diff --git a/desmume/src/fs-linux.c b/desmume/src/fs-linux.c
index 45fb50b6e..0e911af80 100644
--- a/desmume/src/fs-linux.c
+++ b/desmume/src/fs-linux.c
@@ -6,11 +6,15 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
+const char FS_SEPARATOR = '/';
+
 void * FsReadFirst(const char * path, FsEntry * entry) {
 	DIR * dir;
 	struct dirent * e;
 	struct stat s;
 
+	printf("reading %s\n", path);
+
 	/* hack: reading a directory gives relative file names
 	 * and there's no way to know that directory from
 	 * DIR, so we're changing working directory... */ 
diff --git a/desmume/src/fs-windows.c b/desmume/src/fs-windows.c
index 74ee87867..de60829b8 100644
--- a/desmume/src/fs-windows.c
+++ b/desmume/src/fs-windows.c
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 #include <windows.h>
 
+const char FS_SEPARATOR = '\\';
+
 void * FsReadFirst(const char * p, FsEntry * entry) {
 	WIN32_FIND_DATA FindFileData;
 	HANDLE hFind;
diff --git a/desmume/src/fs.h b/desmume/src/fs.h
index b1ed75c77..0087d2625 100644
--- a/desmume/src/fs.h
+++ b/desmume/src/fs.h
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #define FS_ERR_NO_MORE_FILES 1
 
+extern const char FS_SEPARATOR;
+
 typedef struct {
 	char cFileName[256];
 	char cAlternateFileName[14];