diff --git a/.github/workflows/ctest.yml b/.github/workflows/ctest.yml
index 5ade9251..640e8f77 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ctest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ctest.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
   build:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     
     # The CMake configure and build commands are platform agnostic and should work equally
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Fatal Exit Example
       working-directory: ${{github.workspace}}/build
+      if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest' || matrix.os == 'macos-latest'
       shell: bash
       # hacky / crude and effective
-      run: ./g3log-FATAL-sigsegv || true && echo -e "\n\n=======================\n\nverifying SIGSEGV existed in stackdump\n\n\n\n" && cat /tmp/g3log*FATAL*.log | grep  "SIGSEGV"
+      run: |
+      ./g3log-FATAL-sigsegv || true && echo -e "\n\n=======================\n\nverifying SIGSEGV existed in stackdump\n\n\n\n" && cat /tmp/g3log*FATAL*.log | grep  "SIGSEGV"