diff --git a/after/lsp/xml_ls.lua b/after/lsp/xml_ls.lua
index 9d3154e..334cc9b 100644
--- a/after/lsp/xml_ls.lua
+++ b/after/lsp/xml_ls.lua
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---@type vim.lsp.Config
 return {
     cmd = {
-        vim.env.HOME .. "/repos/xml-ls/target/release/xml-ls",
+        vim.fs.joinpath(vim.env.HOME, "/repos/xml-ls/target/release/xml-ls"),
     },
     filetypes = { "xml" },
     root_markers = { ".git" },
diff --git a/lua/pack.lua b/lua/pack.lua
index e94c09e..a78ff57 100644
--- a/lua/pack.lua
+++ b/lua/pack.lua
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ function M.watch()
         return
     end
 
-    local plugins_dir = config_dir .. "/lua/plugins"
+    local plugins_dir = vim.fs.joinpath(config_dir, "lua/plugins")
 
     local err_msg, err_name
     watcher, err_msg, err_name = vim.uv.new_fs_event()