diff --git a/gpt4all-backend/dlhandle.h b/gpt4all-backend/dlhandle.h
index c841b039..9b163dd6 100644
--- a/gpt4all-backend/dlhandle.h
+++ b/gpt4all-backend/dlhandle.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ public:
 };
 #else
 #include <string>
+#include <algorithm>
 #include <exception>
 #include <stdexcept>
 #ifndef NOMINMAX
@@ -75,7 +76,9 @@ public:
 
     Dlhandle() : chandle(nullptr) {}
     Dlhandle(const std::string& fpath) {
-        chandle = LoadLibraryExA(fpath.c_str(), NULL, LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_DEFAULT_DIRS | LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_DLL_LOAD_DIR);
+        std::string path = fpath;
+        std::replace(path.begin(), path.end(), '/', '\\');
+        chandle = LoadLibraryExA(path.c_str(), NULL, LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_DEFAULT_DIRS | LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_DLL_LOAD_DIR);
         if (!chandle) {
             throw Exception("dlopen(\""+fpath+"\"): Error");
         }
diff --git a/gpt4all-backend/llmodel.cpp b/gpt4all-backend/llmodel.cpp
index 2431129f..c8079adc 100644
--- a/gpt4all-backend/llmodel.cpp
+++ b/gpt4all-backend/llmodel.cpp
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ const std::vector<LLModel::Implementation> &LLModel::Implementation::implementat
 
                     // Add to list if model implementation
                     try {
-                        Dlhandle dl(p.string());
+                        Dlhandle dl(std::filesystem::absolute(p).string());
                         if (!Implementation::isImplementation(dl)) {
                             continue;
                         }