIVATE ws2_32)
+endif()
 if(OPENSSL_FOUND)
     target_link_libraries(WebModule PRIVATE OpenSSL::SSL OpenSSL::Crypto)
     target_compile_definitions(WebModule PRIVATE CPPHTTPLIB_OPENSSL_SUPPORT)
@@ -319,26 +336,35 @@ file(COPY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/config/
 # Development targets
 # ============================================================================
 
-# TestRunnerModule - Orchestrator for integration tests
-add_library(TestRunnerModule SHARED
-    src/modules/TestRunnerModule.cpp
-)
-target_include_directories(TestRunnerModule PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src)
-target_link_libraries(TestRunnerModule PRIVATE
-    GroveEngine::impl
-    spdlog::spdlog
-    ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
-)
-set_target_properties(TestRunnerModule PROPERTIES
-    PREFIX "lib"
-    LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/modules
-)
+# TestRunnerModule - Orchestrator for integration tests (Unix only - uses dlfcn.h)
+if(UNIX)
+    add_library(TestRunnerModule SHARED
+        src/modules/TestRunnerModule.cpp
+    )
+    target_include_directories(TestRunnerModule PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src)
+    target_link_libraries(TestRunnerModule PRIVATE
+        GroveEngine::impl
+        spdlog::spdlog
+        ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
+    )
+    set_target_properties(TestRunnerModule PROPERTIES
+        PREFIX "lib"
+        LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/modules
+    )
+endif()
 
 # Quick rebuild of modules only (for hot-reload workflow)
-add_custom_target(modules
-    DEPENDS SchedulerModule NotificationModule StorageModule MonitoringModule AIModule VoiceModule WebModule TestRunnerModule
-    COMMENT "Building hot-reloadable modules only"
-)
+if(UNIX)
+    add_custom_target(modules
+        DEPENDS SchedulerModule NotificationModule StorageModule MonitoringModule AIModule VoiceModule WebModule TestRunnerModule
+        COMMENT "Building hot-reloadable modules only"
+    )
+else()
+    add_custom_target(modules
+        DEPENDS SchedulerModule NotificationModule StorageModule MonitoringModule AIModule VoiceModule WebModule
+        COMMENT "Building hot-reloadable modules only"
+    )
+endif()
 
 # Create data directory
 file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/data)
@@ -367,3 +393,4 @@ target_link_libraries(test_stt_engines
     AissiaAudio
     spdlog::spdlog
 )
+# Link Winsock for httplib on Windows (already linked via AissiaLLM PUBLIC dependency)
diff --git a/external/GroveEngine b/external/GroveEngine
deleted file mode 120000
index 64e37d5..0000000
--- a/external/GroveEngine
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/mnt/e/Users/Alexis Trouvé/Documents/Projets/GroveEngine
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/shared/http/HttpClient.hpp b/src/shared/http/HttpClient.hpp
index aec630b..49e3651 100644
--- a/src/shared/http/HttpClient.hpp
+++ b/src/shared/http/HttpClient.hpp
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
  * Requires cpp-httplib and OpenSSL for HTTPS support.
  */
 
-#define CPPHTTPLIB_OPENSSL_SUPPORT
+// Only enable OpenSSL support if it was found during CMake configuration
+// CPPHTTPLIB_OPENSSL_SUPPORT is defined via target_compile_definitions when OpenSSL is available
 #include <httplib.h>
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 #include <string>
@@ -72,9 +73,12 @@ public:
             std::string url = (m_useSSL ? "https://" : "http://") + m_host;
             httplib::Client client(url);
 
+            // Only enable certificate verification if OpenSSL support is compiled in
+#ifdef CPPHTTPLIB_OPENSSL_SUPPORT
             if (m_useSSL) {
                 client.enable_server_certificate_verification(true);
             }
+#endif
 
             client.set_connection_timeout(m_timeoutSeconds);
             client.set_read_timeout(m_timeoutSeconds);
@@ -122,9 +126,12 @@ public:
             std::string url = (m_useSSL ? "https://" : "http://") + m_host;
             httplib::Client client(url);
 
+            // Only enable certificate verification if OpenSSL support is compiled in
+#ifdef CPPHTTPLIB_OPENSSL_SUPPORT
             if (m_useSSL) {
                 client.enable_server_certificate_verification(true);
             }
+#endif
 
             client.set_connection_timeout(m_timeoutSeconds);
             client.set_read_timeout(m_timeoutSeconds);
@@ -158,9 +165,12 @@ public:
             std::string url = (m_useSSL ? "https://" : "http://") + m_host;
             httplib::Client client(url);
 
+            // Only enable certificate verification if OpenSSL support is compiled in
+#ifdef CPPHTTPLIB_OPENSSL_SUPPORT
             if (m_useSSL) {
                 client.enable_server_certificate_verification(true);
             }
+#endif
 
             client.set_connection_timeout(m_timeoutSeconds);
             client.set_read_timeout(m_timeoutSeconds);