diff --git a/app/views/NewServerView.js b/app/views/NewServerView.js
index 92759700c..698289b11 100644
--- a/app/views/NewServerView.js
+++ b/app/views/NewServerView.js
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ class NewServerView extends React.Component {
 			}
 		}
 
-		return url.replace(/\/+$/, '');
+		return url.replace(/\/+$/, '').replace(/\\/g, '/');
 	}
 
 	uriToPath = uri => uri.replace('file://', '');