diff --git a/netclient/ncutils/pid.go b/netclient/ncutils/pid.go
index f4eb969b..fee840e5 100644
--- a/netclient/ncutils/pid.go
+++ b/netclient/ncutils/pid.go
@@ -8,11 +8,16 @@ import (
 
 // PIDFILE - path/name of pid file
 const PIDFILE = "/var/run/netclient.pid"
+const WIN_PIDFILE = "C:\\Windows\\Temp\\netclient.pid"
 
 // SavePID - saves the pid of running program to disk
 func SavePID() error {
+	pidfile := PIDFILE
+	if IsWindows() {
+		pidfile = WIN_PIDFILE
+	}
 	pid := os.Getpid()
-	if err := os.WriteFile(PIDFILE, []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%d", pid)), 0644); err != nil {
+	if err := os.WriteFile(pidfile, []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%d", pid)), 0644); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("could not write to pid file %w", err)
 	}
 	return nil
@@ -20,7 +25,11 @@ func SavePID() error {
 
 // ReadPID - reads a previously saved pid from disk
 func ReadPID() (int, error) {
-	bytes, err := os.ReadFile(PIDFILE)
+	pidfile := PIDFILE
+	if IsWindows() {
+		pidfile = WIN_PIDFILE
+	}
+	bytes, err := os.ReadFile(pidfile)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, fmt.Errorf("could not read pid file %w", err)
 	}