diff --git a/src/app/application.cpp b/src/app/application.cpp
index 6013cc95c..a248eb9b0 100644
--- a/src/app/application.cpp
+++ b/src/app/application.cpp
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ void Application::setFileLoggerEnabled(const bool value)
 
 QString Application::fileLoggerPath() const
 {
-    return m_storeFileLoggerPath.get(specialFolderLocation(SpecialFolder::Data) + LOG_FOLDER);
+    return m_storeFileLoggerPath.get(QDir(specialFolderLocation(SpecialFolder::Data)).absoluteFilePath(LOG_FOLDER));
 }
 
 void Application::setFileLoggerPath(const QString &path)
diff --git a/src/app/upgrade.cpp b/src/app/upgrade.cpp
index 71db41215..3308d523f 100644
--- a/src/app/upgrade.cpp
+++ b/src/app/upgrade.cpp
@@ -74,10 +74,10 @@ namespace
         const QString configPath {specialFolderLocation(SpecialFolder::Config)};
         migrate(QLatin1String("Preferences/WebUI/HTTPS/Certificate")
             , QLatin1String("Preferences/WebUI/HTTPS/CertificatePath")
-            , Utils::Fs::toNativePath(configPath + QLatin1String("WebUICertificate.crt")));
+            , Utils::Fs::toNativePath(configPath + QLatin1String("/WebUICertificate.crt")));
         migrate(QLatin1String("Preferences/WebUI/HTTPS/Key")
             , QLatin1String("Preferences/WebUI/HTTPS/KeyPath")
-            , Utils::Fs::toNativePath(configPath + QLatin1String("WebUIPrivateKey.pem")));
+            , Utils::Fs::toNativePath(configPath + QLatin1String("/WebUIPrivateKey.pem")));
     }
 
     void upgradeTorrentContentLayout()
diff --git a/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp b/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp
index 62fa25445..20adfecb9 100644
--- a/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp
+++ b/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp
@@ -4313,7 +4313,7 @@ void Session::startUpTorrents()
     qDebug("Initializing torrents resume data storage...");
 
     const QString dbPath = Utils::Fs::expandPathAbs(
-                specialFolderLocation(SpecialFolder::Data) + QLatin1String("torrents.db"));
+                specialFolderLocation(SpecialFolder::Data) + QLatin1String("/torrents.db"));
     const bool dbStorageExists = QFile::exists(dbPath);
 
     ResumeDataStorage *startupStorage = nullptr;
@@ -4324,14 +4324,14 @@ void Session::startUpTorrents()
         if (!dbStorageExists)
         {
             const QString dataPath = Utils::Fs::expandPathAbs(
-                        specialFolderLocation(SpecialFolder::Data) + QLatin1String("BT_backup"));
+                        specialFolderLocation(SpecialFolder::Data) + QLatin1String("/BT_backup"));
             startupStorage = new BencodeResumeDataStorage(dataPath, this);
         }
     }
     else
     {
         const QString dataPath = Utils::Fs::expandPathAbs(
-                    specialFolderLocation(SpecialFolder::Data) + QLatin1String("BT_backup"));
+                    specialFolderLocation(SpecialFolder::Data) + QLatin1String("/BT_backup"));
         m_resumeDataStorage = new BencodeResumeDataStorage(dataPath, this);
 
         if (dbStorageExists)
diff --git a/src/base/net/geoipmanager.cpp b/src/base/net/geoipmanager.cpp
index f0bd89cdb..449b3b49f 100644
--- a/src/base/net/geoipmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/base/net/geoipmanager.cpp
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ void GeoIPManager::loadDatabase()
     m_geoIPDatabase = nullptr;
 
     const QString filepath = Utils::Fs::expandPathAbs(
-        QString::fromLatin1("%1%2/%3").arg(specialFolderLocation(SpecialFolder::Data), GEODB_FOLDER, GEODB_FILENAME));
+        QString::fromLatin1("%1/%2/%3").arg(specialFolderLocation(SpecialFolder::Data), GEODB_FOLDER, GEODB_FILENAME));
 
     QString error;
     m_geoIPDatabase = GeoIPDatabase::load(filepath, error);
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ void GeoIPManager::downloadFinished(const DownloadResult &result)
                 .arg(m_geoIPDatabase->type(), m_geoIPDatabase->buildEpoch().toString()),
                 Log::INFO);
             const QString targetPath = Utils::Fs::expandPathAbs(
-                        specialFolderLocation(SpecialFolder::Data) + GEODB_FOLDER);
+                        QDir(specialFolderLocation(SpecialFolder::Data)).absoluteFilePath(GEODB_FOLDER));
             if (!QDir(targetPath).exists())
                 QDir().mkpath(targetPath);
 
diff --git a/src/base/profile_p.cpp b/src/base/profile_p.cpp
index a7c3ec5ae..cd06122ef 100644
--- a/src/base/profile_p.cpp
+++ b/src/base/profile_p.cpp
@@ -88,10 +88,10 @@ QString Private::DefaultProfile::dataLocation() const
 #else
     // On Linux keep using the legacy directory ~/.local/share/data/ if it exists
     const QString legacyDir = QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation)
-        + QLatin1String("/data/") + profileName() + QLatin1Char('/');
+        + QLatin1String("/data/") + profileName();
 
     const QString dataDir = QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::GenericDataLocation)
-        + QLatin1Char('/') + profileName() + QLatin1Char('/');
+        + QLatin1Char('/') + profileName();
 
     if (!QDir(dataDir).exists() && QDir(legacyDir).exists())
     {
diff --git a/src/base/rss/rss_autodownloader.cpp b/src/base/rss/rss_autodownloader.cpp
index 84b673801..49345b5ff 100644
--- a/src/base/rss/rss_autodownloader.cpp
+++ b/src/base/rss/rss_autodownloader.cpp
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ AutoDownloader::AutoDownloader()
     m_instance = this;
 
     m_fileStorage = new AsyncFileStorage(
-                Utils::Fs::expandPathAbs(specialFolderLocation(SpecialFolder::Config) + ConfFolderName));
+                Utils::Fs::expandPathAbs(specialFolderLocation(SpecialFolder::Config) + QLatin1Char('/') + ConfFolderName));
     if (!m_fileStorage)
         throw RuntimeError(tr("Directory for RSS AutoDownloader data is unavailable."));
 
diff --git a/src/base/rss/rss_session.cpp b/src/base/rss/rss_session.cpp
index 09fb0f1b5..f5806e568 100644
--- a/src/base/rss/rss_session.cpp
+++ b/src/base/rss/rss_session.cpp
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Session::Session()
     m_instance = this;
 
     m_confFileStorage = new AsyncFileStorage(
-                Utils::Fs::expandPathAbs(specialFolderLocation(SpecialFolder::Config) + ConfFolderName));
+                Utils::Fs::expandPathAbs(specialFolderLocation(SpecialFolder::Config) + QLatin1Char('/') + ConfFolderName));
     m_confFileStorage->moveToThread(m_workingThread);
     connect(m_workingThread, &QThread::finished, m_confFileStorage, &AsyncFileStorage::deleteLater);
     connect(m_confFileStorage, &AsyncFileStorage::failed, [](const QString &fileName, const QString &errorString)
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ Session::Session()
     });
 
     m_dataFileStorage = new AsyncFileStorage(
-                Utils::Fs::expandPathAbs(specialFolderLocation(SpecialFolder::Data) + DataFolderName));
+                Utils::Fs::expandPathAbs(specialFolderLocation(SpecialFolder::Data) + QLatin1Char('/') + DataFolderName));
     m_dataFileStorage->moveToThread(m_workingThread);
     connect(m_workingThread, &QThread::finished, m_dataFileStorage, &AsyncFileStorage::deleteLater);
     connect(m_dataFileStorage, &AsyncFileStorage::failed, [](const QString &fileName, const QString &errorString)
diff --git a/src/base/search/searchpluginmanager.cpp b/src/base/search/searchpluginmanager.cpp
index 214a329ab..bdc4bafcf 100644
--- a/src/base/search/searchpluginmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/base/search/searchpluginmanager.cpp
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ QString SearchPluginManager::engineLocation()
     static QString location;
     if (location.isEmpty())
     {
-        location = Utils::Fs::expandPathAbs(specialFolderLocation(SpecialFolder::Data) + "nova3");
+        location = Utils::Fs::expandPathAbs(specialFolderLocation(SpecialFolder::Data) + "/nova3");
 
         const QDir locationDir(location);
         locationDir.mkpath(locationDir.absolutePath());