diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index bc05162..bc0473c 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 if  importlib.util.find_spec("win32com"):
     from win32com.client import *
+    WINDOWS = True
     def get_version_number(file_path):
         information_parser = Dispatch("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
         print(information_parser)
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ def get_version_number(file_path):
         return version
     VERSION = f'v{get_version_number(sys.argv[0])}'
 else:
+    WINDOWS = False
     VERSION = 'DEV VERSION'
 
 
@@ -300,7 +302,7 @@ def creation_date(self, path_to_file):
         last modified if that isn't possible.
         See http://stackoverflow.com/a/39501288/1709587 for explanation.
         '''
-        if platform.system() == 'Windows':
+        if platform.system() == 'Windows' or WINDOWS:
             return os.path.getctime(path_to_file)
         else:
             stat = os.stat(path_to_file)