diff --git a/plugins/bgnotify/bgnotify.plugin.zsh b/plugins/bgnotify/bgnotify.plugin.zsh
index 722213734..f3cf0e3b8 100755
--- a/plugins/bgnotify/bgnotify.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/bgnotify/bgnotify.plugin.zsh
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ currentWindowId () {
     xprop -root | awk '/NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW/ { print $5; exit }'
   elif hash osascript 2>/dev/null; then #osx
     osascript -e 'tell application (path to frontmost application as text) to id of front window' 2&> /dev/null
+  else
+    echo $EPOCHSECONDS #fallback for windows
   fi
 }