diff --git a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/app/BootJavaConfig.java b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/app/BootJavaConfig.java
index c83119b14e..0c9b1be9f6 100644
--- a/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/app/BootJavaConfig.java
+++ b/headless-services/spring-boot-language-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/ide/vscode/boot/app/BootJavaConfig.java
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ public boolean isJavaEmbeddedLanguagesSyntaxHighlighting() {
 	public String[] xmlBeansFoldersToScan() {
 		String foldersStr = settings.getString("boot-java", "support-spring-xml-config", "scan-folders");
 		if (foldersStr != null) {
-			foldersStr = foldersStr.trim();
+			foldersStr = foldersStr.trim().replace("/", File.separator);
 		}
 		String[] folders = foldersStr == null || foldersStr.isEmpty()? new String[0] : foldersStr.split("\\s*,\\s*");
 		List<String> cleanedFolders = new ArrayList<>(folders.length);