diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4506a714..240dc241 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "directories",
  "enable-ansi-support",
  "indexmap",
+ "normpath",
  "palette",
  "regex",
  "serde",
@@ -324,6 +325,15 @@ version = "2.7.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "78ca9ab1a0babb1e7d5695e3530886289c18cf2f87ec19a575a0abdce112e3a3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "normpath"
+version = "1.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5831952a9476f2fed74b77d74182fa5ddc4d21c72ec45a333b250e3ed0272804"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "nu-ansi-term"
 version = "0.46.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 58b31d6a..7c0e589d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ deranged = { version = "0.3.11", default-features = false }
 directories = { version = "5.0.1", default-features = false }
 enable-ansi-support = { version = "0.2.1", default-features = false }
 indexmap = { version = "2.2.6", default-features = false }
+normpath = { version = "1.2.0", default-features = false }
 palette = { version = "0.7.6", default-features = false }
 regex = { version = "1.10.5", default-features = false }
 serde = { version = "1.0.203", default-features = false }
diff --git a/crates/hyfetch/Cargo.toml b/crates/hyfetch/Cargo.toml
index 4913b22d..2ec896a0 100644
--- a/crates/hyfetch/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/hyfetch/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ unicode-normalization = { workspace = true, features = ["std"] }
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
 enable-ansi-support = { workspace = true, features = [] }
+normpath = { workspace = true, features = [] }
 
 [features]
 default = ["autocomplete", "color"]
diff --git a/crates/hyfetch/src/bin/hyfetch.rs b/crates/hyfetch/src/bin/hyfetch.rs
index 6c8ea672..d2d0655f 100644
--- a/crates/hyfetch/src/bin/hyfetch.rs
+++ b/crates/hyfetch/src/bin/hyfetch.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ use tracing::debug;
 
 fn main() -> Result<()> {
     #[cfg(windows)]
-    enable_ansi_support::enable_ansi_support();
+    if let Err(err) = enable_ansi_support::enable_ansi_support() {
+        debug!(err, "could not enable ANSI escape code support");
+    }
 
     let options = options().run();
 
diff --git a/crates/hyfetch/src/neofetch_util.rs b/crates/hyfetch/src/neofetch_util.rs
index fd9eb965..08eee897 100644
--- a/crates/hyfetch/src/neofetch_util.rs
+++ b/crates/hyfetch/src/neofetch_util.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ use std::{env, fmt};
 use aho_corasick::AhoCorasick;
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Context, Result};
 use indexmap::IndexMap;
+#[cfg(windows)]
+use normpath::PathExt as _;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use tempfile::NamedTempFile;
 use tracing::debug;
@@ -223,7 +225,13 @@ pub fn get_command_path() -> Result<PathBuf> {
             let path = path.join("neofetch");
             match path.try_exists() {
                 Ok(true) => {
+                    #[cfg(not(windows))]
                     return path.canonicalize().context("failed to canonicalize path");
+                    #[cfg(windows)]
+                    return path
+                        .normalize()
+                        .map(|p| p.into())
+                        .context("failed to normalize path");
                 },
                 Ok(false) => {
                     Err(anyhow!("{path:?} does not exist or is not readable"))?;
@@ -245,7 +253,13 @@ pub fn get_command_path() -> Result<PathBuf> {
         if !path.is_file() {
             continue;
         }
+        #[cfg(not(windows))]
         return path.canonicalize().context("failed to canonicalize path");
+        #[cfg(windows)]
+        return path
+            .normalize()
+            .map(|p| p.into())
+            .context("failed to normalize path");
     }
 
     Err(anyhow!("neofetch command not found"))
@@ -259,7 +273,14 @@ pub fn ensure_git_bash() -> Result<PathBuf> {
     let git_bash_path = {
         // Bundled git bash
         let current_exe_path = env::current_exe()
-            .and_then(|p| p.canonicalize())
+            .and_then(|p| {
+                #[cfg(not(windows))]
+                {
+                    p.canonicalize()
+                }
+                #[cfg(windows)]
+                p.normalize().map(|p| p.into())
+            })
             .context("failed to get path of current running executable")?;
         let bash_path = current_exe_path.join("git/bin/bash.exe");
         if bash_path.is_file() {