diff --git a/include/spdlog/details/udp_client-windows.h b/include/spdlog/details/udp_client-windows.h
index 9b5d5f21..c3e8d381 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/details/udp_client-windows.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/udp_client-windows.h
@@ -3,16 +3,12 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#ifndef WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
-#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
-#endif  // WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
-// udp client helper
+
+
 #include <spdlog/common.h>
 #include <spdlog/details/os.h>
-
-#ifdef _WIN32
+#include <spdlog/details/windows_include.h>
 #include <winsock2.h>
-#include <windows.h>
 #include <ws2tcpip.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -26,28 +22,14 @@ namespace spdlog {
 namespace details {
 class udp_client
 {
-    const int TX_BUFFER_SIZE = 10240;
+    static constexpr int TX_BUFFER_SIZE = 1024*10;
     SOCKET socket_ = INVALID_SOCKET;
-    sockaddr_in addr_ = { 0 };
-
-    static bool winsock_initialized_()
-    {
-        SOCKET s = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, IPPROTO_UDP);
-        if (s == INVALID_SOCKET)
-        {
-            return false;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            closesocket(s);
-            return true;
-        }
-    }
+    sockaddr_in addr_ = {0};
 
     static void init_winsock_()
     {
         WSADATA wsaData;
-        auto rv = WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(2, 2), &wsaData);
+        auto rv = ::WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(2, 2), &wsaData);
         if (rv != 0)
         {
             throw_winsock_error_("WSAStartup failed", ::WSAGetLastError());
@@ -63,52 +45,46 @@ class udp_client
         throw_spdlog_ex(fmt::format("udp_sink - {}: {}", msg, buf));
     }
 
-public:
-    bool is_init() const
+    void cleanup_()
     {
-        return socket_ != INVALID_SOCKET;
+        if (socket_ != INVALID_SOCKET)
+        {
+            ::closesocket(socket_);
+        }
+        socket_ = INVALID_SOCKET;
+        ::WSACleanup();
     }
 
-    bool init(const std::string &host, uint16_t port)
+public:
+    udp_client(const std::string &host, uint16_t port)
     {
-        // initialize winsock if needed
-        if (!winsock_initialized_())
-        {
-            init_winsock_();
-        }
+        init_winsock_();
 
         addr_.sin_family = PF_INET;
         addr_.sin_port = htons(port);
         addr_.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
         InetPton(PF_INET, TEXT(host.c_str()), &addr_.sin_addr.s_addr);
 
-        socket_ = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
+        socket_ = ::socket(PF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
         if (socket_ == INVALID_SOCKET)
         {
             int last_error = ::WSAGetLastError();
-            WSACleanup();
+            ::WSACleanup();
             throw_winsock_error_("error: Create Socket failed", last_error);
         }
 
         int option_value = TX_BUFFER_SIZE;
-        if (setsockopt(socket_, SOL_SOCKET, SO_SNDBUF, (char*)&option_value, sizeof(option_value)) < 0)
+        if (::setsockopt(socket_, SOL_SOCKET, SO_SNDBUF, reinterpret_cast<const char *>(&option_value), sizeof(option_value)) < 0)
         {
             int last_error = ::WSAGetLastError();
-            close();
+            cleanup_();
             throw_winsock_error_("error: setsockopt(SO_SNDBUF) Failed!", last_error);
         }
-
-        return true;
     }
 
-    void close()
+    ~udp_client()
     {
-        if (socket_ != -1)
-        {
-            ::closesocket(socket_);
-        }
-        socket_ = INVALID_SOCKET;
-        WSACleanup();
+        cleanup_();
     }
 
     SOCKET fd() const
@@ -116,22 +92,14 @@ public:
         return socket_;
     }
 
-    ~udp_client()
-    {
-        close();
-    }
-
     void send(const char *data, size_t n_bytes)
     {
         socklen_t tolen = sizeof(struct sockaddr);
-        if (sendto(socket_, data, static_cast<int>(n_bytes), 0, (struct sockaddr *)&addr_, tolen) == -1)
+        if (::sendto(socket_, data, static_cast<int>(n_bytes), 0, (struct sockaddr *)&addr_, tolen) == -1)
         {
-            close();
             throw_spdlog_ex("sendto(2) failed", errno);
         }
     }
 };
 } // namespace details
 } // namespace spdlog
-
-#endif  // _WIN32
diff --git a/include/spdlog/sinks/udp_sink.h b/include/spdlog/sinks/udp_sink.h
index 0b35ce41..02ff9214 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/sinks/udp_sink.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/sinks/udp_sink.h
@@ -41,10 +41,8 @@ public:
     // host can be hostname or ip address
 
     explicit udp_sink(udp_sink_config sink_config)
-        : config_{std::move(sink_config)}
-    {
-        client_.init(config_.server_host, config_.server_port);
-    }
+        : client_{sink_config.server_host, sink_config.server_port}
+    {}
 
     ~udp_sink() override = default;
 
@@ -56,8 +54,7 @@ protected:
         client_.send(formatted.data(), formatted.size());
     }
 
-    void flush_() override {}
-    udp_sink_config config_;
+    void flush_() override {}    
     details::udp_client client_;
 };