diff --git a/api.go b/api.go
index f56267f..6888868 100644
--- a/api.go
+++ b/api.go
@@ -1398,6 +1398,16 @@ func (app *appContext) GetConfig(gc *gin.Context) {
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	if PLATFORM == "windows" {
+		delete(resp.Sections["smtp"].Settings, "ssl_cert")
+		for i, v := range resp.Sections["smtp"].Order {
+			if v == "ssl_cert" {
+				sect := resp.Sections["smtp"]
+				sect.Order = append(sect.Order[:i], sect.Order[i+1:]...)
+				resp.Sections["smtp"] = sect
+			}
+		}
+	}
 	for sectName, section := range resp.Sections {
 		for settingName, setting := range section.Settings {
 			val := app.config.Section(sectName).Key(settingName)
diff --git a/email.go b/email.go
index 4a14bc3..a1316b4 100644
--- a/email.go
+++ b/email.go
@@ -177,11 +177,26 @@ func (emailer *Emailer) NewMailgun(url, key string) {
 
 // NewSMTP returns an SMTP emailClient.
 func (emailer *Emailer) NewSMTP(server string, port int, username, password string, sslTLS bool, certPath string) (err error) {
+	// x509.SystemCertPool is unavailable on windows
+	if PLATFORM == "windows" {
+		emailer.sender = &SMTP{
+			auth:   smtp.PlainAuth("", username, password, server),
+			server: server,
+			port:   port,
+			sslTLS: sslTLS,
+			tlsConfig: &tls.Config{
+				InsecureSkipVerify: false,
+				ServerName:         server,
+			},
+		}
+		return
+	}
 	rootCAs, err := x509.SystemCertPool()
 	if rootCAs == nil || err != nil {
 		rootCAs = x509.NewCertPool()
 	}
 	if certPath != "" {
+		fmt.Println("RUN")
 		var cert []byte
 		cert, err = os.ReadFile(certPath)
 		if rootCAs.AppendCertsFromPEM(cert) == false {