diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index 567eeb4..59f05b4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: ["ubuntu-latest", "macos-latest", "windows-latest"]
+        os: ["ubuntu-latest", "macos-latest"]
         python-version: ["3.11", "3.12"]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/interactive_process/interactive_process.py b/interactive_process/interactive_process.py
index 761a1fa..a8d6253 100644
--- a/interactive_process/interactive_process.py
+++ b/interactive_process/interactive_process.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def __init__(self, env={"PS1": "", "TERM": "dumb"}, echo=False):
             shell = 'cmd.exe'
         else:
             shell = '/bin/bash'
-        self.process = PtyProcessUnicode.spawn([shell], env=env, echo=echo)
+        self.process = PtyProcessUnicode.spawn([shell, '--noprofile', '--norc'], env=env, echo=echo)
 
     def send_command(self, command):
         try:
diff --git a/tests/test_interactive_process.py b/tests/test_interactive_process.py
index 7ed7d7c..3cbfd42 100644
--- a/tests/test_interactive_process.py
+++ b/tests/test_interactive_process.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def process(self):
     def test_stream_nonblocking(self):
         self.process.send_command("echo Hello")
 
-        output = self.process.read_nonblocking()
+        output = self.process.read_nonblocking(2)
 
         assert output.strip() == "Hello"  # newline is part of echo command