diff --git a/src/interactive.jl b/src/interactive.jl
index a7d513f9..9b343567 100644
--- a/src/interactive.jl
+++ b/src/interactive.jl
@@ -13,7 +13,11 @@ function Base.show(io::IO, ::MIME"text/plain", p::T) where T <: Plugin
 end
 
 show_field(x) = repr(x)
-show_field(x::AbstractString) = repr(contractuser(x))
+if Sys.iswindows()
+    show_field(x::AbstractString) = replace(repr(contractuser(x)), "\\\\" => "\\")
+else
+    show_field(x::AbstractString) = repr(contractuser(x))
+end
 
 function Base.show(io::IO, m::MIME"text/plain", t::Template)
     println(io, "Template:")
diff --git a/src/template.jl b/src/template.jl
index da175bf2..7350a991 100644
--- a/src/template.jl
+++ b/src/template.jl
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ function Template(::Val{false}; kwargs...)
     plugins = Dict(typeof(p) => p for p in enabled)
 
     # TODO: It might be nice to offer some kind of warn_incompatible function
-    # to be optionally implented by plugins instead of hardcoding this case here.
+    # to be optionally implemented by plugins instead of hardcoding this case here.
     julia = getkw(kwargs, :julia_version)
     julia < v"1.2" && haskey(plugins, Tests) && plugins[Tests].project && @warn string(
         "The Tests plugin is set to create a project (supported in Julia 1.2 and later)",
diff --git a/test/show.jl b/test/show.jl
index b48fe7ff..b97c3afe 100644
--- a/test/show.jl
+++ b/test/show.jl
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const LICENSE_DIR = contractuser(PT.LICENSE_DIR)
     @testset "Plugins" begin
         expected = """
             Readme:
-              file: "$DEFAULTS_DIR/README.md"
+              file: "$(joinpath(DEFAULTS_DIR, "README.md"))"
               destination: "README.md"
               inline_badges: false
             """
@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@ const LICENSE_DIR = contractuser(PT.LICENSE_DIR)
                   ds_store: true
                   dev: true
                 License:
-                  path: "$LICENSE_DIR/MIT"
+                  path: "$(joinpath(LICENSE_DIR, "MIT"))"
                   destination: "LICENSE"
                 Readme:
-                  file: "$DEFAULTS_DIR/README.md"
+                  file: "$(joinpath(DEFAULTS_DIR, "README.md"))"
                   destination: "README.md"
                   inline_badges: false
                 Tests:
-                  file: "$DEFAULTS_DIR/runtests.jl"
+                  file: "$(joinpath(DEFAULTS_DIR, "runtests.jl"))"
                   project: false
             """
         @test sprint(show, MIME("text/plain"), tpl(; authors=USER)) == rstrip(expected)