diff --git a/src/switch_core.c b/src/switch_core.c
index 4682d3c002..1cc0dd0569 100644
--- a/src/switch_core.c
+++ b/src/switch_core.c
@@ -670,6 +670,9 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(void) switch_core_set_globals(void)
 #ifdef WIN32
 		GetTempPath(dwBufSize, lpPathBuffer);
 		lpPathBuffer[strlen(lpPathBuffer)-1] = 0;
+		tmp = switch_string_replace(lpPathBuffer, "\\", "/");
+		strcpy(lpPathBuffer, tmp);
+		free(tmp);
 		switch_snprintf(SWITCH_GLOBAL_dirs.temp_dir, BUFSIZE, "%s", lpPathBuffer);
 #else
 		switch_snprintf(SWITCH_GLOBAL_dirs.temp_dir, BUFSIZE, "%s", "/tmp");