diff --git a/src/util/compat.h b/src/util/compat.h
index 644a14a..b4f0651 100644
--- a/src/util/compat.h
+++ b/src/util/compat.h
@@ -8,6 +8,16 @@
 # error platform not supported!
 #endif
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+# define PATH_SEP        '\\' // contains the path separator as a character. Yes it is extremely annoying that this has to exist.
+# define PATH_SEP_STR    "\\" // contains the path separator as a string, useful for concatenation. Yes it is extremely annoying that this has to exist.
+
+#else
+# define PATH_SEP        '/' // contains the path separator as a character. Yes it is extremely annoying that this has to exist.
+# define PATH_SEP_STR    "/" // contains the path separator as a string, useful for concatenation. Yes it is extremely annoying that this has to exist.
+
+#endif
+
 // define the constants if they haven't been
 #ifndef F_OK
 # define F_OK 0
diff --git a/src/window/audio.c b/src/window/audio.c
index e680de5..5dc4ac6 100644
--- a/src/window/audio.c
+++ b/src/window/audio.c
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ audiodata audio_wav_load(audiodevice const* dev, char const* fpath) {
 
     debug("loading audio file '%s'...", fpath);
 
-    if (!faccess(fpath, FA_R)) {
+    if (faccess(fpath, FA_R)) {
         error("%s:%u audio file either isn't readable or doesn't exist. path: '%s'!", __FILE_NAME__, __LINE__, fpath);
         return (audiodata){0};
     }