diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/Constants.cs b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/Constants.cs
index e7b43c555f6..4bddfd9b27d 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/Constants.cs
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/Constants.cs
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ internal static class Constants
         internal const string WindowsIndexErrorImagePath = "Images\\index_error2.png";
         internal const string GeneralSearchErrorImagePath = "Images\\robot_error.png";
 
-
         internal const string ToolTipOpenDirectory = "Ctrl + Enter to open the directory";
 
         internal const string ToolTipOpenContainingFolder = "Ctrl + Enter to open the containing folder";
@@ -31,6 +30,8 @@ internal static class Constants
 
         internal const string DefaultContentSearchActionKeyword = "doc:";
 
+        internal const char UnixDirectorySeparator = '/';
+
         internal const char DirectorySeparator = '\\';
 
         internal const string WindowsIndexingOptions = "srchadmin.dll";
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/SearchManager.cs b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/SearchManager.cs
index 8fd1674765f..12df6c1458e 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/SearchManager.cs
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/SearchManager.cs
@@ -187,6 +187,9 @@ private async Task<List<Result>> PathSearchAsync(Query query, CancellationToken
             var needToExpand = EnvironmentVariables.HasEnvironmentVar(querySearch);
             var path = needToExpand ? Environment.ExpandEnvironmentVariables(querySearch) : querySearch;
 
+            // if user uses the unix directory separator, we need to convert it to windows directory separator
+            path = path.Replace(Constants.UnixDirectorySeparator, Constants.DirectorySeparator);
+
             // Check that actual location exists, otherwise directory search will throw directory not found exception
             if (!FilesFolders.ReturnPreviousDirectoryIfIncompleteString(path).LocationExists())
                 return results.ToList();