diff --git a/packages/rsx/src/hot_reload/hot_reloading_file_map.rs b/packages/rsx/src/hot_reload/hot_reloading_file_map.rs
index c7bcddf765..6a213cdc14 100644
--- a/packages/rsx/src/hot_reload/hot_reloading_file_map.rs
+++ b/packages/rsx/src/hot_reload/hot_reloading_file_map.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ pub use proc_macro2::TokenStream;
 pub use std::collections::HashMap;
 pub use std::sync::Mutex;
 pub use std::time::SystemTime;
-use std::{collections::HashSet, ffi::OsStr, fmt::format, marker::PhantomData, path::PathBuf};
+use std::{collections::HashSet, ffi::OsStr, marker::PhantomData, path::PathBuf};
 pub use std::{fs, io, path::Path};
 pub use std::{fs::File, io::Read};
 use syn::spanned::Spanned;
@@ -304,17 +304,24 @@ impl<Ctx: HotReloadingContext> FileMap<Ctx> {
 pub fn template_location(old_start: proc_macro2::LineColumn, file: &Path) -> String {
     let line = old_start.line;
     let column = old_start.column + 1;
-    let location = file
+
+    #[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
+    let path = file.to_string_lossy().to_string();
+
+    #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
+    let path = file
         .components()
-        .map(|c| c.as_os_str().to_string_lossy().to_owned())
-        .collect::<Vec<_>>().join("/")
-            + ":"
-            + &line.to_string()
-            + ":"
-            + &column.to_string()
-            // the byte index doesn't matter, but dioxus needs it
-            + ":0";
-    location
+        .map(|c| c.as_os_str().to_string_lossy())
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+        .join("/");
+
+    path
+        + ":"
+        + &line.to_string()
+        + ":"
+        + &column.to_string()
+        // the byte index doesn't matter, but dioxus needs it
+        + ":0"
 }
 
 struct FileMapSearchResult {