diff --git a/uniclip.go b/uniclip.go
index 6a3f02a..d99391e 100644
--- a/uniclip.go
+++ b/uniclip.go
@@ -172,6 +172,8 @@ func MonitorSentClips(r *bufio.Reader) {
 				handleError(err)
 				continue
 			}
+		} else {
+			foreignClipboardBytes = []byte(foreignClipboard)
 		}
 		foreignClipboard = string(foreignClipboardBytes)
 		// hacky way to prevent empty clipboard TODO: find out why empty cb happens
@@ -205,6 +207,8 @@ func sendClipboard(w *bufio.Writer, clipboard string) error {
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+	} else {
+		clipboardBytes = []byte(clipboard)
 	}
 	err = gob.NewEncoder(w).Encode(clipboardBytes)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -345,7 +349,7 @@ func setLocalClip(s string) {
 	case "darwin":
 		copyCmd = exec.Command("pbcopy")
 	case "windows":
-		copyCmd = exec.Command("powershell.exe", "-command", "Set-Clipboard") //-Value "+"\""+s+"\"")
+		copyCmd = exec.Command("clip")
 	default:
 		if _, err := exec.LookPath("xclip"); err == nil {
 			copyCmd = exec.Command("xclip", "-in", "-selection", "clipboard")
@@ -369,15 +373,13 @@ func setLocalClip(s string) {
 		handleError(err)
 		return
 	}
-	if runtime.GOOS != "windows" {
-		if _, err = in.Write([]byte(s)); err != nil {
-			handleError(err)
-			return
-		}
-		if err = in.Close(); err != nil {
-			handleError(err)
-			return
-		}
+	if _, err = in.Write([]byte(s)); err != nil {
+		handleError(err)
+		return
+	}
+	if err = in.Close(); err != nil {
+		handleError(err)
+		return
 	}
 	if err = copyCmd.Wait(); err != nil {
 		handleError(err)