diff --git a/docs/00_Getting_Started.md b/docs/00_Getting_Started.md
index 7f8933e..75c3125 100644
--- a/docs/00_Getting_Started.md
+++ b/docs/00_Getting_Started.md
@@ -490,6 +490,11 @@ The `web.config` needs an entry for `<rewrite>` under `<system.webServer>`:
 
 To use clean URLs on IIS 6, you will need to use a custom URL rewrite module, such as [URL Rewriter](http://urlrewriter.net/).
 
+## Known Issues
+
+- __Windows UTF-8 files support__ Files with UTF-8 characters cannot be handled on windows, this issue has no known fix yet.
+
+
 ## Support
 
 If you need help using Daux.io, or have found a bug, please create an issue on the <a href="https://github.com/justinwalsh/daux.io/issues" target="_blank">GitHub repo</a>.
diff --git a/libs/GeneratorHelper.php b/libs/GeneratorHelper.php
index a970bc4..9e81e95 100644
--- a/libs/GeneratorHelper.php
+++ b/libs/GeneratorHelper.php
@@ -59,10 +59,13 @@ class GeneratorHelper
         $dir = opendir($source);
         while (false !== ($file = readdir($dir))) {
             if ($file != '.' && $file != '..') {
-                if (is_dir($source . '/' . $file)) {
-                    static::copyRecursive($source . '/' . $file, $destination . '/' . $file);
+                if (is_dir($source . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $file)) {
+                    static::copyRecursive(
+                        $source . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $file,
+                        $destination . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $file
+                    );
                 } else {
-                    copy($source . '/' . $file, $destination . '/' . $file);
+                    copy($source . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $file, $destination . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $file);
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/libs/Server/Server.php b/libs/Server/Server.php
index a0d5b61..18db9ea 100644
--- a/libs/Server/Server.php
+++ b/libs/Server/Server.php
@@ -71,7 +71,11 @@ class Server
         $this->daux = $daux;
 
         $this->host = $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'];
-        $this->base_url = $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . dirname($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);
+
+        // The path has a special treatment on windows, revert the slashes
+        $dir = dirname($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);
+        $this->base_url = $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . (DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR == "\\"? str_replace($dir,"\\","/") : $dir);
+
         $t = strrpos($this->base_url, '/index.php');
         if ($t != false) {
             $this->base_url = substr($this->base_url, 0, $t);
diff --git a/libs/Tree/Builder.php b/libs/Tree/Builder.php
index 3735ece..da0ba3d 100644
--- a/libs/Tree/Builder.php
+++ b/libs/Tree/Builder.php
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ class Builder
      */
     protected static function getFilename($file)
     {
-        $parts = explode('/', $file);
+        $parts = explode(DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, $file);
         return end($parts);
     }