diff --git a/config/src/config.rs b/config/src/config.rs
index ef6f75a..f661e68 100644
--- a/config/src/config.rs
+++ b/config/src/config.rs
@@ -188,12 +188,9 @@ pub fn initial_setup_wallet(
 	create_path: bool,
 ) -> Result<GlobalWalletConfig, ConfigError> {
 	if create_path {
-		if let Some(p) = data_path.clone() {
+		if let Some(path_fixed) = &data_path {
 			// Fix for a bug in the rust fs package to handle "\" in paths
-			let p_fix = p.clone();
-			let p_fix = p_fix.to_str().unwrap().to_owned().replace("\\", "/");
-			let p_fix = PathBuf::from(p_fix);
-			fs::create_dir_all(p_fix)?;
+			fs::create_dir_all(&path_fixed)?;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -352,15 +349,26 @@ impl GlobalWalletConfig {
 
 	/// Update paths
 	pub fn update_paths(&mut self, wallet_home: &PathBuf, node_home: &PathBuf) {
-		let mut data_file_dir = wallet_home.clone();
+		// Below code formats the path to use "\\" in line with all paths in the toml file
+		let wallet_home_formatted = wallet_home.clone().clone();
+		let wallet_home_formatted = wallet_home_formatted
+			.to_str()
+			.unwrap()
+			.to_owned()
+			.replace("/", "\\");
+		let wallet_home_formatted = PathBuf::from(wallet_home_formatted);
+		// Clone paths for editing
+		let mut data_file_dir = wallet_home_formatted.clone();
 		let mut node_secret_path = node_home.clone();
-		let mut secret_path = wallet_home.clone();
-		let mut log_path = wallet_home.clone();
-		let tor_path = wallet_home.clone();
+		let mut secret_path = wallet_home_formatted.clone();
+		let mut log_path = wallet_home_formatted.clone();
+		let tor_path = wallet_home_formatted.clone();
+		// Push the respective directories to get the final paths
 		node_secret_path.push(API_SECRET_FILE_NAME);
 		data_file_dir.push(GRIN_WALLET_DIR);
 		secret_path.push(OWNER_API_SECRET_FILE_NAME);
 		log_path.push(WALLET_LOG_FILE_NAME);
+		// Update the config variabless with the update paths
 		self.members.as_mut().unwrap().wallet.data_file_dir =
 			data_file_dir.to_str().unwrap().to_owned();
 		self.members.as_mut().unwrap().wallet.node_api_secret_path =
diff --git a/impls/src/lifecycle/seed.rs b/impls/src/lifecycle/seed.rs
index e7b6b46..5c6681f 100644
--- a/impls/src/lifecycle/seed.rs
+++ b/impls/src/lifecycle/seed.rs
@@ -166,8 +166,16 @@ impl WalletSeed {
 		// create directory if it doesn't exist
 		fs::create_dir_all(data_file_dir).map_err(|_| Error::IO)?;
 
-		let seed_file_path = &format!("{}{}{}", data_file_dir, MAIN_SEPARATOR, SEED_FILE,);
+		// Format data path properly
+		let data_file_dir_formatted = data_file_dir;
+		let data_file_dir_formatted =
+			data_file_dir_formatted.replace("/", &MAIN_SEPARATOR.to_string());
+		let data_file_dir_formatted =
+			data_file_dir_formatted.replace("\\", &MAIN_SEPARATOR.to_string());
+		let seed_file_path =
+			&format!("{}{}{}", data_file_dir_formatted, MAIN_SEPARATOR, SEED_FILE,);
 
+		// Inform the user the seed has been generated
 		warn!("Generating wallet seed file at: {}", seed_file_path);
 		let exists = WalletSeed::seed_file_exists(data_file_dir)?;
 		if exists && !test_mode {
diff --git a/src/bin/grin-wallet.rs b/src/bin/grin-wallet.rs
index 36d0385..0df68e5 100644
--- a/src/bin/grin-wallet.rs
+++ b/src/bin/grin-wallet.rs
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ fn real_main() -> i32 {
 		let res = args.value_of("top_level_dir");
 		match res {
 			Some(d) => {
-				let d = d.to_owned().replace("/", "\\"); // Fix for fs to work with paths on Linux
+				let d = d.to_owned().replace("\\", "/"); // Fix for path since backslashes in paths do not work on Linux
 				current_dir = Some(PathBuf::from(d));
 			}
 			None => {