diff --git a/qml/PageMain.qml b/qml/PageMain.qml
index 967d9e6..fda82fc 100644
--- a/qml/PageMain.qml
+++ b/qml/PageMain.qml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ WidgetScrollable {
             Button {
                 text: qsTr("Browse...")
                 onClicked: {
-                    folderDialogInputPath.currentFolder = "file:///" + folderInputEdit.text;
+                    folderDialogInputPath.currentFolder = appui.pathToUrl(folderInputEdit.text);
                     folderDialogInputPath.open();
                 }
             }
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ WidgetScrollable {
 
         FolderDialog {
             id: folderDialogInputPath
-            onAccepted: folderInputEdit.setTextValue(folderDialogInputPath.selectedFolder.toString().substring(8))
+            onAccepted: folderInputEdit.setTextValue(appui.urlToPath(folderDialogInputPath.selectedFolder))
         }
     }
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ WidgetScrollable {
             Button {
                 text: qsTr("Browse...")
                 onClicked: {
-                    folderDialogOutputPath.currentFolder = "file:///" + folderOutputEdit.text;
+                    folderDialogOutputPath.currentFolder = appui.pathToUrl(folderOutputEdit.text);
                     folderDialogOutputPath.open();
                 }
             }
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ WidgetScrollable {
 
         FolderDialog {
             id: folderDialogOutputPath
-            onAccepted: folderOutputEdit.setTextValue(folderDialogOutputPath.selectedFolder.toString().substring(8))
+            onAccepted: folderOutputEdit.setTextValue(appui.urlToPath(folderDialogOutputPath.selectedFolder))
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/QtApp/UIController.cpp b/src/QtApp/UIController.cpp
index e2c8365..b2e6cb6 100644
--- a/src/QtApp/UIController.cpp
+++ b/src/QtApp/UIController.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <QDir>
 #include <QSettings>
 #include <QStandardPaths>
+#include <QUrl>
 
 namespace D2ModGen {
 
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ void UIController::generate()
 
 void UIController::saveConfig(QString filename)
 {
-    filename.replace("file:///", "");
+    filename = QUrl(filename).toLocalFile();
     if (m_configHandler.saveConfig(filename.toStdString())) {
         emit statusUpdate(tr("Saved."));
     } else {
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ void UIController::saveConfig(QString filename)
 
 void UIController::loadConfig(QString filename)
 {
-    filename.replace("file:///", "");
+    filename          = QUrl(filename).toLocalFile();
     const auto result = m_configHandler.loadConfig(filename.toStdString());
 
     if (result) {
@@ -217,6 +218,16 @@ void UIController::browseToAppSettings()
     QProcess::startDetached("explorer.exe", QStringList() << QDir::toNativeSeparators(QString::fromStdString(path2string(m_configHandler.m_appData))));
 }
 
+QString UIController::urlToPath(const QUrl& url) const
+{
+    return url.toLocalFile();
+}
+
+QUrl UIController::pathToUrl(const QString& path) const
+{
+    return QUrl::fromLocalFile(path);
+}
+
 void UIController::newSeed()
 {
     m_configHandler.m_config.m_main.m_seed = 0;
diff --git a/src/QtApp/UIController.hpp b/src/QtApp/UIController.hpp
index e55093a..1dac6ba 100644
--- a/src/QtApp/UIController.hpp
+++ b/src/QtApp/UIController.hpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 #include <QObject>
 #include <QScopedPointer>
+#include <QUrl>
 #include <QVariant>
 #include <QValidator>
 
@@ -62,6 +63,9 @@ class UIController : public QObject {
     Q_INVOKABLE void    copySaves();
     Q_INVOKABLE QString getSaveFolder();
 
+    Q_INVOKABLE QString urlToPath(const QUrl& url) const;
+    Q_INVOKABLE QUrl    pathToUrl(const QString& path) const;
+
     void sendDataChange();
 
 signals: