diff --git a/desktop/settings.ts b/desktop/settings.ts
index 8e1011185..216a77226 100644
--- a/desktop/settings.ts
+++ b/desktop/settings.ts
@@ -18,5 +18,6 @@ export const APP_RUNNER = join(APP_HOME, 'runner')
 export const APP_PYTHON = join(APP_HOME, 'python')
 export const APP_EXAMPLE = join(APP_HOME, 'example')
 
-export const PYTHON_SOURCE = join(APP_RUNNER, 'bin', 'python3')
-export const PYTHON_TARGET = join(APP_PYTHON, 'bin', 'python3')
+export const PYTHON_BIN = process.platform === 'win32' ? 'python.exe' : 'python'
+export const PYTHON_SOURCE = join(APP_RUNNER, 'bin', PYTHON_BIN)
+export const PYTHON_TARGET = join(APP_PYTHON, 'bin', PYTHON_BIN)