diff --git a/pdf_viewer/main_widget.cpp b/pdf_viewer/main_widget.cpp
index 19b568b..d36d22c 100644
--- a/pdf_viewer/main_widget.cpp
+++ b/pdf_viewer/main_widget.cpp
@@ -4152,26 +4152,18 @@ void MainWidget::synctex_under_pos(WindowPos position) {
            if (column < 0) column = 0;
            int tag = synctex_node_tag(node);
            const char* file_name = synctex_scanner_get_name(scanner, tag);
-#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
-            // the path returned by synctex is formatted in unix style, for example it is something like this
-           // in windows: d:/some/path/file.pdf
-            // this doesn't work with Vimtex for some reason, so here we have to convert the path separators
-           // to windows style and make sure the driver letter is capitalized
-            QDir file_path = QDir(file_name);
-            QString new_path = QDir::toNativeSeparators(file_path.absolutePath());
-            new_path[0] = new_path[0].toUpper();
-
-#endif
+                        QDir file_path = QDir(file_name);
+                        QString new_path = QDir::toNativeSeparators(file_path.absolutePath());

+                        new_path.prepend("\"");
+               new_path.append("\"");
+
            std::string line_string = std::to_string(line);
            std::string column_string = std::to_string(column);

            if (inverse_search_command.size() > 0) {
-#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
                QString command = QString::fromStdWString(inverse_search_command).arg(new_path, line_string.c_str(), column_string.c_str());
-#else
-               QString command = QString::fromStdWString(inverse_search_command).arg(file_name, line_string.c_str(), column_string.c_str());
-#endif
+
                 std::wstring res = command.toStdWString();
                QProcess::startDetached(command);
            }