diff --git a/mpv.py b/mpv.py
index 94eeb85..8971492 100644
--- a/mpv.py
+++ b/mpv.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     dll = ctypes.util.find_library('mpv-2.dll') or ctypes.util.find_library('libmpv-2.dll') or ctypes.util.find_library('mpv-1.dll')
     if dll is None:
         raise OSError('Cannot find mpv-1.dll, mpv-2.dll or libmpv-2.dll in your system %PATH%. One way to deal with this is to ship the dll with your script and put the directory your script is in into %PATH% before "import mpv": os.environ["PATH"] = os.path.dirname(__file__) + os.pathsep + os.environ["PATH"] If mpv-1.dll is located elsewhere, you can add that path to os.environ["PATH"].')
-    backend = CDLL(dll)
+    backend = CDLL(dll, winmode=0)
     fs_enc = 'utf-8'
 else:
     import locale