diff --git a/keyfile/keyfile.go b/keyfile/keyfile.go
index 3094cdc1..382fe8f4 100644
--- a/keyfile/keyfile.go
+++ b/keyfile/keyfile.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
-	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
 
 	"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcec"
 	"github.com/btcsuite/btcutil"
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func CreateKeyFile(pass string) error {
 }
 
 func keyFile() string {
-	return path.Join(util.DataDirectory(), "keyfile.hex")
+	return filepath.Join(util.DataDirectory(), "keyfile.hex")
 }
 
 func loadPublicKey() []byte {
diff --git a/miners/lyclminer.go b/miners/lyclminer.go
index 1f8a6421..ad0b1364 100644
--- a/miners/lyclminer.go
+++ b/miners/lyclminer.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"bufio"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
-	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ func NewLyclMinerImpl(br *BinaryRunner) MinerImpl {
 }
 
 func (l *LyclMinerImpl) Configure(args BinaryArguments) error {
-	os.Remove(path.Join(util.DataDirectory(), "lyclMiner_tmpl.conf"))
-	err := l.binaryRunner.launch([]string{"-g", path.Join(util.DataDirectory(), "lyclMiner_tmpl.conf")})
+	os.Remove(filepath.Join(util.DataDirectory(), "lyclMiner_tmpl.conf"))
+	err := l.binaryRunner.launch([]string{"-g", filepath.Join(util.DataDirectory(), "lyclMiner_tmpl.conf")})
 	err2 := l.binaryRunner.wait()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -35,15 +35,15 @@ func (l *LyclMinerImpl) Configure(args BinaryArguments) error {
 		return err2
 	}
 
-	in, err := os.Open(path.Join(util.DataDirectory(), "lyclMiner_tmpl.conf"))
+	in, err := os.Open(filepath.Join(util.DataDirectory(), "lyclMiner_tmpl.conf"))
 	if err != nil {
 		logging.Error(err)
 		return err
 	}
 	defer in.Close()
 
-	os.Remove(path.Join(util.DataDirectory(), "lyclMiner.conf"))
-	out, err := os.Create(path.Join(util.DataDirectory(), "lyclMiner.conf"))
+	os.Remove(filepath.Join(util.DataDirectory(), "lyclMiner.conf"))
+	out, err := os.Create(filepath.Join(util.DataDirectory(), "lyclMiner.conf"))
 	defer out.Close()
 
 	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(in)
@@ -88,5 +88,5 @@ func (l *LyclMinerImpl) HashRate() uint64 {
 }
 
 func (l *LyclMinerImpl) ConstructCommandlineArgs(args BinaryArguments) []string {
-	return []string{path.Join(util.DataDirectory(), "lyclMiner.conf")}
+	return []string{filepath.Join(util.DataDirectory(), "lyclMiner.conf")}
 }
diff --git a/miners/miners.go b/miners/miners.go
index 87eca453..c2d3851a 100644
--- a/miners/miners.go
+++ b/miners/miners.go
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
-	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/vertcoin-project/one-click-miner-vnext/logging"
@@ -152,11 +151,11 @@ func (b *BinaryRunner) Start(args BinaryArguments) error {
 }
 
 func (b *BinaryRunner) unpackDir() string {
-	return path.Join(util.DataDirectory(), "miners", fmt.Sprintf("unpacked-%s", b.MinerBinary.Hash))
+	return filepath.Join(util.DataDirectory(), "miners", fmt.Sprintf("unpacked-%s", b.MinerBinary.Hash))
 }
 
 func (b *BinaryRunner) downloadPath() string {
-	return path.Join(util.DataDirectory(), "miners", b.MinerBinary.Hash)
+	return filepath.Join(util.DataDirectory(), "miners", b.MinerBinary.Hash)
 }
 
 func (b *BinaryRunner) launch(params []string) error {
@@ -167,7 +166,7 @@ func (b *BinaryRunner) launch(params []string) error {
 	logging.Debugf("Launching %s %v\n", exePath, params)
 	b.cmd = exec.Command(exePath, params...)
 	b.cmd.Dir = path.Dir(exePath)
-	b.cmd.SysProcAttr = &syscall.SysProcAttr{HideWindow: true}
+	util.PrepareBackgroundCommand(b.cmd)
 	r, w := io.Pipe()
 	go func(b *BinaryRunner, rd io.Reader) {
 		br := bufio.NewReader(rd)
@@ -235,7 +234,7 @@ func (b *BinaryRunner) findExecutable() string {
 
 func (b *BinaryRunner) ensureAvailable() error {
 	freshDownload := false
-	_ = os.Mkdir(path.Join(util.DataDirectory(), "miners"), 0700)
+	_ = os.Mkdir(filepath.Join(util.DataDirectory(), "miners"), 0700)
 	nodePath := b.downloadPath()
 	_, err := os.Stat(nodePath)
 	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
diff --git a/util/gpus.go b/util/gpus.go
index 6380ae8b..85b5ed8c 100644
--- a/util/gpus.go
+++ b/util/gpus.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
-	"syscall"
 
 	"github.com/vertcoin-project/one-click-miner-vnext/logging"
 )
@@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ func GetGPUs() []GPU {
 		gpus := []string{}
 		if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
 			info := exec.Command("cmd", "/C", "wmic path win32_VideoController get name")
-			info.SysProcAttr = &syscall.SysProcAttr{HideWindow: true}
+			PrepareBackgroundCommand(info)
 			history, _ := info.Output()
 			possibleGpus := strings.Split(string(history), "\n")
 			for _, g := range possibleGpus {
diff --git a/util/miners_linux.go b/util/miners_linux.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..77e666dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/miners_linux.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// +build !windows
+
+package util
+
+import (
+	"os/exec"
+)
+
+func PrepareBackgroundCommand(cmd *exec.Cmd) {
+
+}
diff --git a/util/miners_windows.go b/util/miners_windows.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f43014d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/miners_windows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// +build windows
+
+package util
+
+import (
+	"os/exec"
+	"syscall"
+)
+
+func PrepareBackgroundCommand(cmd *exec.Cmd) {
+	cmd.SysProcAttr = &syscall.SysProcAttr{HideWindow: true}
+}
diff --git a/util/util.go b/util/util.go
index 6e0da728..750e6194 100644
--- a/util/util.go
+++ b/util/util.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
-	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ const APP_NAME string = "vertcoin-ocm"
 
 func DataDirectory() string {
 	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
-		return path.Join(os.Getenv("APPDATA"), APP_NAME)
+		return filepath.Join(os.Getenv("APPDATA"), APP_NAME)
 	} else if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
-		return path.Join(os.Getenv("HOME"), "Library", "Application Support", APP_NAME)
+		return filepath.Join(os.Getenv("HOME"), "Library", "Application Support", APP_NAME)
 	} else if runtime.GOOS == "linux" {
-		return path.Join(os.Getenv("HOME"), fmt.Sprintf(".%s", strings.ToLower(APP_NAME)))
+		return filepath.Join(os.Getenv("HOME"), fmt.Sprintf(".%s", strings.ToLower(APP_NAME)))
 	}
 	return "."
 }
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ func UnpackZip(archive, unpackPath string) error {
 	defer r.Close()
 
 	for _, f := range r.File {
-		targetPath := path.Join(unpackPath, f.Name)
-		os.MkdirAll(path.Dir(targetPath), 0700)
+		targetPath := filepath.Join(unpackPath, f.Name)
+		os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(targetPath), 0700)
 		outFile, err := os.OpenFile(targetPath, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, f.Mode())
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -170,8 +170,8 @@ func UnpackTar(archive, unpackPath string) error {
 		case tar.TypeDir:
 			continue
 		case tar.TypeReg:
-			targetPath := path.Join(unpackPath, name)
-			os.MkdirAll(path.Dir(targetPath), 0700)
+			targetPath := filepath.Join(unpackPath, name)
+			os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(targetPath), 0700)
 			outFile, err := os.OpenFile(targetPath, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, 0700)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
diff --git a/wallet/wallet.go b/wallet/wallet.go
index f1d13ed9..f981cafb 100644
--- a/wallet/wallet.go
+++ b/wallet/wallet.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package wallet
 import (
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
-	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/chaincfg/chainhash"
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ type Tx struct {
 
 func NewWallet(addr string) (*Wallet, error) {
 	logging.Infof("Initializing wallet %s", addr)
-	db, err := buntdb.Open(path.Join(util.DataDirectory(), "wallet.db"))
+	db, err := buntdb.Open(filepath.Join(util.DataDirectory(), "wallet.db"))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}