diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ea0be85..3832668 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ Other changes
 
 | Version        | Date           | Comment  |
 | -------------- | -------------- | -------- |
+| 3.17.3         | 2017-04-29     | minor fix (blockDevices data array, Windows) |
 | 3.17.2         | 2017-04-24     | minor fix (removed console.log) |
 | 3.17.1         | 2017-04-23     | fixed bugs fsSize(win), si.processes (command), si.osinfo(win) |
 | 3.17.0         | 2017-02-19     | windows support for some first functions, extended process list (linux)|
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bd26323..21a5921 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -400,6 +400,7 @@ Written by Sebastian Hildebrandt [sebhildebrandt](https://github.com/sebhildebra
 - Quentin Busuttil [Buzut](https://github.com/Buzut)
 - lapsio [lapsio](https://github.com/lapsio)
 - csy [csy](https://github.com/csy1983)
+- Tiago Roldão [tiagoroldao](https://github.com/tiagoroldao)
 
 OSX Temperature: Credits here are going to:
  
diff --git a/lib/filesystem.js b/lib/filesystem.js
index b9ed3d0..3d8cdd2 100644
--- a/lib/filesystem.js
+++ b/lib/filesystem.js
@@ -195,11 +195,11 @@ function blockDevices(callback) {
 
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     process.nextTick(() => {
+      let data = [];
       if (_linux) {
         // see https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/lsblk/
         // exec("lsblk -bo NAME,TYPE,SIZE,FSTYPE,MOUNTPOINT,UUID,ROTA,RO,TRAN,SERIAL,LABEL,MODEL,OWNER,GROUP,MODE,ALIGNMENT,MIN-IO,OPT-IO,PHY-SEC,LOG-SEC,SCHED,RQ-SIZE,RA,WSAME", function (error, stdout) {
         exec("lsblk -bPo NAME,TYPE,SIZE,FSTYPE,MOUNTPOINT,UUID,ROTA,RO,RM,TRAN,SERIAL,LABEL,MODEL,OWNER", function (error, stdout) {
-          let data = [];
           if (!error) {
             let lines = blkStdoutToObject(stdout).split('\n');
             data = parseBlk(lines);
@@ -223,7 +223,6 @@ function blockDevices(callback) {
       }
       if (_darwin) {
         exec("diskutil info -all", function (error, stdout) {
-          let data = [];
           if (!error) {
             let lines = stdout.toString().split('\n');
             // parse lines into temp array of devices
diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index ef82d2c..74c543c 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
 // --------------------------------
 //
 // version	date	      comment
+// 3.17.3   2017-04-29  minor fix (blockDevices data array, Windows)
 // 3.17.2   2017-04-24  minor fix (removed console.log)
 // 3.17.1   2017-04-23  fixed bugs fsSize(win), si.processes (command), si.osinfo(win)
 // 3.17.0	  2017-02-19	windows support for some first functions