diff --git a/src/SlnParser/Helper/ProjectDefinitionParser.cs b/src/SlnParser/Helper/ProjectDefinitionParser.cs
index 8a58a9d..4e61a35 100644
--- a/src/SlnParser/Helper/ProjectDefinitionParser.cs
+++ b/src/SlnParser/Helper/ProjectDefinitionParser.cs
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ public bool TryParseProjectDefinition(
             if (solutionDirectory == null)
                 throw new UnexpectedSolutionStructureException("Solution-Directory could not be determined");
 
+            // NOTE: the path to the project-file is usually separated using '\' - this does not work under linux
+            projectPath = projectPath.Replace('/', Path.DirectorySeparatorChar);
+            projectPath = projectPath.Replace('\\', Path.DirectorySeparatorChar);
+            
             var projectFileCombinedWithSolution = Path.Combine(solutionDirectory, projectPath);
             var projectFile = new FileInfo(projectFileCombinedWithSolution);