diff --git a/client/build.sh b/client/build.sh
index 57dfd04..436208d 100755
--- a/client/build.sh
+++ b/client/build.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ WRAPPER_SOURCE="main.js"
 
 EXPORTED_FUNCS="_load_certs,_perform_request"
 RUNTIME_METHODS="addFunction,removeFunction,allocate,ALLOC_NORMAL"
-COMPILER_OPTIONS="-o $MODULE_FILE -lcurl -lssl -lcrypto -lcjson -lz -lbrotlidec -lbrotlicommon -I $INCLUDE_DIR -L $LIB_DIR"
+COMPILER_OPTIONS="-o $MODULE_FILE -lcurl -lwolfssl -lcjson -lz -lbrotlidec -lbrotlicommon -I $INCLUDE_DIR -L $LIB_DIR"
 EMSCRIPTEN_OPTIONS="-lwebsocket.js -sSINGLE_FILE -sASYNCIFY -sALLOW_TABLE_GROWTH -sEXPORTED_FUNCTIONS=$EXPORTED_FUNCS -sEXPORTED_RUNTIME_METHODS=$RUNTIME_METHODS"
 
 if [ "$1" = "release" ]; then
diff --git a/client/main.c b/client/main.c
index 9e7f7fc..6b32d39 100644
--- a/client/main.c
+++ b/client/main.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ void perform_request(const char* url, const char* json_params, DataCallback data
   CURLM *multi_handle;
   int still_running = 1;
   int abort_on_redirect = 0;
+  char error_buffer[CURL_ERROR_SIZE];
  
   curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_DEFAULT);
   http_handle = curl_easy_init();
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ void perform_request(const char* url, const char* json_params, DataCallback data
   curl_easy_setopt(http_handle, CURLOPT_PROXYTYPE, CURLPROXY_SOCKS5);
   curl_easy_setopt(http_handle, CURLOPT_CAINFO, "/cacert.pem");
   curl_easy_setopt(http_handle, CURLOPT_CAPATH, "/cacert.pem");
+  curl_easy_setopt(http_handle, CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER, error_buffer);
 
   //callbacks to pass the response data back to js
   curl_easy_setopt(http_handle, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, &write_function);
@@ -104,6 +106,8 @@ void perform_request(const char* url, const char* json_params, DataCallback data
   
   CURLMcode mc;
   struct CURLMsg *m;
+  error_buffer[0] = 0;
+
   do {
     mc = curl_multi_perform(multi_handle, &still_running);
  
@@ -134,6 +138,9 @@ void perform_request(const char* url, const char* json_params, DataCallback data
   //create new json object with response info
   cJSON* response_json = cJSON_CreateObject();
 
+  cJSON* error_item = cJSON_CreateString(error_buffer);
+  cJSON_AddItemToObject(response_json, "error", error_item);
+
   cJSON* status_item = cJSON_CreateNumber(response_code);
   cJSON_AddItemToObject(response_json, "status", status_item);
 
diff --git a/client/main.js b/client/main.js
index d8ff917..5f13cb5 100644
--- a/client/main.js
+++ b/client/main.js
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ function perform_request(url, params, js_data_callback, js_end_callback, body=nu
     _free(url_ptr);
     _free(response_json_ptr);
     
-    if (error != 0) console.error("request failed with error code " + error);
     js_end_callback(error, response_info);
   }
 
@@ -165,6 +164,7 @@ function merge_arrays(arrays) {
 }
 
 function create_response(response_data, response_info) {
+  delete response_info.error;
   response_info.ok = response_info.status >= 200 && response_info.status < 300;
   response_info.statusText = status_messages[response_info.status] || "";
 
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ function libcurl_fetch(url, params={}) {
     
     let finish_callback = (error, response_info) => {
       if (error != 0) {
-        reject("libcurl.js encountered an error: " + error);
+        reject("libcurl.js encountered an error: " + error + "\n" + response_info.error);
         return;
       }
       let response_data = merge_arrays(chunks);
diff --git a/client/tools/all_deps.sh b/client/tools/all_deps.sh
index e59f563..20fbeb5 100755
--- a/client/tools/all_deps.sh
+++ b/client/tools/all_deps.sh
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
 
 mkdir -p build
 
-OPENSSL_PREFIX=$(realpath build/openssl-wasm)
+WOLFSSL_PREFIX=$(realpath build/wolfssl-wasm)
 CJSON_PREFIX=$(realpath build/cjson-wasm)
 CURL_PREFIX=$(realpath build/curl-wasm)
 ZLIB_PREFIX=$(realpath build/zlib-wasm)
 BROTLI_PREFIX=$(realpath build/brotli-wasm)
 
-if [ ! -d $OPENSSL_PREFIX ]; then
+if [ ! -d $WOLFSSL_PREFIX ]; then
   tools/openssl.sh
 fi
 if [ ! -d $CJSON_PREFIX ]; then
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ if [ ! -d $CURL_PREFIX ]; then
   tools/curl.sh
 fi
 
-cp -r $OPENSSL_PREFIX/* $CURL_PREFIX
+cp -r $WOLFSSL_PREFIX/* $CURL_PREFIX
 cp -r $CJSON_PREFIX/* $CURL_PREFIX
 cp -r $ZLIB_PREFIX/* $CURL_PREFIX
 cp -r $BROTLI_PREFIX/* $CURL_PREFIX
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diff --git a/client/tools/curl.sh b/client/tools/curl.sh
index cd4e40e..a442565 100755
--- a/client/tools/curl.sh
+++ b/client/tools/curl.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ set -e
 
 CORE_COUNT=$(nproc --all)
 PREFIX=$(realpath build/curl-wasm)
-OPENSSL_PREFIX=$(realpath build/openssl-wasm)
+WOLFSSL_PREFIX=$(realpath build/wolfssl-wasm)
 ZLIB_PREFIX=$(realpath build/zlib-wasm)
 BROTLI_PREFIX=$(realpath build/brotli-wasm)
 
@@ -17,14 +17,13 @@ git clone -b master --depth=1 https://github.com/curl/curl
 cd curl
 
 autoreconf -fi
-emconfigure ./configure --host i686-linux --disable-shared --disable-threaded-resolver --without-libpsl --disable-netrc --disable-ipv6 --disable-tftp --disable-ntlm-wb --with-ssl=$OPENSSL_PREFIX --with-zlib=$ZLIB_PREFIX --with-brotli=$BROTLI_PREFIX
-emmake make -j$CORE_COUNT CFLAGS="-pthread" LIBS="-lbrotlicommon"
+emconfigure ./configure --host i686-linux --disable-shared --disable-threaded-resolver --without-libpsl --disable-netrc --disable-ipv6 --disable-tftp --disable-ntlm-wb --with-wolfssl=$WOLFSSL_PREFIX --with-zlib=$ZLIB_PREFIX --with-brotli=$BROTLI_PREFIX
+emmake make -j$CORE_COUNT CFLAGS="-Os -pthread" LIBS="-lbrotlicommon"
 
 rm -rf $PREFIX
 mkdir -p $PREFIX/include
 mkdir -p $PREFIX/lib
 cp -r include/curl $PREFIX/include
 cp lib/.libs/libcurl.a $PREFIX/lib
-cp -r $OPENSSL_PREFIX/* $PREFIX
 
 cd ../../
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diff --git a/client/tools/openssl.sh b/client/tools/openssl.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index c87781e..0000000
--- a/client/tools/openssl.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-#compile openssl for use with emscripten
-
-set -x
-set -e
-
-CORE_COUNT=$(nproc --all)
-PREFIX=$(realpath build/openssl-wasm)
-mkdir -p $PREFIX
-
-cd build
-rm -rf openssl
-git clone -b master --depth=1 https://github.com/openssl/openssl
-cd openssl
-
-emconfigure ./Configure linux-x32 --prefix=$PREFIX -no-asm -static -no-afalgeng -no-dso -DOPENSSL_SYS_NETWARE -DSIG_DFL=0 -DSIG_IGN=0 -DHAVE_FORK=0 -DOPENSSL_NO_AFALGENG=1 -DOPENSSL_NO_SPEED=1 -DOPENSSL_NO_DYNAMIC_ENGINE -DDLOPEN_FLAG=0
-sed -i 's|^CROSS_COMPILE.*$|CROSS_COMPILE=|g' Makefile
-emmake make -j$CORE_COUNT build_generated libssl.a libcrypto.a
-
-rm -rf $PREFIX/include/*
-rm -rf $PREFIX/lib/*
-mkdir -p $PREFIX/include
-mkdir -p $PREFIX/lib
-cp -r include/openssl $PREFIX/include
-cp libcrypto.a libssl.a $PREFIX/lib
-
-cd ../../
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diff --git a/client/tools/wolfssl.sh b/client/tools/wolfssl.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..bd08831
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/tools/wolfssl.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#compile wolfssl for use with emscripten
+
+set -x
+set -e
+
+CORE_COUNT=$(nproc --all)
+PREFIX=$(realpath build/wolfssl-wasm)
+rm -rf $PREFIX
+mkdir -p $PREFIX
+
+cd build
+rm -rf wolfssl
+git clone -b master --depth=1 https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl wolfssl
+cd wolfssl
+
+autoreconf -fi
+CFLAGS="-Os -DSP_WORD_SIZE=32" emconfigure ./configure --prefix=$PREFIX --enable-curl --enable-distro --enable-static --disable-shared --host=i686-linux --disable-examples
+emmake make -j$CORE_COUNT
+make install
+
+rm -rf $PREFIX/bin
+rm -rf $PREFIX/share
+#rm -rf $PREFIX/lib/pkgconfig
+#rm -rf $PREFIX/lib/*.la
+
+cd ../../
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