diff --git a/openlp/core/ui/exceptionform.py b/openlp/core/ui/exceptionform.py
index d2469c092..0dde063c4 100644
--- a/openlp/core/ui/exceptionform.py
+++ b/openlp/core/ui/exceptionform.py
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ class ExceptionForm(QtGui.QDialog, Ui_ExceptionDialog):
             translate('OpenLP.ExceptionForm',
             'Text files (*.txt *.log *.text)'))
         if filename:
-            filename = unicode(QtCore.QDir.toNativeSeparators(filename))
+            filename = unicode(filename).replace(u'/', os.path.sep)
             SettingsManager.set_last_dir(self.settingsSection, os.path.dirname(
                 filename))
             report_text = report_text % self._createReport()
diff --git a/openlp/core/ui/mainwindow.py b/openlp/core/ui/mainwindow.py
index 947c1318d..6b3cf81fb 100644
--- a/openlp/core/ui/mainwindow.py
+++ b/openlp/core/ui/mainwindow.py
@@ -1378,14 +1378,14 @@ class MainWindow(QtGui.QMainWindow, Ui_MainWindow):
         recentFileCount = QtCore.QSettings().value(
             u'advanced/recent file count', QtCore.QVariant(4)).toInt()[0]
         existingRecentFiles = [recentFile for recentFile in self.recentFiles
-            if QtCore.QFile.exists(recentFile)]
+            if os.path.isfile(unicode(recentFile))]
         recentFilesToDisplay = existingRecentFiles[0:recentFileCount]
         self.recentFilesMenu.clear()
         for fileId, filename in enumerate(recentFilesToDisplay):
             log.debug('Recent file name: %s', filename)
             action =  base_action(self, u'')
-            action.setText(u'&%d %s' %
-                (fileId + 1, QtCore.QFileInfo(filename).fileName()))
+            action.setText(u'&%d %s' % (fileId + 1,
+                os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(unicode(filename)))[0]))
             action.setData(QtCore.QVariant(filename))
             self.connect(action, QtCore.SIGNAL(u'triggered()'),
                 self.serviceManagerContents.onRecentServiceClicked)
diff --git a/openlp/core/ui/servicemanager.py b/openlp/core/ui/servicemanager.py
index 2217dc168..84083af13 100644
--- a/openlp/core/ui/servicemanager.py
+++ b/openlp/core/ui/servicemanager.py
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ class ServiceManager(QtGui.QWidget):
                         'File is not a valid service.\n'
                         'The content encoding is not UTF-8.'))
                     continue
-                osfile = unicode(QtCore.QDir.toNativeSeparators(ucsfile))
+                osfile = ucsfile.replace(u'/', os.path.sep)
                 if not osfile.startswith(u'audio'):
                     osfile = os.path.split(osfile)[1]
                 log.debug(u'Extract file: %s', osfile)
diff --git a/openlp/core/ui/thememanager.py b/openlp/core/ui/thememanager.py
index 3585e5c97..8b2524845 100644
--- a/openlp/core/ui/thememanager.py
+++ b/openlp/core/ui/thememanager.py
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ class ThemeManager(QtGui.QWidget):
                         log.exception(u'Theme file contains non utf-8 filename'
                             u' "%s"' % name.decode(u'utf-8', u'replace'))
                         raise Exception(u'validation')
-                    uname = unicode(QtCore.QDir.toNativeSeparators(uname))
+                    uname = uname.replace(u'/', os.path.sep)
                     splitname = uname.split(os.path.sep)
                     if splitname[-1] == u'' or len(splitname) == 1:
                         # is directory or preview file