diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a89f75cc9a..ed514d96fa 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -57,3 +57,4 @@ out/x86
 out/x64
 src/Makefile.package-e
 src/Makefile.package.settings-e
+/cmake/build/x64-Debug-Clang
diff --git a/tools/lammps-gui/lammpsgui.cpp b/tools/lammps-gui/lammpsgui.cpp
index a26a71cd92..b454e215dc 100644
--- a/tools/lammps-gui/lammpsgui.cpp
+++ b/tools/lammps-gui/lammpsgui.cpp
@@ -69,7 +69,13 @@ LammpsGui::LammpsGui(QWidget *parent, const char *filename) :
 #if defined(_OPENMP)
     // use maximum number of available threads unless OMP_NUM_THREADS was set
     auto nthreads = std::to_string(omp_get_max_threads());
+#if _WIN32
+    if (!getenv("OMP_NUM_THREADS")) {
+        _putenv_s("OMP_NUM_THREADS", nthreads.c_str());
+    }
+#else
     setenv("OMP_NUM_THREADS", nthreads.c_str(), 0);
+#endif
 #endif
 
     lammps_args.clear();