diff --git a/main/dlls/ns_i386.so b/main/dlls/ns_i386.so
index ad2174a..081caaf 100644
Binary files a/main/dlls/ns_i386.so and b/main/dlls/ns_i386.so differ
diff --git a/main/liblist.gam b/main/liblist.gam
index 7a36d3a..5ebfe3c 100644
--- a/main/liblist.gam
+++ b/main/liblist.gam
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // Natural Selection      //
 //   by Charlie Cleveland //
 ////////////////////////////
-game "Natural Selection 3.1 (PT build 212)"
+game "Natural Selection 3.1 (PT build 252)"
 url_info "www.natural-selection.org"
 url_dl "http://www.natural-selection.org/"
 version "v3.0"
diff --git a/main/source/linux/Makefile b/main/source/linux/Makefile
index c558b15..c3a35c4 100644
--- a/main/source/linux/Makefile
+++ b/main/source/linux/Makefile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ TEXT_OBJDIR=$(TEXT_SRCDIR)/obj
 UTIL_OBJDIR=$(UTIL_SRCDIR)/obj
 OUTPUT_DIR=../../hlds_l/ns/dlls
 
-BASE_CFLAGS=-Dstricmp=strcasecmp -D_strnicmp=strncasecmp -Dstrnicmp=strncasecmp -DAVH_SERVER -DLINUX  -DVALVE_DLL -DQUIVER -DVOXEL -DQUAKE2 -DDEDICATED -DSWDS -D_STLP_USE_GLIBC -DAVH_PLAYTEST_BUILD
+BASE_CFLAGS=-Dstricmp=strcasecmp -D_strnicmp=strncasecmp -Dstrnicmp=strncasecmp -DAVH_SERVER -DLINUX  -DVALVE_DLL -DQUIVER -DVOXEL -DQUAKE2 -DDEDICATED -DSWDS -D_STLP_USE_GLIBC -DAVH_PLAYTEST_BUILD -DUSE_OLDAUTH -DAVH_SECURE_PRERELEASE_BUILD
 
 #full optimization
 CFLAGS=$(BASE_CFLAGS) -w -Wall -nostdinc++ -ffor-scope -fPIC -mcpu=i486 -O3 -pipe  -funroll-loops -fdelayed-branch -malign-loops=4 -malign-jumps=4 -malign-functions=4  
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ CFLAGS=$(BASE_CFLAGS) -w -Wall -nostdinc++ -ffor-scope -fPIC -mcpu=i486 -O3 -pip
 
 # add base directory (CGC)
 
-INCLUDEDIRS=-I$(LIBBASE) -I. -I$(LIBBASE)/include -I$(LIBBASE)/include/stlport -I$(LIBBASE)/include/particle -I$(LIBBASE)/include/lua -I../dlls -I../engine -I../common -I../mod -I../game_shared -I../pm_shared -I.. -I/usr/include/c++/3.3/i486-linux -I/usr/include/c++/3.3 -I/usr/include/c++ 
+INCLUDEDIRS=-I$(LIBBASE) -I. -I$(LIBBASE)/include/curl -I$(LIBBASE)/include -I$(LIBBASE)/include/stlport -I$(LIBBASE)/include/particle -I$(LIBBASE)/include/lua -I../dlls -I../engine -I../common -I../mod -I../game_shared -I../pm_shared -I.. -I/usr/include/c++/3.3/i486-linux -I/usr/include/c++/3.3 -I/usr/include/c++ 
 LINKDIRS=  -L$(LIBBASE)/release
 
 SHLIBEXT=so
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ LDPRELIBS= $(CFLAGS) -shared \
            -Wl,-Map,ns_map.txt \
            $(LINKDIRS)
 
-LDPOSTLIBS= -Wl,-Bstatic -lstlport_gcc -lstdc++ -lsupc++ -llua -llualib -lparticleMP\
+LDPOSTLIBS= -Wl,-Bstatic -lstlport_gcc -lstdc++ -lsupc++ -llua -llualib -lparticleMP -lcurl \
 	-Wl,-Bdynamic -lm -lgcc -lgcc_eh
 # -lgcc -lgcc_eh -lelf
 DO_CC=$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(INCLUDEDIRS) -o $@ -c $<
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ OBJ = \
 	$(MOD_OBJDIR)/AvHBlink.o \
 	$(MOD_OBJDIR)/AvHBuildable.o \
 	$(MOD_OBJDIR)/AvHBuildingGun.o \
+	$(MOD_OBJDIR)/AvHCurl.o \
 	$(MOD_OBJDIR)/AvHClaws.o \
 	$(MOD_OBJDIR)/AvHCloakable.o \
 	$(MOD_OBJDIR)/AvHConsoleCommands.o \
diff --git a/main/source/mod/AvHCurl.cpp b/main/source/mod/AvHCurl.cpp
index a520f1e..060e949 100644
--- a/main/source/mod/AvHCurl.cpp
+++ b/main/source/mod/AvHCurl.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@
 #include "util/Tokenizer.h"
 #include "mod/AvHGamerules.h"
 #include "mod/AvHServerUtil.h"
+#ifndef LINUX
 #define CURL_STATICLIB
+#endif
 #include "curl.h"
 
 extern cvar_t							avh_serverops;
@@ -358,7 +360,7 @@ string BuildUserPassword()
 
 CURLcode PopulateChunkFromURL(const string& inURL, MemoryStruct& outChunk)
 {
-	const int kCurlTimeout = 5;
+	const int kCurlTimeout = 8;
 
 	// init the curl session
 	CURL* theCurlHandle = curl_easy_init();
@@ -545,4 +547,4 @@ void AvHGamerules::DisplayVersioning()
 	}
 }
 
-#endif //defined(USE_OLDAUTH)
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif //defined(USE_OLDAUTH)