diff --git a/src/lib/gui/widgets/LogWidget.cpp b/src/lib/gui/widgets/LogWidget.cpp
index 3be6c6e38..f3d53b118 100644
--- a/src/lib/gui/widgets/LogWidget.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/gui/widgets/LogWidget.cpp
@@ -20,11 +20,18 @@ LogWidget::LogWidget(QWidget *parent) : QWidget{parent}, m_textLog{new QPlainTex
   m_textLog->setLineWrapMode(QPlainTextEdit::NoWrap);
 
   // setup the log font
-  m_textLog->setFont(QFontDatabase::systemFont(QFontDatabase::FixedFont));
-  if (deskflow::platform::isMac()) {
-    auto f = m_textLog->font();
-    f.setPixelSize(12);
+  if (deskflow::platform::isWindows()) {
+    QFont f = font();
+    f.setFamilies({"Hack", "Liberation Mono", "Monospace", "Andale Mono"});
+    f.setStyleHint(QFont::Monospace);
     m_textLog->setFont(f);
+  } else {
+    m_textLog->setFont(QFontDatabase::systemFont(QFontDatabase::FixedFont));
+    if (deskflow::platform::isMac()) {
+      auto f = m_textLog->font();
+      f.setPixelSize(12);
+      m_textLog->setFont(f);
+    }
   }
 
   auto layout = new QVBoxLayout;