diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 45d6d8f7..af82ab33 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ __pycache__
 jimmy.log
 .cache
 .obsidian
+.venv
 .version
 build
 dist
diff --git a/jimmy_cli.spec b/jimmy_cli.spec
index 8a7f81da..da9c195f 100644
--- a/jimmy_cli.spec
+++ b/jimmy_cli.spec
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@ exe = EXE(
     name=executable_name,
     debug=False,
     bootloader_ignore_signals=False,
-    strip=False,
+    # Strip unneeded libs. Not recommended for windows.
+    # https://pyinstaller.org/en/stable/usage.html#cmdoption-s
+    strip=platform.system().lower() != "windows",
     upx=True,
     upx_exclude=[],
     runtime_tmpdir=None,