diff --git a/src/hooks/urlhook.cpp b/src/hooks/urlhook.cpp
index dedfc563bedcccdc815613e2a519763d2eadb7fd..eeaa48e0da043c6bcda8e9d6c3f89280bdfc141b 100644
--- a/src/hooks/urlhook.cpp
+++ b/src/hooks/urlhook.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,11 @@ int UrlHook::runAction(const std::string &command, const std::string &args)
     //FIXME : use fork and execve, so no need to escape shell arguments
     const std::string cmd = command + (args.empty() ? "" : " ") +
                             "\"" + args + "\" &";
-    return system(cmd.c_str());
+#ifndef RING_UWP
+    return system(cmd.c_str());
+#else
+    return 0;
+#endif
 }
 
 } // namespace ring