diff --git a/bin/soapy b/bin/soapy
index 36a0a65b..26155b08 100755
--- a/bin/soapy
+++ b/bin/soapy
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ if __name__=="__main__":
 
     #Define parser and add arguments
     parser = ArgumentParser()
-    parser.add_argument("configFile", nargs="?", action="store",
-            help="The AO config file you wish to simulate. Defaults to conf/sh_8x8.py if none specified.")
+    parser.add_argument("configFile", nargs="?", action="store", required=True
+            help="The AO config file you wish to simulate.")
     parser.add_argument("--gui","-g", action="store_true", dest="gui",
             help="Starts the AO gui to visualise your simulation")
 
diff --git a/bin/soapy.bat b/bin/soapy.bat
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c208fa62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/soapy.bat
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+python.exe %~dp0\soapy %*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fdd17a86..e5f11696 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+
+import platform
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 import versioneer
 
@@ -7,7 +9,13 @@
 versioneer.versionfile_build = 'soapy/_version.py'
 versioneer.tag_prefix = '' # tags are like 1.2.0
 versioneer.parentdir_prefix = 'soapy-' # dirname like 'myproject-1.2.0'
-  
+
+
+scripts = ["bin/soapy"]
+
+if (platform.system() == "Windows"):
+    scripts.append("bin/soapy.bat")
+
   
 setup(
     name='soapy',
@@ -16,7 +24,7 @@
     author='Andrew P. Reeves',
     author_email='andrewpaulreeves@gmail.com',
     packages=find_packages(),
-    scripts=['bin/soapy'],
+    scripts=scripts,
     description='A tomographic astronomical adaptive optics simulation with realistic laser guide star propagation.',
     long_description=open('README.md').read(),
     install_requires=[