diff --git a/src/database/mod.rs b/src/database/mod.rs
index 8e4f52d..cec38bb 100644
--- a/src/database/mod.rs
+++ b/src/database/mod.rs
@@ -356,8 +356,13 @@ impl ExifDao for SqliteExifDao {
 
             let mut connection = self.connection.lock().expect("Unable to get ExifDao");
 
+            // Try both normalized (forward slash) and Windows (backslash) paths
+            // since database may contain either format
+            let normalized = path.replace('\\', "/");
+            let windows_path = path.replace('/', "\\");
+
             match image_exif
-                .filter(file_path.eq(path))
+                .filter(file_path.eq(&normalized).or(file_path.eq(&windows_path)))
                 .first::<ImageExif>(connection.deref_mut())
             {
                 Ok(exif) => Ok(Some(exif)),