diff --git a/jrnl/install.py b/jrnl/install.py
index 129365f5..7a6fa5c4 100644
--- a/jrnl/install.py
+++ b/jrnl/install.py
@@ -31,12 +31,9 @@ default_config = {
     'timeformat': "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M",
     'tagsymbols': '@',
     'highlight': True,
-    'linewrap': 80,
+    'linewrap': 79,
 }
 
-if "win32" in sys.platform:
-	default_config['linewrap'] = 79
-
 
 def upgrade_config(config, config_path=os.path.expanduser("~/.jrnl_conf")):
     """Checks if there are keys missing in a given config dict, and if so, updates the config file accordingly.