diff --git a/direct/src/directutil/LargeBlobSenderConsts.py b/direct/src/directutil/LargeBlobSenderConsts.py
index c49c78df4e..0f01dbcb27 100755
--- a/direct/src/directutil/LargeBlobSenderConsts.py
+++ b/direct/src/directutil/LargeBlobSenderConsts.py
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ ChunkSize = 100
 FilePattern = 'largeBlob.%s'
 
 def getLargeBlobPath():
-    return config.GetString('large-blob-path', 'i:\beta\largeblob')
+    return config.GetString('large-blob-path', 'i:\\beta\\largeblob')