diff --git a/filemanager/inc/main.inc.php b/filemanager/inc/main.inc.php
index 5e9326a96f..e6b6606af7 100755
--- a/filemanager/inc/main.inc.php
+++ b/filemanager/inc/main.inc.php
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ### Start Configuration Options ###
 ### These are automatically set in phpGW - do not edit ###
 
-$sep = $phpgw_info["server"]["dir_separator"];
+$sep = SEP;
 $rootdir = $phpgw->vfs->basedir;
 $fakebase = $phpgw->vfs->fakebase;
 $hostname = $phpgw_info["server"]["webserver_url"] . $filesdir;
diff --git a/filemanager/test.php b/filemanager/test.php
index df3ab6ba7b..dfc1d92f6b 100644
--- a/filemanager/test.php
+++ b/filemanager/test.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ html_break (1);
 html_text_italic (PHP_OS . " - " . $phpgw_info["server"]["db_type"] . " - " . PHP_VERSION . " - " . $phpgw->vfs->basedir);
 html_break (1);
 
-$sep = $phpgw_info["server"]["dir_separator"];
+$sep = SEP;
 $user = $phpgw->vfs->working_lid;
 $homedir = $phpgw->vfs->fakebase . "/" . $user;
 $realhomedir = preg_replace ("|/|", $sep, $homedir);