diff --git a/apps/mwiniimporter/main.cpp b/apps/mwiniimporter/main.cpp
index 4bab5d8c03..1d4b6b588e 100644
--- a/apps/mwiniimporter/main.cpp
+++ b/apps/mwiniimporter/main.cpp
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ private:
 int wmain(int argc, wchar_t *wargv[]) {
     utf8argv converter(argc, wargv);
     char **argv = converter.get();
-    std::filesystem::path::imbue(boost::locale::generator().generate(""));
+    // TODO(Project579): Temporarly disabled until a good solution is found (no solution might actually be needed)
+    //std::filesystem::path::imbue(boost::locale::generator().generate(""));
 #endif
 
     try
diff --git a/apps/openmw_test_suite/openmw/options.cpp b/apps/openmw_test_suite/openmw/options.cpp
index 33c38da5df..dacf9c81f3 100644
--- a/apps/openmw_test_suite/openmw/options.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw_test_suite/openmw/options.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ namespace
         std::vector<std::string> result;
         (result.emplace_back(makeString(args)) , ...);
         for (int i = 1; i <= std::numeric_limits<char>::max(); ++i)
-            if (i != '&' && i != '"' && i != ' ' && i != '\n')
+            if (i != '\\' && i != '"' && i != ' ' && i != '\n')
                 result.push_back(std::string(1, i));
         return result;
     }
@@ -127,22 +127,22 @@ namespace
         EXPECT_EQ(variables["load-savegame"].as<Files::MaybeQuotedPath>().string(), R"(save)");
     }
 
-    TEST(OpenMWOptionsFromArguments, should_support_quoted_load_savegame_path_with_escaped_quote_by_ampersand)
+    TEST(OpenMWOptionsFromArguments, should_support_quoted_load_savegame_path_with_escaped_quote)
     {
         bpo::options_description description = makeOptionsDescription();
-        const std::array arguments {"openmw", "--load-savegame", R"("save&".omwsave")"};
+        const std::array arguments {"openmw", "--load-savegame", R"("save\".omwsave")"};
         bpo::variables_map variables;
         parseArgs(arguments, variables, description);
         EXPECT_EQ(variables["load-savegame"].as<Files::MaybeQuotedPath>().string(), R"(save".omwsave)");
     }
 
-    TEST(OpenMWOptionsFromArguments, should_support_quoted_load_savegame_path_with_escaped_ampersand)
+    TEST(OpenMWOptionsFromArguments, should_support_quoted_load_savegame_path_with_escaped_backslash)
     {
         bpo::options_description description = makeOptionsDescription();
-        const std::array arguments {"openmw", "--load-savegame", R"("save.omwsave&&")"};
+        const std::array arguments {"openmw", "--load-savegame", R"("save.omwsave\\")"};
         bpo::variables_map variables;
         parseArgs(arguments, variables, description);
-        EXPECT_EQ(variables["load-savegame"].as<Files::MaybeQuotedPath>().string(), "save.omwsave&");
+        EXPECT_EQ(variables["load-savegame"].as<Files::MaybeQuotedPath>().string(), R"(save.omwsave\)");
     }
 
     TEST(OpenMWOptionsFromArguments, should_support_load_savegame_path_with_ampersand)
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ namespace
     TEST(OpenMWOptionsFromConfig, should_support_confusing_savegame_path_with_lots_going_on)
     {
         bpo::options_description description = makeOptionsDescription();
-        std::istringstream stream(R"(load-savegame="one &"two"three".omwsave")");
+        std::istringstream stream(R"(load-savegame="one \"two"three".omwsave")");
         bpo::variables_map variables;
         Files::parseConfig(stream, variables, description);
         EXPECT_EQ(variables["load-savegame"].as<Files::MaybeQuotedPath>().string(), R"(one "two)");
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ namespace
     TEST(OpenMWOptionsFromConfig, should_support_confusing_savegame_path_with_even_more_going_on)
     {
         bpo::options_description description = makeOptionsDescription();
-        std::istringstream stream(R"(load-savegame="one &"two"three ".omwsave")");
+        std::istringstream stream(R"(load-savegame="one \"two"three ".omwsave")");
         bpo::variables_map variables;
         Files::parseConfig(stream, variables, description);
         EXPECT_EQ(variables["load-savegame"].as<Files::MaybeQuotedPath>().string(), R"(one "two)");
@@ -351,22 +351,22 @@ namespace
         EXPECT_THAT(variables["data"].as<Files::MaybeQuotedPathContainer>(), ElementsAre(IsPath("1"), IsPath("2")));
     }
 
-    TEST(OpenMWOptionsFromConfig, should_support_quoted_load_savegame_path_with_escaped_quote_by_ampersand)
+    TEST(OpenMWOptionsFromConfig, should_support_quoted_load_savegame_path_with_escaped_quote)
     {
         bpo::options_description description = makeOptionsDescription();
-        std::istringstream stream(R"(load-savegame="save&".omwsave")");
+        std::istringstream stream(R"(load-savegame="save\".omwsave")");
         bpo::variables_map variables;
         Files::parseConfig(stream, variables, description);
         EXPECT_EQ(variables["load-savegame"].as<Files::MaybeQuotedPath>().string(), R"(save".omwsave)");
     }
 
-    TEST(OpenMWOptionsFromConfig, should_support_quoted_load_savegame_path_with_escaped_ampersand)
+    TEST(OpenMWOptionsFromConfig, should_support_quoted_load_savegame_path_with_escaped_backslash)
     {
         bpo::options_description description = makeOptionsDescription();
-        std::istringstream stream(R"(load-savegame="save.omwsave&&")");
+        std::istringstream stream(R"(load-savegame="save.omwsave\\")");
         bpo::variables_map variables;
         Files::parseConfig(stream, variables, description);
-        EXPECT_EQ(variables["load-savegame"].as<Files::MaybeQuotedPath>().string(), "save.omwsave&");
+        EXPECT_EQ(variables["load-savegame"].as<Files::MaybeQuotedPath>().string(), R"(save.omwsave\)");
     }
 
     TEST(OpenMWOptionsFromConfig, should_support_load_savegame_path_with_ampersand)
diff --git a/components/files/windowspath.cpp b/components/files/windowspath.cpp
index 1daf77a1e5..1222c2e5cb 100644
--- a/components/files/windowspath.cpp
+++ b/components/files/windowspath.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ WindowsPath::WindowsPath(const std::string& application_name)
 
         See std::filesystem and boost::locale reference for details.
     */
-    std::filesystem::path::imbue(boost::locale::generator().generate(""));
+    // TODO(Project579): Temporarly disabled until a good solution is found (no solution might actually be needed)
+    //std::filesystem::path::imbue(boost::locale::generator().generate(""));
 
     std::filesystem::path localPath = getLocalPath();
     if (!SetCurrentDirectoryA(localPath.string().c_str()))
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ std::filesystem::path WindowsPath::getLocalPath() const
 
     if (GetModuleFileNameW(nullptr, path, MAX_PATH + 1) > 0)
     {
-        localPath = std::filesystem::path(bconv::utf_to_utf<char>(path)).parent_path() / "/";
+        localPath = std::filesystem::path(bconv::utf_to_utf<char>(path)).parent_path().string() + "/";
     }
 
     // lookup exe path