diff --git a/config/src/config.rs b/config/src/config.rs
index 167b0ca..ef6f75a 100644
--- a/config/src/config.rs
+++ b/config/src/config.rs
@@ -189,7 +189,11 @@ pub fn initial_setup_wallet(
 ) -> Result<GlobalWalletConfig, ConfigError> {
 	if create_path {
 		if let Some(p) = data_path.clone() {
-			fs::create_dir_all(p)?;
+			// 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)?;
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/bin/grin-wallet.rs b/src/bin/grin-wallet.rs
index 75b9d27..36d0385 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("/", "\\");
+				let d = d.to_owned().replace("/", "\\"); // Fix for fs to work with paths on Linux
 				current_dir = Some(PathBuf::from(d));
 			}
 			None => {