diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index cb5fa9c..a8753b4 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+[3.6.1]
+- Fixed a bug, that caused the plugin to crash on loading, when not running on Windows
+
 [3.6.0]
 - Added support for Cura 5.6
 
diff --git a/package_plugin/package.json b/package_plugin/package.json
index 4c0c70a..f5acdc2 100644
--- a/package_plugin/package.json
+++ b/package_plugin/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   "display_name": "Elegoo Neptune Thumbnails",
   "package_id": "ElegooNeptune3Thumbnails",
   "package_type": "plugin",
-  "package_version": "3.6.0",
+  "package_version": "3.6.1",
   "sdk_version": 8,
   "sdk_version_semver": "8.0.0",
   "website": "https://github.com/Molodos/ElegooNeptuneThumbnails"
diff --git a/plugin.json b/plugin.json
index 93b23a6..90b276d 100644
--- a/plugin.json
+++ b/plugin.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     "email": "realmolodos@gmail.com",
     "website": "https://github.com/Molodos"
   },
-  "version": "3.6.0",
+  "version": "3.6.1",
   "description": "Adds Elegoo Neptune printer thumbnail to G-code. Contains options to display parameters like estimated print time or model height on the thumbnail",
   "supported_sdk_versions": [
     "8.0.0",
diff --git a/tools/thumbnail_generator.py b/tools/thumbnail_generator.py
index b5a8fd5..34ac1e1 100644
--- a/tools/thumbnail_generator.py
+++ b/tools/thumbnail_generator.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 import math
 from array import array
-from ctypes import CDLL, windll
+from ctypes import CDLL
 from os import path
 
 from PyQt6.QtCore import Qt, QByteArray, QBuffer, QIODeviceBase
@@ -243,7 +243,6 @@ def _parse_thumbnail_new(cls, img: QImage, width: int, height: int, img_type: st
         """
         img_type = f";{img_type}:"
 
-        windll.kernel32.SetDllDirectoryW(None)
         if Platform.isOSX():
             p_dll = CDLL(path.abspath(path.join(path.dirname(__file__), "..", "libs", "libColPic.dylib")))
         elif Platform.isLinux():