diff --git a/winPEAS/winPEASexe/winPEAS/App.config b/winPEAS/winPEASexe/winPEAS/App.config
index 13c6c69..23a90a8 100755
--- a/winPEAS/winPEASexe/winPEAS/App.config
+++ b/winPEAS/winPEASexe/winPEAS/App.config
@@ -3,4 +3,7 @@
     <startup useLegacyV2RuntimeActivationPolicy="true"> 
         
     <supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.5.2"/></startup>
+    <runtime>
+		<AppContextSwitchOverrides value="Switch.System.IO.UseLegacyPathHandling=false" />
+	</runtime>
 </configuration>