diff --git a/terminus-terminal/src/components/shellSettingsTab.component.pug b/terminus-terminal/src/components/shellSettingsTab.component.pug
index 523f8909..68c0c1b1 100644
--- a/terminus-terminal/src/components/shellSettingsTab.component.pug
+++ b/terminus-terminal/src/components/shellSettingsTab.component.pug
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ h3.mb-3 Shell
         (ngModelChange)='config.save()'
     )
     
+.alert.alert-info.d-flex.align-items-center(*ngIf='config.store.terminal.useConPTY && isConPTYAvailable && !isConPTYStable')
+    .mr-auto Windows 10 build 18309 or above is recommended for ConPTY
+    
 .alert.alert-info.d-flex.align-items-center(*ngIf='config.store.terminal.shell.startsWith("wsl") && (config.store.terminal.frontend != "hterm" || !config.store.terminal.useConPTY)')
     .mr-auto WSL terminal only supports TrueColor with ConPTY and the hterm frontend
 
diff --git a/terminus-terminal/src/components/shellSettingsTab.component.ts b/terminus-terminal/src/components/shellSettingsTab.component.ts
index ede4f51c..b32ba545 100644
--- a/terminus-terminal/src/components/shellSettingsTab.component.ts
+++ b/terminus-terminal/src/components/shellSettingsTab.component.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import * as os from 'os'
 import { Component } from '@angular/core'
 import { NgbModal } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap'
 import { Subscription } from 'rxjs'
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ export class ShellSettingsTabComponent {
     profiles: Profile[] = []
     Platform = Platform
     isConPTYAvailable: boolean
+    isConPTYStable: boolean
     private configSubscription: Subscription
 
     constructor (
@@ -31,6 +33,9 @@ export class ShellSettingsTabComponent {
         })
         this.reload()
         this.isConPTYAvailable = uac.isAvailable
+        this.isConPTYStable = hostApp.platform === Platform.Windows
+            && parseFloat(os.release()) >= 10
+            && parseInt(os.release().split('.')[2]) >= 18309
     }
 
     async ngOnInit () {
diff --git a/terminus-terminal/src/services/sessions.service.ts b/terminus-terminal/src/services/sessions.service.ts
index 2ef75628..8a86ff3c 100644
--- a/terminus-terminal/src/services/sessions.service.ts
+++ b/terminus-terminal/src/services/sessions.service.ts
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ export class Session extends BaseSession {
             rows: options.height || 30,
             cwd,
             env: env,
-            experimentalUseConpty: this.config.store.terminal.useConPTY,
+            experimentalUseConpty: this.config.store.terminal.useConPTY && 1,
         })
 
         this.guessedCWD = cwd