diff --git a/install b/install
index 7c3b1f3..150cea6 100755
--- a/install
+++ b/install
@@ -99,11 +99,23 @@ link_fzf_in_path() {
 }
 
 try_curl() {
-  command -v curl > /dev/null && curl -fL $1 | tar -xzf -
+  command -v curl > /dev/null &&
+  if [[ $1 =~ tgz$ ]]; then
+    curl -fL $1 | tar -xzf -
+  else
+    local temp=${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/fzf.zip
+    curl -fLo "$temp" $1 && unzip -o "$temp" && rm -f "$temp"
+  fi
 }
 
 try_wget() {
-  command -v wget > /dev/null && wget -O - $1 | tar -xzf -
+  command -v wget > /dev/null &&
+  if [[ $1 =~ tgz$ ]]; then
+    wget -O - $1 | tar -xzf -
+  else
+    local temp=${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/fzf.zip
+    wget -O "$temp" $1 && unzip -o "$temp" && rm -f "$temp"
+  fi
 }
 
 download() {
@@ -123,8 +135,8 @@ download() {
 
   local url
   [[ "$version" =~ alpha ]] &&
-    url=https://github.com/junegunn/fzf-bin/releases/download/alpha/${1}.tgz ||
-    url=https://github.com/junegunn/fzf-bin/releases/download/$version/${1}.tgz
+    url=https://github.com/junegunn/fzf-bin/releases/download/alpha/${1} ||
+    url=https://github.com/junegunn/fzf-bin/releases/download/$version/${1}
   set -o pipefail
   if ! (try_curl $url || try_wget $url); then
     set +o pipefail
@@ -146,18 +158,19 @@ archi=$(uname -sm)
 binary_available=1
 binary_error=""
 case "$archi" in
-  Darwin\ *64)   download fzf-$version-darwin_${binary_arch:-amd64}  ;;
-  Darwin\ *86)   download fzf-$version-darwin_${binary_arch:-386}    ;;
-  Linux\ *64)    download fzf-$version-linux_${binary_arch:-amd64}   ;;
-  Linux\ *86)    download fzf-$version-linux_${binary_arch:-386}     ;;
-  Linux\ armv5*) download fzf-$version-linux_${binary_arch:-arm5}    ;;
-  Linux\ armv6*) download fzf-$version-linux_${binary_arch:-arm6}    ;;
-  Linux\ armv7*) download fzf-$version-linux_${binary_arch:-arm7}    ;;
-  Linux\ armv8*) download fzf-$version-linux_${binary_arch:-arm8}    ;;
-  FreeBSD\ *64)  download fzf-$version-freebsd_${binary_arch:-amd64} ;;
-  FreeBSD\ *86)  download fzf-$version-freebsd_${binary_arch:-386}   ;;
-  OpenBSD\ *64)  download fzf-$version-openbsd_${binary_arch:-amd64} ;;
-  OpenBSD\ *86)  download fzf-$version-openbsd_${binary_arch:-386}   ;;
+  Darwin\ *64)   download fzf-$version-darwin_${binary_arch:-amd64}.tgz  ;;
+  Darwin\ *86)   download fzf-$version-darwin_${binary_arch:-386}.tgz    ;;
+  Linux\ *64)    download fzf-$version-linux_${binary_arch:-amd64}.tgz   ;;
+  Linux\ *86)    download fzf-$version-linux_${binary_arch:-386}.tgz     ;;
+  Linux\ armv5*) download fzf-$version-linux_${binary_arch:-arm5}.tgz    ;;
+  Linux\ armv6*) download fzf-$version-linux_${binary_arch:-arm6}.tgz    ;;
+  Linux\ armv7*) download fzf-$version-linux_${binary_arch:-arm7}.tgz    ;;
+  Linux\ armv8*) download fzf-$version-linux_${binary_arch:-arm8}.tgz    ;;
+  FreeBSD\ *64)  download fzf-$version-freebsd_${binary_arch:-amd64}.tgz ;;
+  FreeBSD\ *86)  download fzf-$version-freebsd_${binary_arch:-386}.tgz   ;;
+  OpenBSD\ *64)  download fzf-$version-openbsd_${binary_arch:-amd64}.tgz ;;
+  OpenBSD\ *86)  download fzf-$version-openbsd_${binary_arch:-386}.tgz   ;;
+  CYGWIN*\ *64)  download fzf-$version-windows_${binary_arch:-amd64}.zip ;;
   *)             binary_available=0 binary_error=1 ;;
 esac
 
@@ -341,4 +354,3 @@ if [ $update_config -eq 1 ]; then
   echo
 fi
 echo 'For more information, see: https://github.com/junegunn/fzf'
-
diff --git a/src/tui/tcell.go b/src/tui/tcell.go
index e66ed2f..0c80de2 100644
--- a/src/tui/tcell.go
+++ b/src/tui/tcell.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 package tui
 
 import (
+	"os"
 	"time"
 	"unicode/utf8"
 
@@ -140,6 +141,9 @@ func (r *FullscreenRenderer) initScreen() {
 }
 
 func (r *FullscreenRenderer) Init() {
+	if os.Getenv("TERM") == "cygwin" {
+		os.Setenv("TERM", "")
+	}
 	encoding.Register()
 
 	r.initScreen()
diff --git a/src/util/util_windows.go b/src/util/util_windows.go
index 1bf8f7a..efd19a2 100644
--- a/src/util/util_windows.go
+++ b/src/util/util_windows.go
@@ -12,15 +12,11 @@ import (
 
 // ExecCommand executes the given command with $SHELL
 func ExecCommand(command string) *exec.Cmd {
-	shell := os.Getenv("SHELL")
-	if len(shell) == 0 {
-		shell = "cmd"
-	}
 	args, _ := shellwords.Parse(command)
 	allArgs := make([]string, len(args)+1)
 	allArgs[0] = "/c"
 	copy(allArgs[1:], args)
-	return exec.Command(shell, allArgs...)
+	return exec.Command("cmd", allArgs...)
 }
 
 // IsWindows returns true on Windows