diff --git a/_extensions/wordcount/_extension.yml b/_extensions/wordcount/_extension.yml
index a987279..1f0c821 100644
--- a/_extensions/wordcount/_extension.yml
+++ b/_extensions/wordcount/_extension.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ authors:
   - name: Justin Landis
     orcid: 0000-0001-5501-4934
 version: 1.3.0
-quarto-required: ">=1.3.0"
+quarto-required: ">=1.4.551"
 contributes:
   shortcodes: 
     - "words.lua"
diff --git a/_extensions/wordcount/wordcount.lua b/_extensions/wordcount/wordcount.lua
index 8b228d9..af503d4 100644
--- a/_extensions/wordcount/wordcount.lua
+++ b/_extensions/wordcount/wordcount.lua
@@ -161,7 +161,8 @@ function print_word_counts()
   local manuscript_words = body_words + note_words
   
   -- Use a bullet character in terminals that support UTF-8
-  local bullet = os.getenv("LANG"):find("UTF%-8$") and "• " or "* "
+  local bullet = (os.getenv("OS"):find("^Windows") or 
+                  os.getenv("LANG"):find("UTF%-8$")) and "• " or "* "
   
   -- Format these different numbers     
   local total_words_out = string.format(