diff --git a/tools/finish.nim b/tools/finish.nim
index 207f15f76c..2681f7ccf2 100644
--- a/tools/finish.nim
+++ b/tools/finish.nim
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ proc downloadMingw(): DownloadResult =
   if curl.len > 0:
     cmd = quoteShell(curl) & " --out " & "dist" / mingw & " " & url
   elif fileExists"bin/nimgrab.exe":
-    cmd = "bin/nimgrab.exe " & url & " dist" / mingw
+    cmd = r"bin\nimgrab.exe " & url & " dist" / mingw
   if cmd.len > 0:
     if execShellCmd(cmd) != 0:
       echo "download failed! ", cmd