diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core.Test/ParserTest.cs b/NzbDrone.Core.Test/ParserTest.cs
index dad7b1a87..3d1c3f19a 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Core.Test/ParserTest.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core.Test/ParserTest.cs
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Test
         [Row(@"c:\\test\\", @"c:\test")]
         [Row(@"C:\\Test\\", @"c:\test")]
         [Row(@"C:\\Test\\Test\", @"c:\test\test")]
+        [Row(@"\\Testserver\Test\", @"\\testserver\test")]
         public void Normalize_Path(string dirty, string clean)
         {
             var result = Parser.NormalizePath(dirty);
diff --git a/NzbDrone.Core/Parser.cs b/NzbDrone.Core/Parser.cs
index df2d18618..661898e36 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Core/Parser.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Core/Parser.cs
@@ -130,11 +130,20 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core
             return NormalizeRegex.Replace(title, String.Empty).ToLower();
         }
 
+        //Note: changing case on path is a problem for running on mono/*nix
         public static string NormalizePath(string path)
         {
             if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(path))
                 throw new ArgumentException("Path can not be null or empty");
-            return new FileInfo(path).FullName.ToLower().Trim('/', '\\', ' ');
+
+          var info = new FileInfo(path);
+
+          if( info.FullName.StartsWith(@"\\")) //UNC
+          {
+            return info.FullName.ToLower().TrimEnd('/', '\\', ' ');
+          }
+          
+          return info.FullName.ToLower().Trim('/', '\\', ' ');
         }
     }
 }