diff --git a/main/config_json.go b/main/config_json.go
index 6a826d7ac..0db6bc467 100644
--- a/main/config_json.go
+++ b/main/config_json.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ func jsonToProto(input io.Reader) (*core.Config, error) {
 	cmd := exec.Command(v2ctl, "config")
 	cmd.Stdin = input
 	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
+	cmd.SysProcAttr = getSysProcAttr()
 
 	stdoutReader, err := cmd.StdoutPipe()
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/main/config_json_other.go b/main/config_json_other.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b1502710e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/config_json_other.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// +build !windows
+
+package main
+
+import "syscall"
+
+func getSysProcAttr() *syscall.SysProcAttr {
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/main/config_json_windows.go b/main/config_json_windows.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..01c2b53ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/config_json_windows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// +build windows
+
+package main
+
+import "syscall"
+
+func getSysProcAttr() *syscall.SysProcAttr {
+	return &syscall.SysProcAttr{
+		HideWindow: true,
+	}
+}