diff --git a/src/ox/fs/oxfstool.cpp b/src/ox/fs/oxfstool.cpp
index d39ba4848..32d2f1a2f 100644
--- a/src/ox/fs/oxfstool.cpp
+++ b/src/ox/fs/oxfstool.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@
 #include <ox/std/strops.hpp>
 #include <ox/fs/filesystem.hpp>
 
+// suppress warnings about using fopen
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#pragma warning(disable:4996)
+#endif
+
 using namespace ox::fs;
 
 const static auto oxfstoolVersion = "1.0.0";