diff --git a/dissect/target/plugins/apps/browser/iexplore.py b/dissect/target/plugins/apps/browser/iexplore.py
index 27650f7b3..7772b182a 100644
--- a/dissect/target/plugins/apps/browser/iexplore.py
+++ b/dissect/target/plugins/apps/browser/iexplore.py
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ def downloads(self) -> Iterator[BrowserDownloadRecord]:
                     ts_end=ts_end,
                     browser="iexplore",
                     id=container_record.EntryId,
-                    path=down_path,
+                    path=self.target.fs.path(down_path),
                     url=down_url,
                     size=None,
                     state=None,
diff --git a/tests/plugins/apps/browser/test_iexplore.py b/tests/plugins/apps/browser/test_iexplore.py
index d51f45104..0a5bbd91a 100644
--- a/tests/plugins/apps/browser/test_iexplore.py
+++ b/tests/plugins/apps/browser/test_iexplore.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from typing import Iterator
 
 import pytest
+from flow.record.fieldtypes import path
 
 from dissect.target import Target
 from dissect.target.filesystem import VirtualFilesystem
@@ -34,5 +35,5 @@ def test_iexplore_history(target_iexplore: Target) -> None:
 def test_iexplore_downloads(target_iexplore: Target) -> None:
     records = list(target_iexplore.iexplore.downloads())
     assert len(records) == 1
-    assert records[0].path.as_posix() == "C:\\Users\\John\\Downloads\\archlinux-2023.02.01-x86_64.iso"
+    assert records[0].path == path.from_windows("C:\\Users\\John\\Downloads\\archlinux-2023.02.01-x86_64.iso")
     assert records[0].url == "https://mirror.cj2.nl/archlinux/iso/2023.02.01/archlinux-2023.02.01-x86_64.iso"