diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
index 3fc66e9..afe9c6a 100644
--- a/config.py
+++ b/config.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
 
-hostMonitoringPeriod = 5
-urlMonitoringPeriod = 30
+hostMonitoringPeriod = 1 # on posix systems, it is suggested this is a minimum of 5 unless forceNonPOSIXCPU is true
+urlMonitoringPeriod = 10
 urls = ["https://www.bootlesshacker.com"]
 urlTimeout = 10
 maxWorkers = 4
+forceNonPOSIXCPU = False # this will force the custom cpu monintor to run instead if set to True
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 1e6b5e0..a54ffba 100755
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor, as_completed
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 
 stop_event = threading.Event()
+nonPOSIXCPULoads = []
+lock = threading.Lock()
 
 def signal_handler(sig, frame):
     print('SIGINT/SIGTERM aknowledged. Stopping script gracefully, please wait...')
@@ -53,17 +55,62 @@ def prepareUrl(src, baseUrl):
         return baseUrl.rstrip("/") + "/" + src.lstrip("/")
     return src
 
-def monitorHost(stop_event):
+def nonPOSIXCPULoad(stop_event):
+    
+    global nonPOSIXCPULoads
+    nonPOSIXCPULoad = 0
 
     while not stop_event.is_set():
 
-        load1, load5, load15 = psutil.getloadavg() # this takes time to warm up if not running script on *nix 
-        loadavg = round((load1/os.cpu_count()) * 100, 2)
+        nonPOSIXCPULoad = psutil.cpu_percent(interval=1)
+        
+        with lock:
+            
+            nonPOSIXCPULoads.append(nonPOSIXCPULoad)
+            
+            if len(nonPOSIXCPULoads) > 60:
+                nonPOSIXCPULoads.pop(0)
+        
+        time.sleep(0.1)
+
+def getNonPOSIXCPUAverage():
+
+    global nonPOSIXCPULoads
+    
+    with lock:
+        if sum(nonPOSIXCPULoads) > 0:
+            avgLoad = sum(nonPOSIXCPULoads) / len(nonPOSIXCPULoads)
+        else:
+            avgLoad = 0
+
+    return avgLoad
+
+def monitorHost(stop_event):
+
+    nonPOSIXCPUStarted = False
+
+    while not stop_event.is_set():
+        
+        if os.name != 'posix' or config.forceNonPOSIXCPU:
+            
+            if not nonPOSIXCPUStarted:
+                
+                nonPOSIXCPUMonitor = threading.Thread(target=nonPOSIXCPULoad, args=(stop_event,))
+                nonPOSIXCPUMonitor.start()
+                nonPOSIXCPUStarted = True
+
+            loadavg = round(getNonPOSIXCPUAverage(), 2)
+
+        else:
+
+            load1, load5, load15 = psutil.getloadavg() # this takes time to warm up if not running script on *nix 
+            loadavg = round((load1/os.cpu_count()) * 100, 2)
         
         memory = psutil.virtual_memory().percent
 
         print("CPU %: " + str(loadavg))
         print("Memory %: " + str(memory))
+        print() # new line
 
         time.sleep(config.hostMonitoringPeriod)
 
@@ -97,7 +144,8 @@ def monitorUrls(stop_event):
                 endTime = time.time()
                 timeDiff = endTime - startTime
             
-                print(timeDiff)
+                print(baseUrl + " response time: " + str(timeDiff))
+                print() # new line
         
             else:
                 urlFail = True