diff --git a/src/os/desktop.zig b/src/os/desktop.zig
index fdc714c65..084c86e8d 100644
--- a/src/os/desktop.zig
+++ b/src/os/desktop.zig
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ pub fn launchedFromDesktop() bool {
 
             break :linux gio_pid == pid;
         },
+        //TODO: maybe find a way to check that
         .windows => false,
 
         else => @compileError("unsupported platform"),
diff --git a/src/os/xdg.zig b/src/os/xdg.zig
index 4c0b465db..36a4caade 100644
--- a/src/os/xdg.zig
+++ b/src/os/xdg.zig
@@ -20,22 +20,35 @@ pub const Options = struct {
 
 /// Get the XDG user config directory. The returned value is allocated.
 pub fn config(alloc: Allocator, opts: Options) ![]u8 {
-    if (std.process.getEnvVarOwned(alloc, "XDG_CONFIG_HOME")) |env| {
-        defer alloc.free(env);
-        // If we have a subdir, then we use the env as-is to avoid a copy.
-        if (opts.subdir) |subdir| {
-            return try std.fs.path.join(alloc, &[_][]const u8{
-                env,
-                subdir,
-            });
-        }
+    if (builtin.os.tag == .windows) {
+        if (std.process.getEnvVarOwned(alloc, "XDG_CONFIG_HOME")) |env| {
+            // If we have a subdir, then we use the env as-is to avoid a copy.
+            if (opts.subdir) |subdir| {
+                defer alloc.free(env);
+                return try std.fs.path.join(alloc, &[_][]const u8{
+                    env,
+                    subdir,
+                });
+            }
 
-        return try alloc.dupe(u8, env);
-    } else |err| {
-        switch (err) {
+            // We don't need to dupe since it's already allocated
+            return env;
+        } else |err| switch (err) {
             error.EnvironmentVariableNotFound => {},
             else => return err,
         }
+    } else {
+        if (std.os.getenv("XDG_CONFIG_HOME")) |env| {
+            // If we have a subdir, then we use the env as-is to avoid a copy.
+            if (opts.subdir) |subdir| {
+                return try std.fs.path.join(alloc, &[_][]const u8{
+                    env,
+                    subdir,
+                });
+            }
+
+            return try alloc.dupe(u8, env);
+        }
     }
 
     // If we have a cached home dir, use that.