diff --git a/.changeset/metal-bees-shop.md b/.changeset/metal-bees-shop.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fc8d1973649f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/metal-bees-shop.md
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+---
+"wrangler": patch
+---
+
+fix: `wrangler init` should not crash if Git is not available on Windows
+
+We check for the presence of Git by trying to run `git --version`.
+On non-Windows we get an Error with `code` set to "ENOENT".
+One Windows we get a different error:
+
+```
+{
+  "shortMessage":"Command failed with exit code 1: git --version",
+  "command":"git --version",
+  "escapedCommand":"git --version",
+  "exitCode":1,
+  "stdout":"",
+  "stderr":"'git' is not recognized as an internal or external command,\r\noperable program or batch file.",
+  "failed":true,
+  "timedOut":false,
+  "isCanceled":false,
+  "killed":false
+}
+```
+
+Since we don't really care what the error is, now we just assume that Git
+is not available if an error is thrown.
+
+Fixes #1022
diff --git a/packages/wrangler/src/index.tsx b/packages/wrangler/src/index.tsx
index 545fb45bd66b..3985257132b9 100644
--- a/packages/wrangler/src/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/wrangler/src/index.tsx
@@ -413,12 +413,7 @@ export async function main(argv: string[]): Promise<void> {
       try {
         isGitInstalled = (await execa("git", ["--version"])).exitCode === 0;
       } catch (err) {
-        if ((err as { code: string | undefined }).code !== "ENOENT") {
-          // only throw if the error is not because git is not installed
-          throw err;
-        } else {
-          isGitInstalled = false;
-        }
+        isGitInstalled = false;
       }
       if (!isInsideGitProject && isGitInstalled) {
         const shouldInitGit =