diff --git a/Mylar.py b/Mylar.py
index f2cdbdcd..b4b86877 100755
--- a/Mylar.py
+++ b/Mylar.py
@@ -89,12 +89,13 @@ def main():
     parser_maintenance.add_argument('-ij', '--importjson', action='store', help='Import a specified json file containing just {"ComicID": "XXXXX"} into current db')
     parser_maintenance.add_argument('-st', '--importstatus', action='store_true', help='Provide current maintenance status')
     parser_maintenance.add_argument('-u', '--update', action='store_true', help='force mylar to perform an update as if in GUI')
+    parser_maintenance.add_argument('-fs', '--fixslashes', action='store_true', help='remove double-slashes from within paths in db')
     #parser_maintenance.add_argument('-it', '--importtext', action='store', help='Import a specified text file into current db')
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     if args.maintenance:
-        if all([args.exportjson is None, args.importdatabase is None, args.importjson is None, args.importstatus is False, args.update is False]):
+        if all([args.exportjson is None, args.importdatabase is None, args.importjson is None, args.importstatus is False, args.update is False, args.fixslashes is False]):
             print 'Expecting subcommand with the maintenance positional argumeent'
             sys.exit()
         mylar.MAINTENANCE = True
@@ -221,7 +222,7 @@ def main():
     if mylar.DAEMON:
         mylar.daemonize()
 
-    if mylar.MAINTENANCE is True and any([args.exportjson, args.importjson, args.update is True, args.importstatus is True]):
+    if mylar.MAINTENANCE is True and any([args.exportjson, args.importjson, args.update is True, args.importstatus is True, args.fixslashes is True]):
         loggermode = '[MAINTENANCE-MODE]'
         if args.importstatus: #mylar.MAINTENANCE is True:
             cs = maintenance.Maintenance('status')
@@ -260,6 +261,11 @@ def main():
                 logger.info('%s file indicated as being written to json format - destination accepted as %s' % (loggermode, maintenance_path))
                 ej = maintenance.Maintenance('json-export', output=maintenance_path)
                 j = ej.json_export()
+            elif args.fixslashes:
+                #for running the fix slashes on the db manually
+                logger.info('%s method indicated as fix slashes' % loggermode)
+                fs = maintenance.Maintenance('fixslashes')
+                j = fs.fix_slashes()
             else:
                 logger.info('%s Not a valid command: %s' % (loggermode, maintenance_info))
                 sys.exit()
diff --git a/mylar/maintenance.py b/mylar/maintenance.py
index 49b31699..7444caa9 100644
--- a/mylar/maintenance.py
+++ b/mylar/maintenance.py
@@ -84,6 +84,33 @@ class Maintenance(object):
 
         logger.info('[MAINTENANCE-MODE][%s] Successfully exported %s ComicID\'s to json file: %s' % (self.mode.upper(), len(self.comiclist), self.outputfile))
 
+    def fix_slashes(self):
+        self.sql_attachmylar()
+
+        for ct in self.dbmylar.execute("SELECT ComicID, ComicLocation FROM comics WHERE ComicLocation like ?", ['%' + os.sep.encode('unicode-escape') + os.sep.encode('unicode-escape') + '%']):
+            st = ct[1].find(os.sep.encode('unicode-escape')+os.sep.encode('unicode-escape'))
+            if st != -1:
+                clocation = ct[1][st+2:]
+                if clocation[0] != os.sep.encode('unicode-escape'):
+                    new_path = os.path.join(mylar.CONFIG.DESTINATION_DIR, clocation)
+                    logger.info('[Incorrect slashes in path detected for OS] %s' % os.path.join(mylar.CONFIG.DESTINATION_DIR, ct[1]))
+                    logger.info('[PATH CORRECTION] %s' % new_path)
+                    self.comiclist.append({'ComicLocation': new_path,
+                                           'ComicID': ct[0]})
+
+        for cm in self.comiclist:
+            try:
+                self.dbmylar.execute("UPDATE comics SET ComicLocation=? WHERE ComicID=?", (cm['ComicLocation'], cm['ComicID']))
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.warn('Unable to correct entry: [ComicID:%s] %s [%e]' % (cm['ComicLocation'], cm['ComicID'],e))
+
+        self.sql_closemylar()
+
+        if len(self.comiclist) >0:
+            logger.info('[MAINTENANCE-MODE][%s] Successfully fixed the path slashes for %s series' % (self.mode.upper(), len(self.comiclist)))
+        else:
+            logger.info('[MAINTENANCE-MODE][%s] No series found with incorrect slashes in the path' % self.mode.upper())
+
     def check_status(self):
         try:
             found = False