diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 911e8c4..2cfeeed 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
     "request": "^2.88.2",
     "rimraf": "^5.0.5",
     "unzipper": "^0.10.14",
+    "upath": "^2.0.1",
     "uuid": "^9.0.1",
     "which": "^4.0.0",
     "winreg": "^1.2.5"
diff --git a/src/main/pkg_mng/installs_steps_methods/git_clone.js b/src/main/pkg_mng/installs_steps_methods/git_clone.js
index 5c4184f..7521e5b 100644
--- a/src/main/pkg_mng/installs_steps_methods/git_clone.js
+++ b/src/main/pkg_mng/installs_steps_methods/git_clone.js
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 import path from "node:path"
 import fs from "node:fs"
-import os from "node:os"
 import ChildProcess from "node:child_process"
+import upath from "upath"
 
 import sendToRender from "../../utils/sendToRender"
-
 import Vars from "../../vars"
 
 const gitCMD = fs.existsSync(Vars.git_path) ? `${Vars.git_path}` : "git"
 
 export default async (manifest, step) => {
-    const final_path = path.resolve(manifest.install_path, step.path)
+    const final_path = upath.normalizeSafe(path.resolve(manifest.install_path, step.path))
 
     if (!fs.existsSync(final_path)) {
         fs.mkdirSync(final_path, { recursive: true })
@@ -21,17 +20,18 @@ export default async (manifest, step) => {
         statusText: `Cloning ${step.url}`,
     })
 
+    console.log(`USING GIT BIN>`, gitCMD)
+
     console.log(`[${manifest.id}] steps.git_clone() | Cloning ${step.url}...`)
 
-    const command = `${gitCMD} clone --recurse-submodules --remote-submodules ${step.url} ${final_path}`
-
-    //fs.mkdirSync(final_path, { recursive: true })
+    const command = `${gitCMD} clone --depth ${step.depth ?? 1} --recurse-submodules --remote-submodules ${step.url} ${final_path}`
 
     await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
         ChildProcess.exec(
             command,
             {
                 shell: true,
+                cwd: final_path,
             },
             (error, out) => {
                 if (error) {
diff --git a/src/main/vars.js b/src/main/vars.js
index 296b4dd..d327ca9 100644
--- a/src/main/vars.js
+++ b/src/main/vars.js
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
 import path from "node:path"
+import upath from "upath"
 
-global.OS_USERDATA_PATH = path.resolve(
+global.OS_USERDATA_PATH = upath.normalizeSafe(path.resolve(
     process.env.APPDATA ||
     (process.platform == "darwin" ? process.env.HOME + "/Library/Preferences" : process.env.HOME + "/.local/share"),
-)
-global.RUNTIME_PATH = path.join(global.OS_USERDATA_PATH, "rs-bundler")
+))
+global.RUNTIME_PATH = upath.normalizeSafe(path.join(global.OS_USERDATA_PATH, "rs-bundler"))
 
-global.PACKAGES_PATH = path.join(global.RUNTIME_PATH, "packages")
-global.BINARIES_PATH = path.resolve(global.RUNTIME_PATH, "bin_lib")
+global.PACKAGES_PATH = upath.normalizeSafe(path.join(global.RUNTIME_PATH, "packages"))
+global.BINARIES_PATH = upath.normalizeSafe(path.resolve(global.RUNTIME_PATH, "bin_lib"))
 
-global.LOCAL_DB = path.join(global.RUNTIME_PATH, "local_db.json")
+global.LOCAL_DB = upath.normalizeSafe(path.join(global.RUNTIME_PATH, "local_db.json"))
 
-global.SEVENZIP_PATH = path.resolve(global.BINARIES_PATH, "7z-bin", process.platform === "win32" ? "7za.exe" : "7za")
-global.GIT_PATH = path.resolve(global.BINARIES_PATH, "git-bin", "bin", process.platform === "win32" ? "git.exe" : "git")
+global.SEVENZIP_PATH = upath.normalizeSafe(path.resolve(global.BINARIES_PATH, "7z-bin", process.platform === "win32" ? "7za.exe" : "7za"))
+global.GIT_PATH = upath.normalizeSafe(path.resolve(global.BINARIES_PATH, "git-bin", "bin", process.platform === "win32" ? "git.exe" : "git"))
 
 export default {
     binaries_path: global.BINARIES_PATH,