diff --git a/modules/base/src/platform.cc b/modules/base/src/platform.cc
index 75e54dc5c99b784af6801356ef9494660fc08c73..52e75870f0caf9da34d3980983c0a83253557e86 100644
--- a/modules/base/src/platform.cc
+++ b/modules/base/src/platform.cc
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ String GetPrefixPath()
 
 String GetSharedDataPath()
 {
-  return (path(GetPrefixPath()) / "share" / "openstructure").native_file_string();
+  return (path(GetPrefixPath()) / "share" / "openstructure").string();
 }
 
 }