diff --git a/lib/system-status.js b/lib/system-status.js
index d36ea60..57877a8 100644
--- a/lib/system-status.js
+++ b/lib/system-status.js
@@ -174,22 +174,13 @@ customElements.define('system-status', class extends HTMLElement {
       fs.writeFileSync(cmdtmp, `@echo off\n"${runtime}" %*`)
       fs.renameSync(cmdtmp, path.join(BIN, 'pear.cmd'))
       return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-        spawn('cmd', ['/c', `setx PATH "${BIN};%PATH%"`]).on('exit', (code) => {
-          const codes = [code]
-          spawn('powershell', ['-Command', `$env:PATH = "${BIN};$env:PATH"`]).on('exit', (code) => {
-            codes.push(code)
-            if (codes[0] + codes[1] !== 0) {
-              reject(new Error(
-                'Failed to set PATH in' + [
-                  codes[0] ? ' cmd - exit code: ' + codes[0] : '',
-                  codes[1] ? ' powershell - exit code:' + codes[1] : ''
-                ].filter(Boolean)
-              ))
-              return
-            }
-            process.env.PATH = `${BIN};${process.env.PATH}`
-            resolve()
-          })
+        spawn('powershell', ['-Command', `[System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariables("PATH", "${BIN};${process.env.PATH}", "User")`]).on('exit', (code) => {
+          if (code !== 0) {
+            reject(new Error('Failed to set PATH'))
+            return
+          }
+          process.env.PATH = `${BIN};${process.env.PATH}`
+          resolve()
         })
       })
     }