diff --git a/include/shared.h b/include/shared.h
index 37180ba79..e40982b5c 100644
--- a/include/shared.h
+++ b/include/shared.h
@@ -37,11 +37,7 @@
 
 
 
-#if defined (_WIN)
-#define hc_sleep(x) Sleep ((x) * 1000);
-#elif defined (_POSIX)
-#define hc_sleep(x) sleep ((x));
-#endif
+
 
 #define ETC_MAX                 (60 * 60 * 24 * 365 * 10)
 
@@ -67,6 +63,8 @@ u64 mydivc64 (const u64 dividend, const u64 divisor);
 void naive_replace (char *s, const u8 key_char, const u8 replace_char);
 void naive_escape (char *s, size_t s_max, const u8 key_char, const u8 escape_char);
 
+void hc_sleep (const int sec);
+
 
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/shared.c b/src/shared.c
index 2bfb5e925..94bef76eb 100644
--- a/src/shared.c
+++ b/src/shared.c
@@ -103,7 +103,14 @@ void naive_escape (char *s, size_t s_max, const u8 key_char, const u8 escape_cha
   strncpy (s, s_escaped, s_max - 1);
 }
 
+void hc_sleep (const int sec)
+{
+  #if defined (_WIN)
+  #define sleep(x) Sleep ((x) * 1000)
+  #endif
 
+  sleep (sec);
+}
 
 // need to sort out from here