diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index c813c32..fed4636 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -298,6 +298,9 @@ func parseConfig() {
 	errChan <- fmt.Errorf("mainMouseClick() got b = nil")
 	errChan <- "hello"
 
+	// my pid (cross platform) p, err := os.FindProcess(os.Getpid())
+	// send signal (cross platform) return p.Signal(syscall.SIGTERM)
+
 	// for {}
 	// os.Exit(0)
 }
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index e29bf7e..6e8e18e 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import "os"
 import "time"
 import "reflect"
 import "os/signal"
-import "syscall"
+// import "os/syscall"
 
 // this is the king of dns libraries
 import "github.com/miekg/dns"
@@ -187,7 +187,10 @@ func init() {
 	shell.InitCallback(handleShell) // asks for all the shell errors to be sent here
 
 	sigChan = make(chan os.Signal, 3)
-	signal.Notify(sigChan, syscall.SIGUSR1)
+	if runtime.GOOS != "windows" {
+		log.Println("loadConfigFile() OS: Windows")
+		signal.Notify(sigChan, os.Syscall.SIGUSR1)
+	}
 }
 
 // get's sent the return values and errors from git.wit.com/wit/shell/