diff --git a/jrnl/Journal.py b/jrnl/Journal.py
index f9122892..41d7a225 100644
--- a/jrnl/Journal.py
+++ b/jrnl/Journal.py
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ class Journal(object):
                 line = line.strip()
                 new_date = datetime.strptime(line[:date_length], self.config['timeformat'])
 
-                # parsing successfull => save old entry and create new one
+                # parsing successful => save old entry and create new one
                 if new_date and current_entry:
                     entries.append(current_entry)
 
diff --git a/jrnl/install.py b/jrnl/install.py
index cd1683d9..129365f5 100644
--- a/jrnl/install.py
+++ b/jrnl/install.py
@@ -34,10 +34,13 @@ default_config = {
     'linewrap': 80,
 }
 
+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.
-    This essentially automatically ports jrnl installations if new config parameters are  introduced in later
+    This essentially automatically ports jrnl installations if new config parameters are introduced in later
     versions."""
     missing_keys = set(default_config).difference(config)
     if missing_keys: