diff --git a/node/handler/ImportHandler.js b/node/handler/ImportHandler.js
index a1ddf9924..ec520a47c 100644
--- a/node/handler/ImportHandler.js
+++ b/node/handler/ImportHandler.js
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ exports.doImport = function(req, res, padId)
     //convert file to text
     function(callback)
     {
-      var randNum = Math.floor(Math.random()*new Date().getTime());
+      var randNum = Math.floor(Math.random()*0xFFFFFFFF);
       destFile = tempDirectory + "eplite_import_" + randNum + ".txt";
       abiword.convertFile(srcFile, destFile, "txt", callback);
     },
@@ -136,10 +136,13 @@ exports.doImport = function(req, res, padId)
         
         //node on windows has a delay on releasing of the file lock.  
         //We add a 100ms delay to work around this
-        setTimeout(function()
-        {
-          callback(err);
-        }, 100);
+		if(os.type().indexOf("Windows") > -1)
+		{
+          setTimeout(function()
+          {
+            callback(err);
+          }, 100);
+		}
       });
     },