diff --git a/ipc/uapi_windows.go b/ipc/uapi_windows.go
index 4073c97..784b2a8 100644
--- a/ipc/uapi_windows.go
+++ b/ipc/uapi_windows.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func UAPIListen(name string) (net.Listener, error) {
 	config := winpipe.PipeConfig{
 		SecurityDescriptor: UAPISecurityDescriptor,
 	}
-	listener, err := winpipe.ListenPipe("\\\\.\\pipe\\WireGuard\\"+name, &config)
+	listener, err := winpipe.ListenPipe(`\\.\pipe\ProtectedPrefix\Administrators\WireGuard\`+name, &config)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/ipc/winpipe/sd.go b/ipc/winpipe/sd.go
index 4456917..64728ba 100644
--- a/ipc/winpipe/sd.go
+++ b/ipc/winpipe/sd.go
@@ -33,4 +33,4 @@ func SddlToSecurityDescriptor(sddl string) ([]byte, error) {
 	sd := make([]byte, getSecurityDescriptorLength(sdBuffer))
 	copy(sd, (*[0xffff]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(sdBuffer))[:len(sd)])
 	return sd, nil
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}