diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3badd4c..f3db087 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,4 +2,6 @@ dist/
 .vscode
 build/
 *.spec
-*test*
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+*test*
+*Pipfile*
+pack*.bat
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diff --git a/customProtocolHandler.py b/customProtocolHandler.py
index 439b97a..e1b6f65 100644
--- a/customProtocolHandler.py
+++ b/customProtocolHandler.py
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 import configparser
 from plyer import notification
 
+def convert_to_os_path(string):
+    converted_path = string.replace('/', os.path.sep).replace('\\', os.path.sep)
+    return converted_path
 
 def bring_window_to_front(window_title):
     import pygetwindow as gw
@@ -14,12 +17,19 @@ def bring_window_to_front(window_title):
         window[0].activate()
 
 
+def message(e):
+    try:
+        notification.notify(title="Error", message=str(e), timeout=5)
+    except NotImplementedError:
+        with open('error.log', 'w') as f:
+            f.write(str(e))
+
 def process_custom_protocol(url):
     parsed_url = urlparse(url)
     hostname = parsed_url.hostname
     query_string = parsed_url.query
     parsed_params = parse_qs(query_string)
-    file_path = parsed_params.get("file", [""])[0].replace('\\', '/')
+    file_path: str = convert_to_os_path(parsed_params.get("file", [""])[0])
 
     if hostname == 'open':
         app = parsed_params.get("app", [""])[0]
@@ -40,11 +50,13 @@ def process_custom_protocol(url):
             subprocess.run(['start', '""', '/wait', file_path], shell=True)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    url = sys.argv[1]
-    config_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', 'config.conf'))
-    config = configparser.ConfigParser()
-    config.read(config_path)
     try:
+        url = sys.argv[1]
+        config_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..', 'config.conf'))
+        config = configparser.ConfigParser()
+        config.read(config_path)
         process_custom_protocol(url)
     except Exception as e:
-        notification.notify(title="Error", message=str(e), timeout=5)
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+        print(e)
+        message(e)
+        
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