diff --git a/source/net/filebot/util/FileUtilities.java b/source/net/filebot/util/FileUtilities.java
index d41a5ada..5f94985d 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/util/FileUtilities.java
+++ b/source/net/filebot/util/FileUtilities.java
@@ -629,10 +629,11 @@ public final class FileUtilities {
 	}
 
 	public static String normalizePathSeparators(String path) {
-		// special handling for UNC paths
+		// special handling for UNC paths (e.g. \\server\share\path)
 		if (path.startsWith(UNC_PREFIX)) {
-			return UNC_PREFIX + replacePathSeparators(path.substring(UNC_PREFIX.length()), "/");
+			return UNC_PREFIX + normalizePathSeparators(path.substring(UNC_PREFIX.length()));
 		}
+
 		return replacePathSeparators(path, "/");
 	}
 
diff --git a/test/net/filebot/util/FileUtilitiesTest.java b/test/net/filebot/util/FileUtilitiesTest.java
index 9fc7185a..58fd7948 100644
--- a/test/net/filebot/util/FileUtilitiesTest.java
+++ b/test/net/filebot/util/FileUtilitiesTest.java
@@ -48,4 +48,14 @@ public class FileUtilitiesTest {
 		assertFalse(FileUtilities.isDerived(new File("10.z"), new File("1.mp4")));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void normalizePathSeparators() {
+		assertEquals("C:/file.txt", FileUtilities.normalizePathSeparators("C:\\file.txt"));
+		assertEquals("/Volume/USB/file.txt", FileUtilities.normalizePathSeparators("/Volume\\USB/file.txt"));
+
+		assertEquals("\\\\server/share/data/file.txt", FileUtilities.normalizePathSeparators("\\\\server\\share\\data\\file.txt"));
+		assertEquals("\\\\server/share/data/file.txt", FileUtilities.normalizePathSeparators("\\\\server\\share\\data\\file.txt"));
+		assertEquals("/server/share/data/file.txt", FileUtilities.normalizePathSeparators("//server/share/data/file.txt"));
+	}
+
 }