diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/CreateDatabase.php b/app/Console/Commands/CreateDatabase.php
index 9bfd8555..58ca6c24 100644
--- a/app/Console/Commands/CreateDatabase.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/CreateDatabase.php
@@ -12,10 +12,12 @@ class CreateDatabase extends Command
 {
     protected $signature = 'database:create {--reset} {--conn=?}';
     protected $description = 'Create a database';
+    protected $os;
 
     public function __construct()
     {
         parent::__construct();
+        $this->os = new \Tivie\OS\Detector();
     }
 
     protected function runCommand($cmd)
@@ -33,10 +35,19 @@ class CreateDatabase extends Command
         echo $proc->getOutput();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * create the mysql database
+     * @param $dbkey
+     */
     protected function create_mysql($dbkey)
     {
+        $exec = 'mysql';
+        if($this->os->isWindowsLike()) {
+            $exec .= '.exe';
+        }
+
         $mysql_cmd = [
-            'mysql',
+            $exec,
             '-u' . config($dbkey . 'username'),
             '-h' . config($dbkey . 'host'),
             '-P' . config($dbkey . 'port'),
@@ -65,15 +76,24 @@ class CreateDatabase extends Command
         $this->runCommand($cmd);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Create the sqlite database
+     * @param $dbkey
+     */
     protected function create_sqlite($dbkey)
     {
+        $exec = 'sqlite3';
+        if ($this->os->isWindowsLike()) {
+            $exec .= 'sqlite3';
+        }
+
         if ($this->option('reset')) {
             $cmd = ['rm', '-rf', config($dbkey . 'database')];
             $this->runCommand($cmd);
         }
 
         $cmd = [
-            'sqlite3',
+            $exec,
             config($dbkey . 'database'),
             '""',
         ];
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 40b4f07f..dd553702 100755
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@
         "scriptfusion/phpunit-immediate-exception-printer": "1.3.0",
         "nwidart/laravel-modules": "2.6.0",
         "sebastiaanluca/laravel-helpers": "1.0.2",
-        "nabeel/laravel-installer": "dev-master"
+        "nabeel/laravel-installer": "dev-master",
+        "tivie/php-os-detector": "1.1.0"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "phpunit/phpunit": "6.4.0",
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 003b936b..4b79dcea 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#composer-lock-the-lock-file",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "084911a53c061e6d07887e1447a07607",
+    "content-hash": "df8634a2bf7eeab2eab737e82bd163bb",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "anlutro/l4-settings",
@@ -4533,16 +4533,16 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "symfony/console",
-            "version": "v3.4.0",
+            "version": "v3.4.1",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/symfony/console.git",
-                "reference": "9468ad3fba3a5e1f0dc12a96e50e84cddb923cf0"
+                "reference": "2cdef78de8f54f68ff16a857e710e7302b47d4c7"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/symfony/console/zipball/9468ad3fba3a5e1f0dc12a96e50e84cddb923cf0",
-                "reference": "9468ad3fba3a5e1f0dc12a96e50e84cddb923cf0",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/symfony/console/zipball/2cdef78de8f54f68ff16a857e710e7302b47d4c7",
+                "reference": "2cdef78de8f54f68ff16a857e710e7302b47d4c7",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
@@ -4598,7 +4598,7 @@
             ],
             "description": "Symfony Console Component",
             "homepage": "https://symfony.com",
-            "time": "2017-11-29T13:28:14+00:00"
+            "time": "2017-12-02T18:20:11+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "symfony/css-selector",
@@ -4655,7 +4655,7 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "symfony/debug",
-            "version": "v3.4.0",
+            "version": "v3.4.1",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/symfony/debug.git",
@@ -4830,7 +4830,7 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "symfony/finder",
-            "version": "v3.4.0",
+            "version": "v3.4.1",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/symfony/finder.git",
@@ -4879,7 +4879,7 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "symfony/http-foundation",
-            "version": "v3.4.0",
+            "version": "v3.4.1",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/symfony/http-foundation.git",
@@ -4933,16 +4933,16 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "symfony/http-kernel",
-            "version": "v3.4.0",
+            "version": "v3.4.1",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/symfony/http-kernel.git",
-                "reference": "2df856c9dd8a1e1f11439b12e58c474afc1aac0d"
+                "reference": "b101bb29071163563d4c8b537b35845eaf909235"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/symfony/http-kernel/zipball/2df856c9dd8a1e1f11439b12e58c474afc1aac0d",
-                "reference": "2df856c9dd8a1e1f11439b12e58c474afc1aac0d",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/symfony/http-kernel/zipball/b101bb29071163563d4c8b537b35845eaf909235",
+                "reference": "b101bb29071163563d4c8b537b35845eaf909235",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "require": {
@@ -5017,7 +5017,7 @@
             ],
             "description": "Symfony HttpKernel Component",
             "homepage": "https://symfony.com",
-            "time": "2017-11-30T16:56:05+00:00"
+            "time": "2017-12-04T23:05:00+00:00"
         },
         {
             "name": "symfony/inflector",
@@ -5396,7 +5396,7 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "symfony/process",
-            "version": "v3.4.0",
+            "version": "v3.4.1",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/symfony/process.git",
@@ -5445,7 +5445,7 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "symfony/property-access",
-            "version": "v3.4.0",
+            "version": "v3.4.1",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/symfony/property-access.git",
@@ -5513,7 +5513,7 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "symfony/routing",
-            "version": "v3.4.0",
+            "version": "v3.4.1",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/symfony/routing.git",
@@ -5591,7 +5591,7 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "symfony/serializer",
-            "version": "v3.4.0",
+            "version": "v3.4.1",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/symfony/serializer.git",
@@ -5669,7 +5669,7 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "symfony/translation",
-            "version": "v3.4.0",
+            "version": "v3.4.1",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/symfony/translation.git",
@@ -5737,7 +5737,7 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "symfony/var-dumper",
-            "version": "v3.4.0",
+            "version": "v3.4.1",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/symfony/var-dumper.git",
@@ -5949,6 +5949,54 @@
             "homepage": "https://github.com/tijsverkoyen/CssToInlineStyles",
             "time": "2016-09-20T12:50:39+00:00"
         },
+        {
+            "name": "tivie/php-os-detector",
+            "version": "1.1.0",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/tivie/php-os-detector.git",
+                "reference": "9461dcd85c00e03842264f2fc8ccdc8d46867321"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/tivie/php-os-detector/zipball/9461dcd85c00e03842264f2fc8ccdc8d46867321",
+                "reference": "9461dcd85c00e03842264f2fc8ccdc8d46867321",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "php": ">=5.3.0"
+            },
+            "require-dev": {
+                "phpunit/phpunit": "4.3.*"
+            },
+            "type": "library",
+            "autoload": {
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "Tivie\\OS\\": "src/"
+                }
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "APACHE 2.0"
+            ],
+            "authors": [
+                {
+                    "name": "Estevão Soares dos Santos",
+                    "email": "estevao@soares-dos-santos.com"
+                }
+            ],
+            "description": "A small utility library that detects the OS the server is running on",
+            "homepage": "http://tivie.github.com/php-os-detector/",
+            "keywords": [
+                "detection",
+                "detector",
+                "identification",
+                "operating system",
+                "os",
+                "os detection"
+            ],
+            "time": "2017-10-21T03:33:59+00:00"
+        },
         {
             "name": "toin0u/geotools-laravel",
             "version": "1.0.0",
@@ -6984,7 +7032,7 @@
         },
         {
             "name": "symfony/class-loader",
-            "version": "v3.4.0",
+            "version": "v3.4.1",
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/symfony/class-loader.git",
@@ -7045,7 +7093,6 @@
         "infyomlabs/laravel-generator": 20,
         "infyomlabs/adminlte-templates": 20,
         "zizaco/entrust": 20,
-        "league/geotools": 0,
         "makinacorpus/php-bloom": 20,
         "nabeel/laravel-installer": 20
     },