diff --git a/ethereal/assets/qml/wallet.qml b/ethereal/assets/qml/wallet.qml
index 4b252f2009..c783cde830 100644
--- a/ethereal/assets/qml/wallet.qml
+++ b/ethereal/assets/qml/wallet.qml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ ApplicationWindow {
 				anchors.right: parent.right
 				height: 200
 				Image {
-					source: ui.assetPath("tx.png")
+					source: "../tx.png"
 					anchors.horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter
 					MouseArea {
 						anchors.fill: parent
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ ApplicationWindow {
 					}
 				}
 				Image {
-					source: ui.assetPath("new.png")
+					source: "../new.png"
 					anchors.horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter
 					MouseArea {
 						anchors.fill: parent
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ ApplicationWindow {
 					}
 				}
 				Image {
-					source: ui.assetPath("net.png")
+					source: "../net.png"
 					anchors.horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter
 					MouseArea {
 						anchors.fill: parent
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ ApplicationWindow {
 				}
 
 				Image {
-					source: ui.assetPath("heart.png")
+					source: "../heart.png"
 					anchors.horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter
 					MouseArea {
 						anchors.fill: parent
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ ApplicationWindow {
 				onDoubleClicked:  peerWindow.visible = true
 				anchors.fill: parent
 			}
-			source: ui.assetPath("network.png")
+			source: "../network.png"
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ ApplicationWindow {
 			width: 150
 			fillMode: Image.PreserveAspectFit
 			smooth: true
-			source: ui.assetPath("facet.png")
+			source: "../facet.png"
 			x: 10
 			y: 10
 		}
diff --git a/ethereal/assets/qml/webapp.qml b/ethereal/assets/qml/webapp.qml
index 63927f0ebe..4012675118 100644
--- a/ethereal/assets/qml/webapp.qml
+++ b/ethereal/assets/qml/webapp.qml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ ApplicationWindow {
 			experimental.preferences.javascriptEnabled: true
 			experimental.preferences.navigatorQtObjectEnabled: true
 			experimental.preferences.developerExtrasEnabled: true
-			experimental.userScripts: [ui.assetPath("ext/pre.js"), ui.assetPath("ext/big.js"), ui.assetPath("ext/string.js"), ui.assetPath("ext/ethereum.js")]
+			experimental.userScripts: ["../ext/pre.js", "../ext/big.js", "../ext/string.js", "../ext/ethereum.js"]
 			experimental.onMessageReceived: {
 				console.log("[onMessageReceived]: ", message.data)
 				// TODO move to messaging.js
diff --git a/ethereal/flags.go b/ethereal/flags.go
index 2c9b3af5fa..d5ca9f336a 100644
--- a/ethereal/flags.go
+++ b/ethereal/flags.go
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ func defaultAssetPath() string {
 			assetPath = filepath.Join(exedir, "../Resources")
 		case "linux":
 			assetPath = "/usr/share/ethereal"
-		case "window":
-			fallthrough
+		case "windows":
+			assetPath = "./assets"
 		default:
 			assetPath = "."
 		}
diff --git a/ethereal/qml_container.go b/ethereal/qml_container.go
index a8ce1cb752..cb43a99bde 100644
--- a/ethereal/qml_container.go
+++ b/ethereal/qml_container.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/eth-go/ethpub"
 	"github.com/ethereum/eth-go/ethutil"
 	"github.com/go-qml/qml"
+	"runtime"
 )
 
 type QmlApplication struct {
@@ -20,7 +21,14 @@ func NewQmlApplication(path string, lib *UiLib) *QmlApplication {
 }
 
 func (app *QmlApplication) Create() error {
-	component, err := app.engine.LoadFile(app.path)
+	path := string(app.path)
+
+	// For some reason for windows we get /c:/path/to/something, windows doesn't like the first slash but is fine with the others so we are removing it
+	if string(app.path[0]) == "/" && runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		path = app.path[1:]
+	}
+
+	component, err := app.engine.LoadFile(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Warnln(err)
 	}