diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 3040ef0..72c97c4 100755
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -220,28 +220,28 @@
 			$application_folder = $_temp;
 		}
 
-		define('APPPATH', $application_folder.'/');
+		define('APPPATH', $application_folder.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
 	}
 	else
 	{
-		if ( ! is_dir(BASEPATH.$application_folder.'/'))
+		if ( ! is_dir(BASEPATH.$application_folder.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR))
 		{
 			header('HTTP/1.1 503 Service Unavailable.', TRUE, 503);
 			echo 'Your application folder path does not appear to be set correctly. Please open the following file and correct this: '.SELF;
 			exit(3); // EXIT_* constants not yet defined; 3 is EXIT_CONFIG.
 		}
 
-		define('APPPATH', BASEPATH.$application_folder.'/');
+		define('APPPATH', BASEPATH.$application_folder.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
 	}
 
 	// The path to the "views" folder
 	if ( ! is_dir($view_folder))
 	{
-		if ( ! empty($view_folder) && is_dir(APPPATH.$view_folder.'/'))
+		if ( ! empty($view_folder) && is_dir(APPPATH.$view_folder.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR))
 		{
 			$view_folder = APPPATH.$view_folder;
 		}
-		elseif ( ! is_dir(APPPATH.'views/'))
+		elseif ( ! is_dir(APPPATH.'views'.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR))
 		{
 			header('HTTP/1.1 503 Service Unavailable.', TRUE, 503);
 			echo 'Your view folder path does not appear to be set correctly. Please open the following file and correct this: '.SELF;
@@ -255,11 +255,11 @@
 
 	if (($_temp = realpath($view_folder)) !== FALSE)
 	{
-		$view_folder = $_temp.'/';
+		$view_folder = $_temp.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
 	}
 	else
 	{
-		$view_folder = rtrim($view_folder, '/').'/';
+		$view_folder = rtrim($view_folder, '/\\').DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
 	}
 
 	define('VIEWPATH', $view_folder);