diff --git a/files/files.go b/files/files.go
index 97cafb4..b549e83 100644
--- a/files/files.go
+++ b/files/files.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ var paths struct {
 // A separate function is needed to easily know where a general storage path is
 // needed rather than a concrete Git or the whole wiki storage path, so that we
 // could easily refactor things later if we'll ever support different storages.
-func HyphaeDir() string { return paths.gitRepo }
+func HyphaeDir() string { return filepath.ToSlash(paths.gitRepo) }
 
 // GitRepo returns the path to the Git repository of the wiki.
 func GitRepo() string { return paths.gitRepo }
diff --git a/hyphae/files.go b/hyphae/files.go
index 43b8c67..a0ee9cc 100644
--- a/hyphae/files.go
+++ b/hyphae/files.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func indexHelper(path string, nestLevel uint, ch chan ExistingHypha) {
 		}
 
 		var (
-			hyphaPartPath           = filepath.Join(path, node.Name())
+			hyphaPartPath           = filepath.ToSlash(filepath.Join(path, node.Name()))
 			hyphaName, isText, skip = mimetype.DataFromFilename(hyphaPartPath)
 		)
 		if !skip {