diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6de5891..deb15d5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ launcher-windows: build-windows
 	if exist "bin\windows\Aminal" rmdir /S /Q "bin\windows\Aminal"
 	mkdir "bin\windows\Aminal\Versions\${VERSION}"
 	go build -o "bin\windows\Aminal\${BINARY}.exe" -ldflags "-H windowsgui" "${GEN_SRC_DIR}\launcher"
-	copy ${BINARY}-windows-amd64.exe "bin\windows\Aminal\Versions\${VERSION}\${BINARY}.exe" /Y
+	windres -o aminal.syso aminal.rc
+	go build -o "bin\windows\Aminal\Versions\${VERSION}\${BINARY}.exe" -ldflags "-H windowsgui"
 	IF "${WINDOWS_CODESIGNING_CERT_PW}"=="" ECHO Environment variable WINDOWS_CODESIGNING_CERT_PW is not defined. & exit 1
 	signtool sign /f windows\codesigning_certificate.pfx /p "${WINDOWS_CODESIGNING_CERT_PW}" /tr http://sha256timestamp.ws.symantec.com/sha256/timestamp bin\windows\Aminal\${BINARY}.exe
 	signtool sign /f windows\codesigning_certificate.pfx /p "${WINDOWS_CODESIGNING_CERT_PW}" /tr http://sha256timestamp.ws.symantec.com/sha256/timestamp /as /fd sha256 /td sha256 bin\windows\Aminal\${BINARY}.exe
diff --git a/windows/launcher/launcher.go b/windows/launcher/launcher.go
index cd5cc5f..73098d8 100644
--- a/windows/launcher/launcher.go
+++ b/windows/launcher/launcher.go
@@ -23,10 +23,12 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"os/user"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"syscall"
 )
 
 type Version struct {
@@ -42,8 +44,23 @@ func main() {
 	versionsDir := filepath.Join(executableDir, "Versions")
 	latestVersion, err := getLatestVersion(versionsDir)
 	check(err)
-	target := filepath.Join(versionsDir, latestVersion, executableName)
-	cmd := exec.Command(target, os.Args[1:]...)
+	usr, err := user.Current()
+	check(err)
+	cmd := exec.Command("C:\\Windows\\System32\\cmd.exe", "/C", "start", "Aminal", "/B", executableName)
+	cmd.Dir = usr.HomeDir
+	latestVersionDir := filepath.Join(versionsDir, latestVersion)
+	path, pathSet := os.LookupEnv("PATH")
+	if pathSet {
+		path += ";" + latestVersionDir
+	} else {
+		path = latestVersionDir
+	}
+	cmd.Env = append(os.Environ(), "PATH="+path)
+	const CREATE_NO_WINDOW = 0x08000000
+	cmd.SysProcAttr = &syscall.SysProcAttr{
+		HideWindow:    true,
+		CreationFlags: CREATE_NO_WINDOW,
+	}
 	check(cmd.Start())
 }