diff --git a/controllers/path_handler.py b/controllers/path_handler.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b50837
--- /dev/null
+++ b/controllers/path_handler.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import os
+
+def fix_windows_path(dos_path: str, encoding=None):
+    if os.name == 'nt':
+        if (not isinstance(dos_path, str) and encoding is not None): 
+            dos_path = dos_path.decode(encoding)
+        path = os.path.abspath(dos_path)
+        if path.startswith(u"\\\\"):
+            return u"\\\\?\\UNC\\" + path[2:]
+        return u"\\\\?\\" + path
+    else:
+        return dos_path
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/devicemanagement/device_manager.py b/devicemanagement/device_manager.py
index 4ead1b9..60bbae2 100644
--- a/devicemanagement/device_manager.py
+++ b/devicemanagement/device_manager.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ from pymobiledevice3.exceptions import MuxException, PasswordRequiredError
 from devicemanagement.constants import Device, Version
 from devicemanagement.data_singleton import DataSingleton
 
+from controllers.path_handler import fix_windows_path
+
 from tweaks.tweaks import tweaks, FeatureFlagTweak, EligibilityTweak, AITweak, BasicPlistTweak, AdvancedPlistTweak, RdarFixTweak, NullifyFileTweak
 from tweaks.custom_gestalt_tweaks import CustomGestaltTweaks
 from tweaks.posterboard_tweak import PosterboardTweak
@@ -331,7 +333,7 @@ class DeviceManager:
                     elif isinstance(tweak, PosterboardTweak):
                         tmp_pb_dir = TemporaryDirectory()
                         tweak.apply_tweak(
-                            files_to_restore=files_to_restore, output_dir=tmp_pb_dir.name,
+                            files_to_restore=files_to_restore, output_dir=fix_windows_path(tmp_pb_dir.name),
                             version=self.get_current_device_version()
                         )
                         if tweak.enabled:
@@ -437,9 +439,9 @@ class DeviceManager:
             if tmp_pb_dir != None:
                 try:
                     tmp_pb_dir.cleanup()
-                except Exception as e:
+                except Exception as e2:
                     # ignore clean up errors
-                    print(str(e))
+                    print(str(e2))
             show_apply_error(e, update_label)
 
     ## RESETTING MOBILE GESTALT
diff --git a/gui/main_window.py b/gui/main_window.py
index 48ad413..efa0eac 100644
--- a/gui/main_window.py
+++ b/gui/main_window.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from tweaks.custom_gestalt_tweaks import CustomGestaltTweaks, ValueTypeStrings
 from tweaks.daemons_tweak import Daemon
 
 App_Version = "5.0.3"
-App_Build = 1
+App_Build = 0
 
 class Page(Enum):
     Home = 0
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ea89fba..8aef6d6 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 pymobiledevice3
 PySide6-Essentials
-PyInstaller
-rarfile
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+PyInstaller
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tweaks/posterboard_tweak.py b/tweaks/posterboard_tweak.py
index d33961b..928b0f5 100644
--- a/tweaks/posterboard_tweak.py
+++ b/tweaks/posterboard_tweak.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import os
 import zipfile
-import rarfile
 import uuid
 import re
 from random import randint
@@ -9,6 +8,7 @@ from PySide6 import QtWidgets, QtCore, QtGui
 from .tweak_classes import Tweak
 from Sparserestore.restore import FileToRestore
 from controllers.plist_handler import set_plist_value
+from controllers.path_handler import fix_windows_path
 from qt.ui_mainwindow import Ui_Nugget
 
 class TendieFile:
@@ -183,16 +183,7 @@ class PosterboardTweak(Tweak):
         for tendie in self.tendies:
             zip_output = os.path.join(output_dir, str(uuid.uuid4()))
             os.makedirs(zip_output)
-            if os == 'nt':
-                rar_archive = rarfile.RarFile(tendie.path)
-                try:
-                    # Extract the contents to the target directory
-                    rar_archive.extractall(path=zip_output)
-                finally:
-                    # Close the RAR file to release resources
-                    rar_archive.close()
-            else:
-                with zipfile.ZipFile(tendie.path, 'r') as zip_ref:
-                    zip_ref.extractall(zip_output)
+            with zipfile.ZipFile(tendie.path, 'r') as zip_ref:
+                zip_ref.extractall(zip_output)
         # add the files
         self.recursive_add(files_to_restore, curr_path=output_dir)