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diff --git a/arthur/__init__.py b/arthur/__init__.py
index a7efb0b..0d837f6 100644
--- a/arthur/__init__.py
+++ b/arthur/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,19 @@
 """King Arthur is Python Discord's DevOps utility bot."""
+import asyncio
+import os
 from functools import partial
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 import loguru
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from arthur.bot import KingArthur
+
 logger = loguru.logger.opt(colors=True)
 logger.opt = partial(logger.opt, colors=True)
+
+# On Windows, the selector event loop is required for aiodns.
+if os.name == "nt":
+    asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(asyncio.WindowsSelectorEventLoopPolicy())
+
+instance: "KingArthur" = None  # Global Bot instance.