diff --git a/src/__init__.py b/src/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000
diff --git a/src/bot_main.py b/src/bot_main.py
index bb8886b6..e8a9e0ab 100644
--- a/src/bot_main.py
+++ b/src/bot_main.py
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 import asyncio
-import os
-import uvloop
 
-asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(uvloop.EventLoopPolicy())
+try:
+    # uvloop doesn't work on Windows, therefore an optional dependency
+    import uvloop
+    asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(uvloop.EventLoopPolicy())
+except ImportError:
+    pass
 
 from pluralkit import bot
 bot.run()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/requirements.txt b/src/requirements.txt
index 95007db4..49693a53 100644
--- a/src/requirements.txt
+++ b/src/requirements.txt
@@ -4,5 +4,4 @@ asyncpg
 dateparser
 https://github.com/Rapptz/discord.py/archive/860d6a9ace8248dfeec18b8b159e7b757d9f56bb.zip#egg=discord.py
 humanize
-uvloop
 ciso8601