diff --git a/lib/printer.go b/lib/printer.go
index cc95238..43ee535 100644
--- a/lib/printer.go
+++ b/lib/printer.go
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ func yankColumns(conf cfg.Config, data *Tabdata) {
 	}
 
 	if yank != "" {
-		clipboard.Primary = true // unix
+		setprimary()
 		if err := clipboard.WriteAll(yank); err != nil {
 			log.Fatalln("error writing string to clipboard:", err)
 		}
diff --git a/lib/ya_darwin.go b/lib/ya_darwin.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e7f149
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ya_darwin.go
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+// +build darwin
+
+package lib
+
+import "github.com/atotto/clipboard"
+
+func setprimary() {
+}
diff --git a/lib/ya_unix.go b/lib/ya_unix.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f05680
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ya_unix.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// +build freebsd linux netbsd openbsd solaris dragonfly
+
+package lib
+
+import "github.com/atotto/clipboard"
+
+func setprimary() {
+  clipboard.Primary = true
+}
diff --git a/lib/ya_windows.go b/lib/ya_windows.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4caae39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ya_windows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+// +build windows
+
+package lib
+
+import "github.com/atotto/clipboard"
+
+func setprimary() {
+}
diff --git a/tablizer.1 b/tablizer.1
index 73dd6b4..e3f1aad 100644
--- a/tablizer.1
+++ b/tablizer.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" Automatically generated by Pod::Man 4.14 (Pod::Simple 3.42)
+.\" Automatically generated by Pod::Man 4.14 (Pod::Simple 3.40)
 .\"
 .\" Standard preamble:
 .\" ========================================================================
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
 .\" ========================================================================
 .\"
 .IX Title "TABLIZER 1"
-.TH TABLIZER 1 "2025-01-15" "1" "User Commands"
+.TH TABLIZER 1 "2025-01-22" "1" "User Commands"
 .\" For nroff, turn off justification.  Always turn off hyphenation; it makes
 .\" way too many mistakes in technical documents.
 .if n .ad l