diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 08775df..5db0932 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ path = "src/platform/os/main.rs"
 required-features = [ "os-target" ]
 
 [features]
-os-target = [ "clap", "home", "daemonize", "nix", "toml", "sysinfo", "ciborium/default", "tracing-subscriber", "async", "tracing-subscriber/env-filter", "libloading" ]
+os-target = [ "clap", "home", "nix", "sysinfo", "ciborium/default", "tracing-subscriber", "async", "tracing-subscriber/env-filter", "libloading" ]
 wasm-target = [ "wasm-bindgen", "console_error_panic_hook", "wasm-bindgen-cli" ]
 async = ["tokio/net", "tokio", "tokio/rt-multi-thread", "tokio/io-util"]
 
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ interner = { git = "https://github.com/c2vi/interner" }
 tracing = "0.1.40"
 serde_json = { version = "1.0.117", optional = false }
 crossbeam = "0.8.4"
+toml = { version = "0.8.13", features = ["parse"], optional = false }
 
 # buildin modules
 #mize_module_blob = { path = "./modules/modules/Blob" }
@@ -46,7 +47,6 @@ clap = { version = "4.4.11", features = ["cargo"], optional = true }
 home = { version = "0.5.9", optional = true }
 daemonize = { version = "0.5.0", optional = true }
 nix = { version = "0.27.1", features = ["signal"], optional = true }
-toml = { version = "0.8.13", features = ["parse"], optional = true }
 sysinfo = { version = "0.30.12", optional = true }
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.18", optional = true }
 tokio = { version = "1.21.0", features = ["sync"], optional = true }
diff --git a/src/platform/os/mod.rs b/src/platform/os/mod.rs
index 02866aa..4df7d8b 100644
--- a/src/platform/os/mod.rs
+++ b/src/platform/os/mod.rs
@@ -14,13 +14,17 @@ use crate::error::{IntoMizeResult, MizeError, MizeResult};
 use crate::item::{ItemData, IntoItemData};
 use crate::memstore::MemStore;
 use crate::{mize_err, Module};
-use crate::platform::os::unix_socket::UnixListener;
 use crate::instance::module::EmptyModule;
 
 use self::fsstore::FileStore;
 
 pub mod fsstore;
+
+#[cfg(target_family = "unix")]
 mod unix_socket;
+
+#[cfg(target_family = "unix")]
+use crate::platform::os::unix_socket::UnixListener;
 //mod web;
 
 
@@ -80,9 +84,19 @@ pub fn os_instance_init(instance: &mut Instance) -> MizeResult<()> {
     if FileStore::store_is_opened(store_path.to_owned())? {
         // if the store is already opened, connect to the instance, that opened it and join
         // it's namespace
-        info!("CONNECTING");
-        unix_socket::connect(instance, store_path.into())?;
-        return Ok(());
+
+        #[cfg(target_family = "unix")]
+        {
+            info!("CONNECTING");
+            use crate::platform::os::unix_socket;
+            unix_socket::connect(instance, store_path.into())?;
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+
+        #[cfg(target_family = "windows")]
+        {
+            warn!("CONNECTING... would connect, but that is not implemented on windows yet");
+        }
 
     } else {
         // else open it ourselves
@@ -90,7 +104,16 @@ pub fn os_instance_init(instance: &mut Instance) -> MizeResult<()> {
         instance.migrate_to_store(Box::new(file_store))?;
 
         let path = Path::new(&store_path).to_owned();
-        instance.add_listener(UnixListener::new(path)?)?;
+
+        #[cfg(target_family = "unix")]
+        {
+            instance.add_listener(UnixListener::new(path)?)?;
+        }
+
+        #[cfg(target_family = "windows")]
+        {
+            warn!("would add a Listener on a local socket, but that is not yet implemented for windows");;
+        }
     }
 
     Ok(())