diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 182e9ff..888c312 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "brikkit",
-    "version": "1.0.1",
+    "version": "1.0.2",
     "lockfileVersion": 1,
     "requires": true,
     "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bb80a72..5150e32 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "brikkit",
-    "version": "1.0.1",
+    "version": "1.0.2",
     "keywords": [],
     "main": "server.js",
     "author": "n42k",
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 2eaad17..04d2ac5 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -10,8 +10,12 @@ execSync(`mkdir -p conf`);
 execSync(`mkdir -p saved`);
 execSync(`mkdir -p plugins`);
 
-const dateString = (new Date()).toISOString();
-const logFile = `logs/log_${dateString}.txt`;
+const iso8601DateString = (new Date()).toISOString();
+
+// remove colons from the date string; required for windows
+const colonlessDateString = iso8601DateString.split(':').join('');
+
+const logFile = `logs/log_${colonlessDateString}.txt`;
 let stream = fs.createWriteStream(logFile, {flags:'a'});
 
 const oldConsoleLog = console.log;