diff --git a/src/ops/backups.ts b/src/ops/backups.ts
index 8a2bc12..ea0d77a 100644
--- a/src/ops/backups.ts
+++ b/src/ops/backups.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
 import { Database } from "bun:sqlite";
 import { chmodSync, closeSync, constants, copyFileSync, existsSync, fsyncSync, linkSync, mkdirSync, openSync, readdirSync, renameSync, rmSync, statSync, unlinkSync } from "node:fs";
 import { dirname, join, resolve } from "node:path";
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ export function restoreBackup(source: string, destination: string) {
 export async function runScheduledBackup(database: string, config: BackupConfig): Promise<number> {
   const source = new URL("../../scripts/scheduled-backup.ts", import.meta.url);
   const built = new URL("../scripts/scheduled-backup.ts", import.meta.url);
-  const script = (existsSync(source) ? source : built).pathname;
+  const script = fileURLToPath(existsSync(source) ? source : built);
   const child = Bun.spawn([process.execPath, script, resolve(database), JSON.stringify(config)], {
     stdout: "pipe", stderr: "ignore",
   });