diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e1dd981e..959c84fe 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3302,6 +3302,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "open",
  "percent-encoding",
  "relative-path",
+ "same-file",
  "serde_json",
  "site",
  "termcolor",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 33ec011b..30f897dc 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ errors = { path = "components/errors" }
 front_matter = { path = "components/front_matter" }
 utils = { path = "components/utils" }
 
+[dev-dependencies]
+same-file = "1"
+
 [workspace]
 members = [
     "components/config",
diff --git a/src/cmd/init.rs b/src/cmd/init.rs
index 1a381737..5ce05f17 100644
--- a/src/cmd/init.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/init.rs
@@ -250,16 +250,15 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn strip_unc_test() {
         let mut dir = temp_dir();
-        dir.push("new_project");
+        dir.push("new_project1");
         if dir.exists() {
             remove_dir_all(&dir).expect("Could not free test directory");
         }
         create_dir(&dir).expect("Could not create test directory");
         if cfg!(target_os = "windows") {
-            assert_eq!(
-                strip_unc(&canonicalize(Path::new(&dir)).unwrap()),
-                "C:\\Users\\VssAdministrator\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\new_project"
-            )
+			let stripped_path = strip_unc(&canonicalize(Path::new(&dir)).unwrap());
+			assert!(same_file::is_same_file(Path::new(&stripped_path),&dir).unwrap()); 
+            assert!(!stripped_path.starts_with(LOCAL_UNC),"The path was not stripped.");
         } else {
             assert_eq!(
                 strip_unc(&canonicalize(Path::new(&dir)).unwrap()),
@@ -277,15 +276,15 @@ mod tests {
     #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
     fn strip_unc_required_test() {
         let mut dir = temp_dir();
-        dir.push("new_project");
+        dir.push("new_project2");
         if dir.exists() {
             remove_dir_all(&dir).expect("Could not free test directory");
         }
         create_dir(&dir).expect("Could not create test directory");
-        assert_eq!(
-            canonicalize(Path::new(&dir)).unwrap().to_str().unwrap(),
-            "\\\\?\\C:\\Users\\VssAdministrator\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\new_project"
-        );
+		
+		let canonicalized_path = canonicalize(Path::new(&dir)).unwrap();
+		assert!(same_file::is_same_file(Path::new(&canonicalized_path),&dir).unwrap());
+        assert!(canonicalized_path.to_str().unwrap().starts_with(LOCAL_UNC));
 
         remove_dir_all(&dir).unwrap();
     }