diff --git a/src/Settings/Ipc.php b/src/Settings/Ipc.php
index e7143bbb2..f3a280a0e 100644
--- a/src/Settings/Ipc.php
+++ b/src/Settings/Ipc.php
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@ final class Ipc extends SettingsAbstract
      */
     public function getSlow(): bool
     {
-        return Magic::$isIpcWorker;
+        return Magic::$isIpcWorker || \PHP_OS_FAMILY === 'Windows';
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/polyfill.php b/src/polyfill.php
index d75ac6af6..262e4b39f 100644
--- a/src/polyfill.php
+++ b/src/polyfill.php
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ if (class_exists('\\danog\\MadelineProto\\Db\\NullCache\\MysqlArray')) {
     return;
 }
 
+if (\PHP_OS_FAMILY === 'Windows') {
+    echo "WARNING: MadelineProto runs around 10x slower on windows due to OS and PHP limitations. Make sure to deploy MadelineProto in production only on Linux or Mac OS machines for maximum performance.".PHP_EOL;
+}
+
 use danog\AsyncOrm\Internal\Containers\CacheContainer;
 use danog\AsyncOrm\Internal\Driver\MysqlArray;
 use danog\AsyncOrm\Internal\Driver\PostgresArray;