diff --git a/cmd/add.go b/cmd/add.go
index 0db6a55..d1c02cb 100644
--- a/cmd/add.go
+++ b/cmd/add.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os"
+	"runtime"
 
 	"github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -51,11 +52,20 @@ func addProjectActually(project *Project) {
 func addProject(project *Project) {
 	//the environment variable is stored in a variable in order to create and find the path.json file in the directory where the app is located
 	filEnv := os.Getenv("gproject")
-	_, errs := os.OpenFile(filEnv+"\\path.json", os.O_APPEND|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE, 0600)
-	if errs != nil {
-		panic(errs)
-	}
+	sys := runtime.GOOS
+	if sys == "linux" || sys == "darwin"{
+		_, errs := os.OpenFile(filEnv+"path.json", os.O_APPEND|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE, 0600)
+		if errs != nil{
+			log.Fatal(errs)
+		}
+	} else {
+		_, errs := os.OpenFile(filEnv+"\\path.json", os.O_APPEND|os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE, 0600)
+		if errs != nil{
+			log.Fatal(errs)
+		}
 
+	}
+	
 	viper.SetConfigName("path")
 	viper.SetConfigType("json")
 	viper.AddConfigPath(filEnv)