diff --git a/src/cpath.c b/src/cpath.c
index 998523f..50531f6 100644
--- a/src/cpath.c
+++ b/src/cpath.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #if defined(__unix__) || defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__ANDROID__)
 INTERNAL char path_sep = '/';
 #elif defined(_WIN32) || defined(_WIN64)
-INTERNAL char path_sep = '\';
+INTERNAL char path_sep = '\\';
 #endif
 
 void join_root_and_leaf(const char *root, const char *leaf, char *dst);
@@ -70,7 +70,9 @@ void join_root_and_leaf(const char *root, const char *leaf, char *dst) {
     ++leaf_start;
   }
 
-  strncpy(dst, root, ++root_end);
+  memcpy(dst, root, ++root_end);
+
   dst[root_end] = path_sep;
-  strncpy(&(dst[++root_end]), &(leaf[leaf_start]), leaf_length - leaf_start);
+
+  memcpy(&(dst[++root_end]), &(leaf[leaf_start]), leaf_length - leaf_start);
 }