diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-pytest-windows.yml b/.github/workflows/run-pytest-windows.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index b4839f7..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/run-pytest-windows.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-name: Run pytests windows
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: [dev]
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [master, dev]
-
-jobs:
-  pytest:
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.10"]
-        os: [windows-latest]
-
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
-      with:
-        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-
-    - name: Install test dependencies
-      run: pip install -r requirements/requirements-test.txt
-
-    - name: Install package
-      run: python -m pip install .
-
-    - name: Run pytest tests
-      run: pytest tests -x -vv
diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
index 1976829..3d00313 100644
--- a/docs/README.md
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ geofetch -i GSE95654 --just-metadata
 geofetch -i GSE95654 --processed --just-metadata
 ```
 
+
+⁣**Note:** We ensure that GEOfetch is compatible with Unix, Linux, and Mac OS X. 
+However, due to dependencies, some features of GEOfetch may not be available on Windows.
+
 ### Check out what exactly argument you want to use to download data:
 
 ![](./img/arguments_outputs.svg)
diff --git a/docs/changelog.md b/docs/changelog.md
index 2846978..62194c1 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.12.6] -- 2024-01-18
+- Updated support for Windows (Some of the functionality could not be available on Windows)
+
 ## [0.12.5] -- 2023-11-29
 - Fixed bug, where description was not populated in PEP
 
diff --git a/geofetch/_version.py b/geofetch/_version.py
index 8e377d6..8e2394f 100644
--- a/geofetch/_version.py
+++ b/geofetch/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.12.5"
+__version__ = "0.12.6"
diff --git a/geofetch/geofetch.py b/geofetch/geofetch.py
index 0f904e3..07f3ce4 100755
--- a/geofetch/geofetch.py
+++ b/geofetch/geofetch.py
@@ -1796,15 +1796,22 @@ def _download_processed_file(self, file_url: str, data_folder: str) -> bool:
                 return True
 
             except IOError as e:
-                _LOGGER.error(str(e))
-                # The server times out if we are hitting it too frequently,
-                # so we should sleep a bit to reduce frequency
-                sleeptime = (ntry + 1) ** 3
-                _LOGGER.info(f"Sleeping for {sleeptime} seconds")
-                time.sleep(sleeptime)
-                ntry += 1
-                if ntry > 4:
-                    raise e
+                if os.name == "nt":
+                    _LOGGER.error(f"{e}")
+                    raise OSError(
+                        "Windows may not have wget command. "
+                        "Check if `wget` command is installed correctly."
+                    )
+                else:
+                    _LOGGER.error(str(e))
+                    # The server times out if we are hitting it too frequently,
+                    # so we should sleep a bit to reduce frequency
+                    sleeptime = (ntry + 1) ** 3
+                    _LOGGER.info(f"Sleeping for {sleeptime} seconds")
+                    time.sleep(sleeptime)
+                    ntry += 1
+                    if ntry > 4:
+                        raise e
 
     def _get_SRA_meta(self, file_gse_content: list, gsm_metadata, file_sra=None):
         """