diff --git a/app/src/processing/app/Base.java b/app/src/processing/app/Base.java
index 36c8120be..2292b96df 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/app/Base.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/app/Base.java
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ public class Base {
     if (!newbieFile.createNewFile()) {
       throw new IOException();
     }
-    FileUtils.copyFile(new File(System.getProperty("user.dir"), "examples/01.Basics/BareMinimum/BareMinimum.ino"), newbieFile);
+    FileUtils.copyFile(new File(System.getProperty("user.dir"), "examples" + File.separator + "01.Basics" + File.separator + "BareMinimum" + File.separator + "BareMinimum.ino"), newbieFile);
     return newbieFile.getAbsolutePath();
   }