From cc87508fd9c036d55c23f5c2c8671c5f43cb28d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: wattygetlood <61716739+wattygetlood@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2021 18:40:56 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Only load 4 ib requests worth of bars on windows...

---
 piker/brokers/ib.py | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/piker/brokers/ib.py b/piker/brokers/ib.py
index 4139d60d..788bc829 100644
--- a/piker/brokers/ib.py
+++ b/piker/brokers/ib.py
@@ -1204,6 +1204,11 @@ async def backfill_bars(
     https://github.com/pikers/piker/issues/128
 
     """
+    if platform.system() == 'Windows':
+        log.warning(
+            'Decreasing history query count to 4 since, windows...')
+        count = 4
+
     out, fails = await get_bars(sym)
 
     if out is None: