diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index caeb0cad..ce4d23ce 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import pytest
 from thefuck import shells
 from thefuck import conf, const
-from thefuck.utils import Path
+from thefuck.system import Path
 
 shells.shell = shells.Generic()
 
diff --git a/tests/test_corrector.py b/tests/test_corrector.py
index 207a5f54..08e4160e 100644
--- a/tests/test_corrector.py
+++ b/tests/test_corrector.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import pytest
 from thefuck import corrector, const
-from thefuck.utils import Path
+from thefuck.system import Path
 from tests.utils import Rule, Command, CorrectedCommand
 from thefuck.corrector import get_corrected_commands, organize_commands
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class TestGetRules(object):
     @pytest.fixture
     def glob(self, mocker):
         results = {}
-        mocker.patch('thefuck.utils.Path.glob',
+        mocker.patch('thefuck.system.Path.glob',
                      new_callable=lambda: lambda *_: results.pop('value', []))
         return lambda value: results.update({'value': value})
 
diff --git a/tests/test_types.py b/tests/test_types.py
index 3b584373..9cb951ba 100644
--- a/tests/test_types.py
+++ b/tests/test_types.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import pytest
 from tests.utils import CorrectedCommand, Rule, Command
 from thefuck import const
 from thefuck.exceptions import EmptyCommand
-from thefuck.utils import Path
+from thefuck.system import Path
 
 
 class TestCorrectedCommand(object):
diff --git a/thefuck/conf.py b/thefuck/conf.py
index b77319a3..a3467b68 100644
--- a/thefuck/conf.py
+++ b/thefuck/conf.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import os
 import sys
 from six import text_type
 from . import const
-from .utils import Path
+from .system import Path
 
 
 class Settings(dict):
diff --git a/thefuck/corrector.py b/thefuck/corrector.py
index c1e7d676..42df2ea5 100644
--- a/thefuck/corrector.py
+++ b/thefuck/corrector.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from .conf import settings
 from .types import Rule
-from .utils import Path
+from .system import Path
 from . import logs
 
 
diff --git a/thefuck/rules/workon_doesnt_exists.py b/thefuck/rules/workon_doesnt_exists.py
index 59447656..6c97ce49 100644
--- a/thefuck/rules/workon_doesnt_exists.py
+++ b/thefuck/rules/workon_doesnt_exists.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-from thefuck.utils import for_app, replace_command, eager, memoize, Path
+from thefuck.utils import for_app, replace_command, eager, memoize
+from thefuck.system import Path
 
 
 @memoize
diff --git a/thefuck/system/unix.py b/thefuck/system/unix.py
index 4d0b8555..cc6ff570 100644
--- a/thefuck/system/unix.py
+++ b/thefuck/system/unix.py
@@ -33,3 +33,8 @@ def get_key():
                 return const.KEY_DOWN
 
     return ch
+
+try:
+    from pathlib import Path
+except ImportError:
+    from pathlib2 import Path
diff --git a/thefuck/system/win32.py b/thefuck/system/win32.py
index a8b6c0a4..5e49ff6e 100644
--- a/thefuck/system/win32.py
+++ b/thefuck/system/win32.py
@@ -25,3 +25,15 @@ def get_key():
 
     encoding = sys.stdout.encoding or os.environ.get('PYTHONIOENCODING', 'utf-8')
     return ch.decode(encoding)
+
+try:
+    from pathlib import Path
+except ImportError:
+    from pathlib2 import Path
+
+
+def _expanduser(self):
+    return self.__class__(os.path.expanduser(str(self)))
+
+# pathlib's expanduser fails on windows, see http://bugs.python.org/issue19776
+Path.expanduser = _expanduser
diff --git a/thefuck/utils.py b/thefuck/utils.py
index c87bdebd..b5680351 100644
--- a/thefuck/utils.py
+++ b/thefuck/utils.py
@@ -9,11 +9,8 @@ from decorator import decorator
 from difflib import get_close_matches
 from functools import wraps
 from warnings import warn
-
-try:
-    from pathlib import Path
-except ImportError:
-    from pathlib2 import Path
+from .conf import settings
+from .system import Path
 
 DEVNULL = open(os.devnull, 'w')
 
@@ -81,8 +78,6 @@ def default_settings(params):
             print(settings.apt)
 
     """
-    from .conf import settings
-
     def _default_settings(fn, command):
         for k, w in params.items():
             settings.setdefault(k, w)