diff --git a/serepo-search/src/main/java/ch/hsr/isf/serepo/search/index/Indexer.java b/serepo-search/src/main/java/ch/hsr/isf/serepo/search/index/Indexer.java
index 1361c9d..1f6988d 100644
--- a/serepo-search/src/main/java/ch/hsr/isf/serepo/search/index/Indexer.java
+++ b/serepo-search/src/main/java/ch/hsr/isf/serepo/search/index/Indexer.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public void index(final String seItemId, final String seItemName, final Map<Stri
       // metadata
       streamUpdate.setParam(toParam(Search.Fields.REPOSITORY), repository);
       streamUpdate.setParam(toParam(Search.Fields.COMMITID), commitId);
-      streamUpdate.setParam(toParam(Search.Fields.SEITEM_ID), seItemId);
+      streamUpdate.setParam(toParam(Search.Fields.SEITEM_ID), sanitizePath(seItemId));
       streamUpdate.setParam(toParam(Search.Fields.SEITEM_NAME), seItemName);
       addMetadata(streamUpdate, metadata);
       // content
@@ -141,4 +141,8 @@ private String toFieldName(String fieldName) {
     return fieldName.trim().replace(" ", "_").toLowerCase();
   }
   
+  private String sanitizePath(String path) {
+    return path.replace("\\", "/");
+  }
+  
 }