diff --git a/desktop/src/main/services/watch.ts b/desktop/src/main/services/watch.ts
index a56c0cf6c..975d8a7c3 100644
--- a/desktop/src/main/services/watch.ts
+++ b/desktop/src/main/services/watch.ts
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ export const createWatcher = (mainWindow: BrowserWindow) => {
     return watcher;
 };
 
-const eventData = (path: string): [string, FolderWatch] => {
-    path = posixPath(path);
+const eventData = (platformPath: string): [string, FolderWatch] => {
+    const path = posixPath(platformPath);
 
     const watch = folderWatches().find((watch) =>
         path.startsWith(watch.folderPath + "/"),
diff --git a/desktop/src/main/utils/electron.ts b/desktop/src/main/utils/electron.ts
index 43471cd1e..93e8565ef 100644
--- a/desktop/src/main/utils/electron.ts
+++ b/desktop/src/main/utils/electron.ts
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import log from "../log";
 export const isDev = !app.isPackaged;
 
 /**
- * Convert a file system {@link filePath} that uses the local system specific
- * path separators into a path that uses POSIX file separators.
+ * Convert a file system {@link platformPath} that uses the local system
+ * specific path separators into a path that uses POSIX file separators.
  *
  * For all paths that we persist or pass over the IPC boundary, we always use
  * POSIX paths, even on Windows.
@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@ export const isDev = !app.isPackaged;
  * >
  * > https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/io/file-path-formats
  */
-export const posixPath = (filePath: string) =>
-    filePath.split(path.sep).join(path.posix.sep);
+export const posixPath = (platformPath: string) =>
+    path.sep == path.posix.sep
+        ? platformPath
+        : platformPath.split(path.sep).join(path.posix.sep);
 
 /**
  * Run a shell command asynchronously.