diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2eb24bd..1ba0461 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 /go-transcode
 /bin
 /.env
+.vscode/
diff --git a/hls/manager.go b/hls/manager.go
index 4728624..e93c6ae 100644
--- a/hls/manager.go
+++ b/hls/manager.go
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func (m *ManagerCtx) Start() error {
 	m.cmd.Stdout = write
 
 	// create a new process group
-	m.cmd.SysProcAttr = &syscall.SysProcAttr{Setpgid: true}
+	m.cmd.SysProcAttr = ConfigureAsProcessGroup()
 
 	m.active = false
 	m.lastRequest = time.Now()
@@ -195,25 +195,6 @@ func (m *ManagerCtx) Start() error {
 	return err
 }
 
-func (m *ManagerCtx) Stop() {
-	m.mu.Lock()
-	defer m.mu.Unlock()
-
-	if m.cmd != nil && m.cmd.Process != nil {
-		m.logger.Debug().Msg("performing stop")
-
-		pgid, err := syscall.Getpgid(m.cmd.Process.Pid)
-		if err == nil {
-			err := syscall.Kill(-pgid, syscall.SIGKILL)
-			m.logger.Err(err).Msg("killing process group")
-		} else {
-			m.logger.Err(err).Msg("could not get process group id")
-			err := m.cmd.Process.Kill()
-			m.logger.Err(err).Msg("killing process")
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 func (m *ManagerCtx) Cleanup() {
 	m.mu.Lock()
 	diff := time.Since(m.lastRequest)
diff --git a/hls/processgroup_other.go b/hls/processgroup_other.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0894335
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hls/processgroup_other.go
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+//go:build !windows
+// +build !windows
+
+package hls
+
+import "syscall"
+
+func ConfigureAsProcessGroup() *syscall.SysProcAttr {
+	return &syscall.SysProcAttr{Setpgid: true}
+}
+
+func (m *ManagerCtx) Stop() {
+	m.mu.Lock()
+	defer m.mu.Unlock()
+
+	if m.cmd != nil && m.cmd.Process != nil {
+		m.logger.Debug().Msg("performing stop")
+
+		pgid, err := syscall.Getpgid(m.cmd.Process.Pid)
+		if err == nil {
+			err := syscall.Kill(-pgid, syscall.SIGKILL)
+			m.logger.Err(err).Msg("killing process group")
+		} else {
+			m.logger.Err(err).Msg("could not get process group id")
+			err := m.cmd.Process.Kill()
+			m.logger.Err(err).Msg("killing process")
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/hls/processgroup_win.go b/hls/processgroup_win.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc470df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hls/processgroup_win.go
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+//go:build windows
+// +build windows
+
+package hls
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"strconv"
+	"syscall"
+)
+
+func ConfigureAsProcessGroup() *syscall.SysProcAttr {
+	return &syscall.SysProcAttr{CreationFlags: syscall.CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP}
+}
+
+func TaskkillWithChildrenWindows(cmd *exec.Cmd) error {
+	// Function adopted from: https://stackoverflow.com/a/44551450/6278
+	// Taskkill command documentation: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/taskkill
+
+	kill := exec.Command("TASKKILL", "/T", "/PID", strconv.Itoa(cmd.Process.Pid))
+	kill.Stderr = os.Stderr
+	kill.Stdout = os.Stdout
+	return kill.Run()
+}
+
+func (m *ManagerCtx) Stop() {
+	m.mu.Lock()
+	defer m.mu.Unlock()
+
+	if m.cmd != nil && m.cmd.Process != nil {
+		m.logger.Debug().Msg("performing stop")
+
+		err := TaskkillWithChildrenWindows(m.cmd)
+		if err == nil {
+			m.logger.Debug().Msg("killing process group")
+		} else {
+			m.logger.Err(err).Msg("failed to kill process group")
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/api/http.go b/internal/api/http.go
index f190dab..336daa6 100644
--- a/internal/api/http.go
+++ b/internal/api/http.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func (a *ApiManagerCtx) Http(r chi.Router) {
 		// dummy input for testing purposes
 		file := a.config.AbsPath("profiles", "http-test.sh")
 		cmd := exec.Command(file)
-		logger.Info().Msg("command startred")
+		logger.Info().Msg("command started")
 
 		read, write := io.Pipe()
 		cmd.Stdout = write
diff --git a/internal/api/router.go b/internal/api/router.go
index aad132f..b0df9c0 100644
--- a/internal/api/router.go
+++ b/internal/api/router.go
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func (a *ApiManagerCtx) ProfilePath(folder string, profile string) (string, erro
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("invalid profile path")
 	}
 
-	profilePath := path.Join(a.config.Profiles, folder, fmt.Sprintf("%s.sh", profile))
+	profilePath := path.Join(a.config.Profiles, folder, fmt.Sprintf("%s.cmd", profile))
 	if _, err := os.Stat(profilePath); os.IsNotExist(err) {
 		return "", err
 	}
@@ -90,6 +90,6 @@ func (a *ApiManagerCtx) transcodeStart(profilePath string, input string) (*exec.
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("stream not found")
 	}
 
-	log.Info().Str("profilePath", profilePath).Str("url", url).Msg("command startred")
+	log.Info().Str("profilePath", profilePath).Str("url", url).Msg("command started")
 	return exec.Command(profilePath, url), nil
 }