diff --git a/gui/bitmapLoader.py b/gui/bitmapLoader.py
index 4b2fc7c6c..a59b2e56b 100644
--- a/gui/bitmapLoader.py
+++ b/gui/bitmapLoader.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class BitmapLoader():
             except KeyError:
                 print "Missing icon file from zip: {0}".format(path)
         else:
-            path = config.getPyfaPath('imgs\\' + location + "\\" + filename)
+            path = config.getPyfaPath('imgs' + os.sep + location + os.sep + filename)
 
             if os.path.exists(path):
                 return wx.Image(path)
diff --git a/gui/itemStats.py b/gui/itemStats.py
index 5acbcaba7..87d2db411 100644
--- a/gui/itemStats.py
+++ b/gui/itemStats.py
@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ class ItemEffects(wx.Panel):
         """
 
         import os
-        file = config.getPyfaPath("eos\\effects\\%s.py" % event.GetText().lower())
+        file = config.getPyfaPath(os.path.join("eos" , "effects", "%s.py" % event.GetText().lower()))
 
         if not os.path.isfile(file):
             open(file, 'a').close()