diff --git a/engine/lifecycle.go b/engine/lifecycle.go
index f91b66c3..0b0d5484 100644
--- a/engine/lifecycle.go
+++ b/engine/lifecycle.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"os/exec"
 	"path"
 	"strings"
-	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/joho/godotenv"
@@ -238,9 +237,7 @@ func (e *QueryEngine) spawn(file string) error {
 
 	e.cmd = exec.Command(file, "-p", port, "--enable-raw-queries")
 
-	e.cmd.SysProcAttr = &syscall.SysProcAttr{
-		Setpgid: true,
-	}
+	e.cmd.SysProcAttr = getSysProcAttr()
 
 	e.cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
 
diff --git a/engine/lifecycle_unix.go b/engine/lifecycle_unix.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8bba499a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/lifecycle_unix.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+//go:build !windows
+
+package engine
+
+import "syscall"
+
+func getSysProcAttr() *syscall.SysProcAttr {
+	return &syscall.SysProcAttr{
+		Setpgid: true,
+	}
+}
diff --git a/engine/lifecycle_windows.go b/engine/lifecycle_windows.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a0edc544
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/lifecycle_windows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package engine
+
+import "syscall"
+
+func getSysProcAttr() *syscall.SysProcAttr {
+	return &syscall.SysProcAttr{}
+}