diff --git a/pybis/src/python/CHANGELOG.md b/pybis/src/python/CHANGELOG.md
index d12e7004228f3228d4306a705f1523a5cfe8d76c..df802c94cf12a6cb948544b3eae951f15855b60d 100644
--- a/pybis/src/python/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/pybis/src/python/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## Changes with pybis-1.14.5
+
+- no automagic detection of mountpoint, because of Windows incompatibilities 
+
 ## Changes with pybis-1.14.4
 
 - added new convenience methods: get_experiments, get_projects etc.
diff --git a/pybis/src/python/pybis/__init__.py b/pybis/src/python/pybis/__init__.py
index a54d5efbef115ca4f9ad9f6747a5f9286ba75f37..ce90449b678b3d213fa05c5391c2cb64b3713622 100644
--- a/pybis/src/python/pybis/__init__.py
+++ b/pybis/src/python/pybis/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = 'pybis'
 __author__ = 'Swen Vermeul'
 __email__ = 'swen@ethz.ch'
-__version__ = '1.14.4'
+__version__ = '1.14.5'
 
 from . import pybis
 from .pybis import DataSet
diff --git a/pybis/src/python/pybis/pybis.py b/pybis/src/python/pybis/pybis.py
index 9f304a31cf61fc79d2aa7cfaae0a302c35eb9156..fa556a865350ac5ad3760f27b8532e14fa2070ab 100644
--- a/pybis/src/python/pybis/pybis.py
+++ b/pybis/src/python/pybis/pybis.py
@@ -1008,10 +1008,12 @@ class Openbis:
 
         return os.path.ismount(mountpoint)
 
-    def get_mountpoint(self):
+    def get_mountpoint(self, search_mountpoint=False):
         """Returns the path to the active mountpoint.
         Returns None if no mountpoint is found or if the mountpoint is not mounted anymore.
-        Experimental: Tries to figure out an existing mountpoint for a given hostname.
+
+        search_mountpoint=True:  Tries to figure out an existing mountpoint for a given hostname 
+                                 (experimental, does not work under Windows yet)
         """
 
         mountpoint = getattr(self, 'mountpoint', None)
@@ -1020,6 +1022,8 @@ class Openbis:
                 return mountpoint
             else:
                 return None
+        else:
+            if not search_mountpoint: return None
 
         # try to find out the mountpoint
         import subprocess
diff --git a/pybis/src/python/setup.py b/pybis/src/python/setup.py
index 33c3554717253cb5f9b8aa4fcf0e03a43584036a..62203feacef326dfb2ca2324a2144580a2fdcdcf 100644
--- a/pybis/src/python/setup.py
+++ b/pybis/src/python/setup.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ with open("README.md", "r", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
 
 setup(
     name='PyBIS',
-    version= '1.14.4',
+    version= '1.14.5',
     author='Swen Vermeul • ID SIS • ETH Zürich',
     author_email='swen@ethz.ch',
     description='openBIS connection and interaction, optimized for using with Jupyter',