diff --git a/src/Components/Modules/News.cpp b/src/Components/Modules/News.cpp
index f36dcbfc..d8a81c27 100644
--- a/src/Components/Modules/News.cpp
+++ b/src/Components/Modules/News.cpp
@@ -157,32 +157,35 @@ namespace Components
 			}).detach();
 		});
 
-		News::Terminate = false;
-		News::Thread = std::thread([] ()
+		if (!Utils::IsWineEnvironment())
 		{
-			Localization::Set("MPUI_CHANGELOG_TEXT", Utils::WebIO("IW4x", "https://iw4xcachep26muba.onion.to/iw4/changelog.txt").SetTimeout(5000)->Get());
-
-			std::string data = Utils::WebIO("IW4x", "https://iw4xcachep26muba.onion.to/iw4/motd.txt").SetTimeout(5000)->Get();
-
-			if (!data.empty())
+			News::Terminate = false;
+			News::Thread = std::thread([] ()
 			{
-				Localization::Set("MPUI_MOTD_TEXT", data);
-			}
+				Localization::Set("MPUI_CHANGELOG_TEXT", Utils::WebIO("IW4x", "https://iw4xcachep26muba.onion.to/iw4/changelog.txt").SetTimeout(5000)->Get());
 
-			if (!Loader::PerformingUnitTests())
-			{
-				while (!News::Terminate)
+				std::string data = Utils::WebIO("IW4x", "https://iw4xcachep26muba.onion.to/iw4/motd.txt").SetTimeout(5000)->Get();
+
+				if (!data.empty())
 				{
-					News::CheckForUpdate();
+					Localization::Set("MPUI_MOTD_TEXT", data);
+				}
 
-					// Sleep for 3 minutes
-					for (int i = 0; i < 180 && !News::Terminate; ++i)
+				if (!Loader::PerformingUnitTests())
+				{
+					while (!News::Terminate)
 					{
-						std::this_thread::sleep_for(1s);
+						News::CheckForUpdate();
+
+						// Sleep for 3 minutes
+						for (int i = 0; i < 180 && !News::Terminate; ++i)
+						{
+							std::this_thread::sleep_for(1s);
+						}
 					}
 				}
-			}
-		});
+			});
+		}
 	}
 
 	News::~News()
diff --git a/src/Utils/Utils.cpp b/src/Utils/Utils.cpp
index f35d1e79..a0262043 100644
--- a/src/Utils/Utils.cpp
+++ b/src/Utils/Utils.cpp
@@ -35,4 +35,11 @@ namespace Utils
 
 		LocalFree(messageBuffer);
 	}
+
+	bool IsWineEnvironment()
+	{
+		HMODULE hntdll = GetModuleHandleA("ntdll.dll");
+		if (!hntdll) return false;
+		return (GetProcAddress(hntdll, "wine_get_version") != nullptr);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/Utils/Utils.hpp b/src/Utils/Utils.hpp
index 399b34d7..b05856a8 100644
--- a/src/Utils/Utils.hpp
+++ b/src/Utils/Utils.hpp
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ namespace Utils
 	std::string ParseChallenge(std::string data);
 	void OutputDebugLastError();
 
+	bool IsWineEnvironment();
+
 	template <typename T> void Merge(std::vector<T>* target, T* source, size_t length)
 	{
 		if (source)