diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/getdown/launcher/Getdown.java b/src/java/com/threerings/getdown/launcher/Getdown.java
index cc70e79..565a81e 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/getdown/launcher/Getdown.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/getdown/launcher/Getdown.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: Getdown.java,v 1.31 2004/07/31 03:55:16 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: Getdown.java,v 1.32 2004/08/02 20:07:33 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.getdown.launcher;
 
@@ -465,14 +465,16 @@ public class Getdown extends Thread
             // on Windows 98 we need to stick around and read the output
             // of stdout lest the process fills its output buffer and
             // chokes, yay!
-            if (System.getProperty("os.name").indexOf("Windows 98") != -1) {
+            String osname = System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase();
+            if (osname.indexOf("windows 98") != -1 ||
+                osname.indexOf("windows me") != -1) {
                 // close our window if it's around
                 if (_frame != null) {
                     _frame.dispose();
                     _status = null;
                     _frame = null;
                 }
-                Log.info("Sticking around to read stderr on Win98...");
+                Log.info("Sticking around to read stderr on " + osname + "...");
                 InputStream stderr = proc.getErrorStream();
                 BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(
                     new InputStreamReader(stderr));