diff --git a/pyfpdb/HUD_main.pyw b/pyfpdb/HUD_main.pyw
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 55fa7d93..34b701c9
--- a/pyfpdb/HUD_main.pyw
+++ b/pyfpdb/HUD_main.pyw
@@ -343,7 +343,8 @@ def idle_create(hud_main, new_hand_id, table, temp_key, max, poker_game, type, s
 
     gtk.gdk.threads_enter()
     try:
-        table.gdkhandle = gtk.gdk.window_foreign_new(table.number)
+        if table.gdkhandle is not None:  # on windows this should already be set
+            table.gdkhandle = gtk.gdk.window_foreign_new(table.number)
         newlabel = gtk.Label("%s - %s" % (table.site, temp_key))
         hud_main.vb.add(newlabel)
         newlabel.show()
diff --git a/pyfpdb/TableWindow.py b/pyfpdb/TableWindow.py
index 2f13634f..05c6ce4e 100644
--- a/pyfpdb/TableWindow.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/TableWindow.py
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ class Table_Window(object):
         self.config = config
         self.site = site
         self.hud = None   # fill in later
+        self.gdkhandle = None
         if tournament is not None and table_number is not None:
             self.tournament = int(tournament)
             self.table = int(table_number)
@@ -136,7 +137,6 @@ class Table_Window(object):
         self.search_string = getTableTitleRe(self.config, self.site, self.type, **table_kwargs)
         self.find_table_parameters()
 
-#        self.gdkhandle = gtk.gdk.window_foreign_new(self.number)
         geo = self.get_geometry()
         if geo is None:  return None
         self.width  = geo['width']
diff --git a/pyfpdb/WinTables.py b/pyfpdb/WinTables.py
index b7114ae3..599e51c6 100644
--- a/pyfpdb/WinTables.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/WinTables.py
@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ class Table(Table_Window):
         self.title = titles[hwnd]
         self.hud = None
         self.number = hwnd
+        if self.gdkhandle is not None:
+            try:   # Windows likes this here - Linux doesn't
+                self.gdkhandle = gtk.gdk.window_foreign_new(self.number)
+            except AttributeError:
+                pass
 
     def get_geometry(self):
         try: