diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 24c50ca..c13d417 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+*.aps
 .vs
 src/Debug
 src/Release
diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt
index 32aee41..724ff5b 100644
--- a/readme.txt
+++ b/readme.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 =========================
-Outpost 2 NetHelper 1.5.2
+Outpost 2 NetHelper 1.5.3
 by Arklon
-10/31/2016
+11/03/2018
 =========================
 
 =====
@@ -92,6 +92,15 @@ these at their implied defaults (47776 and 47807).
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+1.5.3
+- Updated to newer versions of libnatpmp and miniupnp.
+  - Cuts down cleanup/destruction on application closing from 3 mins to 8 secs.
+- Changed dependency references from precompiled library files to Git submodules.
+- Removed dependencies on msvcr100.dll and msvcp100.dll by statically compiling.
+- Set release compilation optimization properties closer to MSVC default settings.
+- Removed deprecated POSIX networking functions.
+- Update code to remove benign variable type conversion warning in Patcher.
+
 1.5.2
 - Fixed a minor memory leak.
 
@@ -126,7 +135,7 @@ CHANGELOG
 =======
 LICENSE
 =======
-Copyright (c) 2016.
+Copyright (c) 2018.
 
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
diff --git a/src/NetHelper.rc b/src/NetHelper.rc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b835da
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/NetHelper.rc differ
diff --git a/src/NetHelper.vcxproj b/src/NetHelper.vcxproj
index bde85ca..b55e20f 100644
--- a/src/NetHelper.vcxproj
+++ b/src/NetHelper.vcxproj
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@
     <ClInclude Include="odprintf.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="Patcher.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="PortForward.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="resource.h" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\libnatpmp\msvc\libnatpmp.vcxproj">
@@ -220,6 +221,9 @@
       <Project>{d28ce435-cb33-4bae-8a52-c6ef915956f5}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ResourceCompile Include="NetHelper.rc" />
+  </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
   </ImportGroup>
diff --git a/src/resource.h b/src/resource.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d029576
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/resource.h
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+//{{NO_DEPENDENCIES}}
+// Microsoft Visual C++ generated include file.
+// Used by NetHelper.rc
+
+// Next default values for new objects
+// 
+#ifdef APSTUDIO_INVOKED
+#ifndef APSTUDIO_READONLY_SYMBOLS
+#define _APS_NEXT_RESOURCE_VALUE        101
+#define _APS_NEXT_COMMAND_VALUE         40001
+#define _APS_NEXT_CONTROL_VALUE         1001
+#define _APS_NEXT_SYMED_VALUE           101
+#endif
+#endif