diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 01edc84..2c1ac7b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -88,5 +88,6 @@ Desktop.ini
 
 # Other
 *.log
+*.pem
 
 .env
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0affd68..e519c0f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ base64 -i private_key.pem
 
 # Linux
 base64 -w 0 private_key.pem
+
+# Windows PowerShell
+[Convert]::ToBase64String([System.IO.File]::ReadAllBytes( private_key.pem ))
 ```
 
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