diff --git a/Artifacts.toml b/Artifacts.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8de5937
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Artifacts.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+[[Kaleido_fallback]]
+arch = "i686"
+git-tree-sha1 = "2c005b45d9aaa0e217791b3431d9e61e18806cd1"
+os = "windows"
+
+    [[Kaleido_fallback.download]]
+    sha256 = "4b81d3f958281f53bb2f462d2745766f615a6d094b2cc59a0b03fe38c73d1b8a"
+    url = "https://github.com/JuliaBinaryWrappers/Kaleido_jll.jl/releases/download/Kaleido-v0.1.0+0/Kaleido.v0.1.0.i686-w64-mingw32.tar.gz"
+[[Kaleido_fallback]]
+arch = "x86_64"
+git-tree-sha1 = "aa3e0157eff69c2604027b85f1ff85a59bfae52f"
+os = "windows"
+
+    [[Kaleido_fallback.download]]
+    sha256 = "52bce20e749b9955ee4dd3b22fa44dbdc9a6c4a4d447e243d8c016d4b730d496"
+    url = "https://github.com/JuliaBinaryWrappers/Kaleido_jll.jl/releases/download/Kaleido-v0.1.0+0/Kaleido.v0.1.0.x86_64-w64-mingw32.tar.gz"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index fcedd5d..9964ae9 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -4,21 +4,23 @@ authors = ["Simon Christ <christ@cell.uni-hannover.de>", "Spencer Lyon <spencerl
 version = "2.2.5"
 
 [deps]
+Artifacts = "56f22d72-fd6d-98f1-02f0-08ddc0907c33"
 Base64 = "2a0f44e3-6c83-55bd-87e4-b1978d98bd5f"
 JSON = "682c06a0-de6a-54ab-a142-c8b1cf79cde6"
 Kaleido_jll = "f7e6163d-2fa5-5f23-b69c-1db539e41963"
 
 [compat]
+Artifacts = "1"
 JSON = "0.21"
-julia = "1.6"
 Kaleido_jll = "0.1, 0.2"
+julia = "1.6"
 
 [extras]
 EasyConfig = "acab07b0-f158-46d4-8913-50acef6d41fe"
+Pkg = "44cfe95a-1eb2-52ea-b672-e2afdf69b78f"
 PlotlyJS = "f0f68f2c-4968-5e81-91da-67840de0976a"
 PlotlyLight = "ca7969ec-10b3-423e-8d99-40f33abb42bf"
 Test = "8dfed614-e22c-5e08-85e1-65c5234f0b40"
-Pkg = "44cfe95a-1eb2-52ea-b672-e2afdf69b78f"
 
 [targets]
 test = ["Test", "PlotlyLight", "EasyConfig", "PlotlyJS", "Pkg"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0d86fcd..0b5975a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -67,4 +67,8 @@ begin
     import Pkg
     Pkg.add(; name = "Kaleido_jll", version = "0.1")
 end
+
+The package will now default to using an explicitly provided version of Kaleido 0.1 on Windows systems without requiring to explicitly fix the version of `Kaleido_jll` in your project environment.
+
+To disable this automatic fallback, you can set `PlotlyKaleido.USE_KALEIDO_FALLBACK[] = false`.
 ```
diff --git a/src/PlotlyKaleido.jl b/src/PlotlyKaleido.jl
index 83f4804..5c09c4b 100644
--- a/src/PlotlyKaleido.jl
+++ b/src/PlotlyKaleido.jl
@@ -1,11 +1,25 @@
 module PlotlyKaleido
 
 using JSON: JSON
+using Artifacts: @artifact_str
 using Base64: Base64
 using Kaleido_jll: Kaleido_jll
 
 export savefig
 
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Windows Fallback
+
+const FALLBACK_DIR = @static if Sys.iswindows()
+    artifact"Kaleido_fallback"
+else
+    ""
+end
+
+get_kaleido_version() = read(joinpath(Kaleido_jll.artifact_dir, "version"), String)
+should_try_fallback() = Sys.iswindows() && (get_kaleido_version() !== "0.1.0")
+
+const USE_KALEIDO_FALLBACK = Ref(should_try_fallback())
+
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Kaleido Process
 mutable struct Pipes
     stdin::Pipe
@@ -54,19 +68,38 @@ function readline_noblock(io; timeout = 10)
     schedule(interrupter)
     schedule(task)
     wait(task)
-    kaleido_version = read(joinpath(Kaleido_jll.artifact_dir, "version"), String)
     out = take!(msg)
-    out === "Stopped" && warn_and_kill("It looks like the Kaleido process is not responding. 
-The unresponsive process will be killed, but this means that you will not be able to save figures using `savefig`.
+    if out === "Stopped" 
+        warn_str = "It looks like the Kaleido process is not responding since $(timeout) seconds. 
+The unresponsive process will be killed, but this means that you will not be able to save figures using `savefig`."
+
+        if should_try_fallback() && !USE_KALEIDO_FALLBACK[]
+            warn_str *= "
 
-If you are on Windows this might be caused by known problems with Kaleido v0.2 on Windows (you are using version $(kaleido_version)).
-You might want to try forcing a downgrade of the Kaleido_jll library to 0.1.
-Check the Package Readme at https://github.com/JuliaPlots/PlotlyKaleido.jl/tree/main#windows-note for more details.
+You seem to be on Windows but have disabled the automatic fallback to version 0.1 of Kaleido. You may want to try enabling it by calling `PlotlyKaleido.USE_KALEIDO_FALLBACK[] = true`, as higher version of Kaleido are known to have issues on Windows.
+Check the Package Readme at https://github.com/JuliaPlots/PlotlyKaleido.jl/tree/main#windows-note for more details."
+        end
 
-If you think this is not your case, you might try using a longer timeout to check if the process is not responding (defaults to 10 seconds) by passing the desired value in seconds using the `timeout` kwarg when calling `PlotlyKaleido.start` or `PlotlyKaleido.restart`")
+        warn_str *= "
+
+Alternatively, you might try using a longer timeout to check if the process is not responding by passing the desired value in seconds using the `timeout` kwarg when calling `PlotlyKaleido.start` or `PlotlyKaleido.restart`"
+        warn_and_kill(warn_str)
+    end
     return out
 end
 
+function get_base_cmd()
+    cmd = if should_try_fallback() && USE_KALEIDO_FALLBACK[]
+        # For the fallback we don't fully reproduce the jll machinery as this is much simpler and should work fine for kaleido specifically on windows.
+        dir = FALLBACK_DIR
+        Cmd(`$(joinpath(dir, "bin", "kaleido.exe"))`; dir)
+    else
+        dir = Kaleido_jll.artifact_dir
+        Cmd(Kaleido_jll.kaleido(); dir)
+    end
+    return cmd
+end
+
 function start(;
     plotly_version = missing,
     mathjax = missing,
@@ -76,7 +109,7 @@ function start(;
 )
     is_running() && return
     # The kaleido executable must be run from the artifact directory
-    BIN = Cmd(Kaleido_jll.kaleido(); dir = Kaleido_jll.artifact_dir)
+    BIN = get_base_cmd()
     # We push the mandatory plotly flag
     push!(BIN.exec, "plotly")
     chromium_flags = ["--disable-gpu", Sys.isapple() ? "--single-process" : "--no-sandbox"]
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 9cce873..745da7e 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -1,21 +1,17 @@
 using Test
 import Pkg
-if Sys.iswindows()
-    # Fix kaleido tests on windows due to Kaleido_jll@v0.2.1 hanging
-    Pkg.add(;name = "Kaleido_jll", version = "0.1")
-end
 @test_nowarn @eval using PlotlyKaleido
 
-    @testset "Start" begin
+@testset "Start" begin
     if Sys.iswindows()
-        PlotlyKaleido.start()
+        # We use @test_logs without log patterns to test that no @warn is thrown, as specified in the docstring of `@test_logs`
+        @test_logs PlotlyKaleido.start()
     else
         @test_nowarn PlotlyKaleido.start()
     end
     @test PlotlyKaleido.is_running()
 end
 
-
 import PlotlyLight, EasyConfig, PlotlyJS
 
 @testset "Saving JSON String" begin
@@ -62,5 +58,4 @@ end
 @testset "Shutdown" begin
     PlotlyKaleido.kill_kaleido()
     @test !PlotlyKaleido.is_running()
-
 end