diff --git a/RedPandaIDE/settings.cpp b/RedPandaIDE/settings.cpp
index 93adbdd7..29031f40 100644
--- a/RedPandaIDE/settings.cpp
+++ b/RedPandaIDE/settings.cpp
@@ -1198,7 +1198,11 @@ void Settings::Editor::doLoad()
     mCopySizeLimit = boolValue("copy_limit",true);
     mCopyCharLimits = intValue("copy_char_limits",100);
     mCopyLineLimits = intValue("copy_line_limits",100000);
-    mCopyWithFormatAs = intValue("copy_with_format_as",1);
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
+    mCopyWithFormatAs = intValue("copy_with_format_as",1); //html
+#else
+    mCopyWithFormatAs = intValue("copy_with_format_as",0); //none
+#endif
     mCopyRTFUseBackground = boolValue("copy_rtf_use_background",false);
     mCopyRTFUseEditorColor = boolValue("copy_rtf_use_editor_color_scheme",false);
     mCopyRTFColorScheme = stringValue("copy_rtf_color_scheme","Intellij Classic");
diff --git a/RedPandaIDE/settingsdialog/editorclipboardwidget.cpp b/RedPandaIDE/settingsdialog/editorclipboardwidget.cpp
index d5ab03d2..5ac828a0 100644
--- a/RedPandaIDE/settingsdialog/editorclipboardwidget.cpp
+++ b/RedPandaIDE/settingsdialog/editorclipboardwidget.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ EditorClipboardWidget::EditorClipboardWidget(const QString& name, const QString&
 {
     ui->setupUi(this);
     ui->cbCopyWithFormatAs->addItem("None");
+#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
     ui->cbCopyWithFormatAs->addItem("HTML");
+#endif
 
     for (QString name: pColorManager->getSchemes()) {
         ui->cbHTMLColorScheme->addItem(name);