diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 30e306c8..d037380c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4085,6 +4085,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "console-subscriber",
  "dashmap",
  "dirs 5.0.1",
+ "dunce",
  "embed-resource",
  "eyra",
  "futures",
diff --git a/crates/cli/Cargo.toml b/crates/cli/Cargo.toml
index 9618ba74..babda9ff 100644
--- a/crates/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ clap_mangen = "0.2.15"
 clearscreen = "3.0.0"
 dashmap = "5.4.0"
 dirs = "5.0.0"
+dunce = "1.0.4"
 futures = "0.3.29"
 humantime = "2.1.0"
 indexmap = "2.2.6" # needs to be in sync with jaq's
diff --git a/crates/cli/src/args.rs b/crates/cli/src/args.rs
index 2b2e76e7..778daf73 100644
--- a/crates/cli/src/args.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/src/args.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 use std::{
 	collections::BTreeSet,
 	ffi::{OsStr, OsString},
-	fs::canonicalize,
 	mem::take,
 	path::{Path, PathBuf},
 	str::FromStr,
 	time::Duration,
 };
 
+use dunce::canonicalize;
+
 use clap::{
 	builder::TypedValueParser, error::ErrorKind, Arg, Command, CommandFactory, Parser, ValueEnum,
 	ValueHint,