Windows / WSL - dead lock, waits forver

In init.py
        pf = "linux" if sys.platform.startswith("linux") else sys.platform
        try:
--->            search_paths.append(os.path.join(DEFAULT_TARGET_FOLDER[pf], "pandoc"))
        except:  # noqa
            # not one of the know platforms...
            pass

The program executes the marked line and never terminates.

