diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b90d29f..fd40c21 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Windows-specific implementations of [integrations-api](https://github.com/crypto
 
 This project uses the following JVM properties:
 * `cryptomator.integrationsWin.autoStartShellLinkName` - Name of the shell link, which is placed in the Windows startup folder to start application on user login
-* `cryptomator.integrationsWin.keychainPaths` - Colon separated list of paths, which are checked for encrypted data
+* `cryptomator.integrationsWin.keychainPaths` - List of file paths, which are checked for data encrypted with the Windows data protection api
 
 ## Building
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/windows/keychain/WindowsProtectedKeychainAccess.java b/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/windows/keychain/WindowsProtectedKeychainAccess.java
index 44bb532..ad4aee0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/windows/keychain/WindowsProtectedKeychainAccess.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/windows/keychain/WindowsProtectedKeychainAccess.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
 /**
  * Windows implementation for the {@link KeychainAccessProvider} based on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Protection_API">data protection API</a>.
- * The storage locations to check for encrypted data can be set with the JVM property {@value KEYCHAIN_PATHS_PROPERTY} as a colon({@value PATH_LIST_SEP}) separated list of paths.
+ * The storage locations to check for encrypted data can be set with the JVM property {@value KEYCHAIN_PATHS_PROPERTY} with the paths seperated with the character defined in the JVM property path.separator.
  */
 @Priority(1000)
 @OperatingSystem(OperatingSystem.Value.WINDOWS)
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public WindowsProtectedKeychainAccess() {
 
 	private static List<Path> readKeychainPathsFromEnv() {
 		return Optional.ofNullable(System.getProperty(KEYCHAIN_PATHS_PROPERTY))
-				.stream().flatMap(rawPaths -> Arrays.stream(rawPaths.split(PATH_LIST_SEP)))
+				.stream().flatMap(rawPaths -> Arrays.stream(rawPaths.split(System.getProperty("path.separator"))))
 				.filter(Predicate.not(String::isEmpty))
 				.map(Path::of)
 				.map(WindowsProtectedKeychainAccess::resolveHomeDir)