diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f7d3a37..05673af 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,5 +18,7 @@ actix-files = "0.6"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
 clap = { version = "4.4", features = ["derive"] }
 log = "0.4"
+
+[target.'cfg(target_os = "linux")'.dependencies]
 systemd-journal-logger = "1.0"
 
diff --git a/setup.sh b/setup.sh
index 016ce30..4dd5685 100644
--- a/setup.sh
+++ b/setup.sh
@@ -28,11 +28,15 @@ sudo ln -sf $INSTALL_DIR/timeturner $BIN_DIR/timeturner
 echo "✅ Binary installed to $INSTALL_DIR and linked to $BIN_DIR."
 
 # 4. Install systemd service file
-echo "⚙️  Installing systemd service..."
-sudo cp timeturner.service /etc/systemd/system/
-sudo systemctl daemon-reload
-sudo systemctl enable timeturner.service
-echo "✅ Systemd service installed and enabled."
+if [[ "$(uname)" == "Linux" ]]; then
+    echo "⚙️  Installing systemd service for Linux..."
+    sudo cp timeturner.service /etc/systemd/system/
+    sudo systemctl daemon-reload
+    sudo systemctl enable timeturner.service
+    echo "✅ Systemd service installed and enabled."
+else
+    echo "⚠️  Skipping systemd service installation on non-Linux OS."
+fi
 
 echo ""
 echo "--- Setup Complete ---"
@@ -40,12 +44,14 @@ echo "The TimeTurner daemon is now installed."
 echo "The working directory is $INSTALL_DIR."
 echo "A default 'config.yml' will be created there on first run."
 echo ""
-echo "To start the service, run:"
-echo "  sudo systemctl start timeturner.service"
-echo ""
-echo "To view live logs, run:"
-echo "  journalctl -u timeturner.service -f"
-echo ""
+if [[ "$(uname)" == "Linux" ]]; then
+    echo "To start the service, run:"
+    echo "  sudo systemctl start timeturner.service"
+    echo ""
+    echo "To view live logs, run:"
+    echo "  journalctl -u timeturner.service -f"
+    echo ""
+fi
 echo "To run the interactive TUI instead, simply run from the project directory:"
 echo "  cargo run"
 echo "Or from anywhere after installation:"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 2a2f8b8..652e1b4 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -103,9 +103,16 @@ async fn main() {
         });
     } else {
         println!("🚀 Starting TimeTurner daemon...");
-        systemd_journal_logger::init().unwrap();
-        log::set_max_level(log::LevelFilter::Info);
-        log::info!("TimeTurner daemon started. API server is running.");
+        #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+        {
+            systemd_journal_logger::init().unwrap();
+            log::set_max_level(log::LevelFilter::Info);
+            log::info!("TimeTurner daemon started. API server is running.");
+        }
+        #[cfg(not(target_os = "linux"))]
+        {
+            println!("Daemon mode started. API server is running. Logging to system journal is only supported on Linux.");
+        }
     }
 
     // 6️⃣ Set up a LocalSet for the API server and main loop
diff --git a/src/system.rs b/src/system.rs
index fbee618..8362756 100644
--- a/src/system.rs
+++ b/src/system.rs
@@ -5,10 +5,18 @@ use std::process::Command;
 
 /// Check if Chrony is active
 pub fn ntp_service_active() -> bool {
-    if let Ok(output) = Command::new("systemctl").args(&["is-active", "chrony"]).output() {
-        output.status.success()
-            && String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout).trim() == "active"
-    } else {
+    #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+    {
+        if let Ok(output) = Command::new("systemctl").args(&["is-active", "chrony"]).output() {
+            output.status.success()
+                && String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout).trim() == "active"
+        } else {
+            false
+        }
+    }
+    #[cfg(not(target_os = "linux"))]
+    {
+        // systemctl is not available on non-Linux platforms.
         false
     }
 }
@@ -16,8 +24,17 @@ pub fn ntp_service_active() -> bool {
 /// Toggle Chrony (not used yet)
 #[allow(dead_code)]
 pub fn ntp_service_toggle(start: bool) {
-    let action = if start { "start" } else { "stop" };
-    let _ = Command::new("systemctl").args(&[action, "chrony"]).status();
+    #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+    {
+        let action = if start { "start" } else { "stop" };
+        let _ = Command::new("systemctl").args(&[action, "chrony"]).status();
+    }
+    #[cfg(not(target_os = "linux"))]
+    {
+        // No-op on non-Linux.
+        // The parameter is unused, but the function is dead code anyway.
+        let _ = start;
+    }
 }
 
 pub fn trigger_sync(frame: &LtcFrame, config: &Config) -> Result<String, ()> {