diff --git a/src/webui/server.go b/src/webui/server.go
index d897a0ee..a697442f 100644
--- a/src/webui/server.go
+++ b/src/webui/server.go
@@ -9,10 +9,8 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
-	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
-	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/yggdrasil-network/yggdrasil-go/src/admin"
@@ -609,18 +607,3 @@ func (w *WebUIServer) restartServer() {
 		w.log.Infof("Please restart Yggdrasil manually to apply configuration changes")
 	}
 }
-
-// sendRestartSignal sends a restart signal to the process in a cross-platform way
-func sendRestartSignal(proc *os.Process) error {
-	// Platform-specific signal handling
-	switch runtime.GOOS {
-	case "windows":
-		// Windows doesn't support SIGUSR1, so we'll use a different approach
-		// For now, we'll just log that manual restart is needed
-		// In the future, this could be enhanced with Windows-specific restart mechanisms
-		return fmt.Errorf("automatic restart not supported on Windows")
-	default:
-		// Unix-like systems support SIGUSR1
-		return proc.Signal(syscall.SIGUSR1)
-	}
-}
diff --git a/src/webui/server_unix.go b/src/webui/server_unix.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aed6d1ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/webui/server_unix.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+//go:build !windows
+
+package webui
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"syscall"
+)
+
+// sendRestartSignal sends a restart signal to the process on Unix-like systems
+func sendRestartSignal(proc *os.Process) error {
+	return proc.Signal(syscall.SIGUSR1)
+}
diff --git a/src/webui/server_windows.go b/src/webui/server_windows.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bc5c77b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/webui/server_windows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+//go:build windows
+
+package webui
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+)
+
+// sendRestartSignal sends a restart signal to the process on Windows
+func sendRestartSignal(proc *os.Process) error {
+	// Windows doesn't support SIGUSR1, so we'll use a different approach
+	// For now, we'll just log that manual restart is needed
+	// In the future, this could be enhanced with Windows-specific restart mechanisms
+	return fmt.Errorf("automatic restart not supported on Windows")
+}