diff --git a/utils.cpp b/utils.cpp
index ce5cdd4..284c95e 100644
--- a/utils.cpp
+++ b/utils.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 #include "message_handler.h"
 #include "git/git_client.h"
 
+
+#if defined (Q_OS_UNIX) || defined (Q_OS_LINUX)
 #include "unistd.h"
+#endif
 
 #include <QFile>
 #include <QTextStream>
@@ -180,18 +183,15 @@ bool Utils::sameFilesInDirs(QDir const &dir1, QDir const &dir2,
 
 QString Utils::getParentName() { // get name of parent process
     QString ppid = QString("/proc/%1/status").arg(getppid());
-    QFile f(ppid);
-    if (f.exists()) {
-        if (f.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly | QIODevice::Text)) {
-            QTextStream in(&f);
-            in.setCodec("UTF-8");
-            while(!in.atEnd()) {
-                // Name:   ATBQT
-                QStringList line = in.readLine().split(':');
-                if (line.size() == 2) {
-                    if (line[0].trimmed() == "Name") {
-                        return line[1].trimmed();
-                    }
+    std::ifstream f(ppid.toStdString().c_str());
+    if (f.is_open()) {
+        std::string next;
+        while (std::getline(f, next)) {
+            QString line = QString(next.c_str()).simplified();
+            if (line.startsWith("Name")) {
+                int const idx = line.indexOf(QChar(':'));
+                if (idx != -1) {
+                    return line.mid(idx+1).trimmed();
                 }
             }
         }