diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index cc4c00a..900222b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ serde = "1.0.217"
 serde_derive = "1.0.217"
 sha2 = "0.10.8"
 toml = "0.8.20"
-[target.'cfg(not(target_family = "unix"))'.dependencies]
+[target.'cfg(target_family = "windows")'.dependencies]
 username = "0.2.0"
 
 [target.'cfg(target_family = "unix")'.dependencies]
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 990eea4..d908081 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::process;
 #[cfg(target_family = "unix")]
 use users;
-#[cfg(not(target_family = "unix"))]
+#[cfg(target_family = "windows")]
 use username;
 
 #[derive(Parser)]
@@ -55,6 +55,23 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), String> {
     verbose: args.verbose
   };
 
+  // warn to avoid root/admin
+  // unix-like
+  #[cfg(target_family = "unix")]
+  if users::get_current_uid() == 0 {
+    common::warning(format!("this program should not ran as root"));
+  }
+  // windows
+  #[cfg(target_family = "windows")]
+  match username::get_user_name() {
+    Ok(user) => {
+      if user.contains("Administrator") || user.contains("SYSTEM") {
+        common::warning(format!("this program should not ran as {}", user));
+      }
+    },
+    Err(_) => common::warning(format!("failed to get process username")),
+  }
+
   common::verbose(refractr.verbose, 1, format!("Level {} verbosity enabled", refractr.verbose.to_string()));
   common::verbose(refractr.verbose, 3, format!("Process ID: {}", refractr.pid));
   common::verbose(refractr.verbose, 3, format!("Running in Docker: {}", refractr.docker));
@@ -65,15 +82,6 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), String> {
     println!("{}", example);
     Ok(())
   } else {
-    // warn to avoid root/admin
-    if refractr.unix {
-      if users::get_current_uid() == 0 {
-        common::warning(format!("this program should not ran as root"));
-      }
-    } else {
-      // TODO: print message for Windows
-    }
-
     let cfgs = match config::read_config(args.config, &refractr) {
       Ok(cfgs) => cfgs,
       Err(e) => freak_out!(e)