diff --git a/libhreels/HREELS.py b/libhreels/HREELS.py
index 6778f2efbf87582983a5018fcce58ecf54931366..2db9abbcdcefdff83da15b44a9f6f4abe50b8aef 100644
--- a/libhreels/HREELS.py
+++ b/libhreels/HREELS.py
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ def HREELS_elog_Dictionary(file, path):
 
 class HREELS:
     """This class handles HREELS data and their plotting. """ 
-    path = "\\\\backup-ep3\\BackUp02\\0_experiments\\EELS-PC4\HREELS\\gph_dat\\"
-    pathSav = "\\\\backup-ep3\\BackUp02\\0_experiments\\EELS-PC4\HREELS\\BATCH\\sav\\"
+    path = "\\\\backup-ep3\\BackUp02\\0_experiments\\EELS-PC4\\HREELS\\gph_dat\\"
+    pathSav = "\\\\backup-ep3\\BackUp02\\0_experiments\\EELS-PC4\\HREELS\\BATCH\\sav\\"
     # path = "./"
     def __init__(self, _filename, datapath=path, dataSav=" ", scan=-1):
     # def __init__(self, _filename, datapath=path, dataSav=pathSav, scan=-1):