diff --git a/source/native-plugins/distrho-3bandeq/DistrhoPlugin3BandEQ.cpp b/source/native-plugins/distrho-3bandeq/DistrhoPlugin3BandEQ.cpp
index 858971058..ba99a1a79 100644
--- a/source/native-plugins/distrho-3bandeq/DistrhoPlugin3BandEQ.cpp
+++ b/source/native-plugins/distrho-3bandeq/DistrhoPlugin3BandEQ.cpp
@@ -208,6 +208,12 @@ void DistrhoPlugin3BandEQ::d_activate()
     const float sr = (float)d_getSampleRate();
 
     xLP  = std::exp(-2.0f * kPI * freqLP / sr);
+
+#ifdef DISTRHO_OS_WINDOWS
+    // don't ask me why, but this fixes a crash/exception below on windows...
+    printf("%f\n", -xLP);
+#endif
+
     a0LP = 1.0f - xLP;
     b1LP = -xLP;
 
diff --git a/source/native-plugins/distrho-3bandsplitter/DistrhoPlugin3BandSplitter.cpp b/source/native-plugins/distrho-3bandsplitter/DistrhoPlugin3BandSplitter.cpp
index d6ec29446..381cf6dc7 100644
--- a/source/native-plugins/distrho-3bandsplitter/DistrhoPlugin3BandSplitter.cpp
+++ b/source/native-plugins/distrho-3bandsplitter/DistrhoPlugin3BandSplitter.cpp
@@ -208,6 +208,12 @@ void DistrhoPlugin3BandSplitter::d_activate()
     const float sr = (float)d_getSampleRate();
 
     xLP  = std::exp(-2.0f * kPI * freqLP / sr);
+
+#ifdef DISTRHO_OS_WINDOWS
+    // don't ask me why, but this fixes a crash/exception below on windows...
+    printf("%f\n", -xLP);
+#endif
+
     a0LP = 1.0f - xLP;
     b1LP = -xLP;