diff --git a/Packages/app-server/Cargo.toml b/Packages/app-server/Cargo.toml
index b8138d2f..e95f2785 100644
--- a/Packages/app-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Packages/app-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
 publish = false
 
+# dependencies specific to linux
+[target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
+pyroscope = "0.5.7"
+pyroscope_pprofrs = "0.2.7"
+
 [dependencies]
 #log = "0.4.16"
 tracing = "0.1" # todo: remove this (since part of rust_shared now)
@@ -26,8 +31,6 @@ dyn-clone = "1.0.4"
 oauth2 = "4.4.2"
 dotenv = "0.15.0"
 lexicon_fractional_index = "0.0.3"
-pyroscope = "0.5.7"
-pyroscope_pprofrs = "0.2.7"
 
 # temp-fix for https://github.com/tikv/pprof-rs/issues/232
 #pprof = {git = "https://github.com/Erigara/pprof-rs", branch = "fix-pointer-align"}
diff --git a/Packages/app-server/src/globals.rs b/Packages/app-server/src/globals.rs
index e3a982c5..1484b3c5 100644
--- a/Packages/app-server/src/globals.rs
+++ b/Packages/app-server/src/globals.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
-use std::{alloc::System, panic, backtrace::Backtrace};
+#[cfg(unix)]
+use {
+    pyroscope::{pyroscope::PyroscopeAgentReady, PyroscopeAgent},
+    pyroscope_pprofrs::{pprof_backend, PprofConfig}
+};
 
-use pyroscope::{pyroscope::PyroscopeAgentReady, PyroscopeAgent};
-use pyroscope_pprofrs::{pprof_backend, PprofConfig};
+use std::{alloc::System, panic, backtrace::Backtrace};
 use rust_shared::{domains::{get_env, is_prod}, flume, links::app_server_to_monitor_backend::Message_ASToMB, once_cell::sync::OnceCell, sentry::{self, ClientInitGuard}, tokio, utils::{errors_::backtrace_simplifier::{simplify_backtrace_str}, mtx::mtx::{MtxData, MtxDataWithExtraInfo, MtxGlobalMsg, MTX_GLOBAL_MESSAGE_SENDER_AND_RECEIVER}, type_aliases::{FReceiver, FSender}}};
 use tracing::{info, error};
 use dotenv::dotenv;
@@ -11,7 +14,7 @@ use crate::{utils::general::{mem_alloc::Trallocator, logging::set_up_logging, da
 #[global_allocator]
 pub static GLOBAL: Trallocator<System> = Trallocator::new(System);
 
-pub fn set_up_globals() -> (Option<ClientInitGuard>, PyroscopeAgent<PyroscopeAgentReady>) {
+pub fn set_up_globals() -> Option<ClientInitGuard> {
     //panic::always_abort();
     panic::set_hook(Box::new(|info| {
         // do a simple println! first, to confirm our handler started running
@@ -33,16 +36,22 @@ pub fn set_up_globals() -> (Option<ClientInitGuard>, PyroscopeAgent<PyroscopeAge
     set_up_logging();
     set_up_mtx_handler();
 
+    GLOBAL.reset();
+    info!("Memory used: {} bytes", GLOBAL.get());
+
+    sentry_guard
+}
+
+#[cfg(unix)]
+pub fn set_up_globals_linux() -> PyroscopeAgent<PyroscopeAgentReady> {
     // configure pprof (profiling backend) + pyroscope
     let pprof_config = PprofConfig::new().sample_rate(100);
     let backend_impl = pprof_backend(pprof_config);
     let agent = PyroscopeAgent::builder("http://pyroscope.monitoring.svc.cluster.local:4040/", "app-server").backend(backend_impl).build().unwrap();
-
-    GLOBAL.reset();
-    info!("Memory used: {} bytes", GLOBAL.get());
-
-    (sentry_guard, agent)
+    agent
 }
+#[cfg(not(unix))]
+pub fn set_up_globals_linux() -> Option<bool> { None }
 
 fn set_up_sentry() -> Option<ClientInitGuard> {
     if is_prod() {
diff --git a/Packages/app-server/src/main.rs b/Packages/app-server/src/main.rs
index 4b85397a..c1bad33c 100644
--- a/Packages/app-server/src/main.rs
+++ b/Packages/app-server/src/main.rs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ use rust_shared::{tokio, sentry, domains::{DomainsConstants, get_env}};
 use store::storage::AppStateArc;
 use tracing::{error};
 
-use crate::{links::{pgclient::{self, start_pgclient_with_restart}, db_live_cache::start_db_live_cache}, globals::{set_up_globals}, router::start_router, store::storage::AppState, utils::general::data_anchor::DataAnchorFor1};
+use crate::{links::{pgclient::{self, start_pgclient_with_restart}, db_live_cache::start_db_live_cache}, globals::{set_up_globals, set_up_globals_linux}, router::start_router, store::storage::AppState, utils::general::data_anchor::DataAnchorFor1};
 
 // folders (we only use "folder_x/mod.rs" files one-layer deep; keeps the mod-tree structure out of main.rs, while avoiding tons of mod.rs files littering the codebase)
 mod db;
@@ -55,8 +55,9 @@ mod router;
 //#[tokio::main(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 7)]
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
-    let (_sentry_guard, agent) = set_up_globals();
-    let agent_running = agent.start().unwrap();
+    let _sentry_guard = set_up_globals();
+    #[cfg(unix)] let agent = set_up_globals_linux();
+    #[cfg(unix)] let agent_running = agent.start().unwrap();
     println!("Setup of globals completed."); // have one regular print-line, in case logger has issues
 
     let app_state = AppState::new_in_arc();
@@ -70,6 +71,8 @@ async fn main() {
     // start router; this handles all "external web requests"
     start_router(app_state).await;
 
-    let agent_ready = agent_running.stop().unwrap();
-    agent_ready.shutdown();
+    #[cfg(unix)] {
+        let agent_ready = agent_running.stop().unwrap();
+        agent_ready.shutdown();
+    }
 }
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