diff --git a/apps/ai-game-creator-shell/src-tauri/src/config.rs b/apps/ai-game-creator-shell/src-tauri/src/config.rs
index 1dd22bc08..ebbee916b 100644
--- a/apps/ai-game-creator-shell/src-tauri/src/config.rs
+++ b/apps/ai-game-creator-shell/src-tauri/src/config.rs
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ fn normalize_windows_policy_path(path: &Path) -> PathBuf {
     PathBuf::from(value.strip_prefix(r"\\?\").unwrap_or(&value))
 }
 
+#[cfg(not(windows))]
+fn normalize_windows_policy_path(path: &Path) -> PathBuf {
+    path.to_path_buf()
+}
+
 #[cfg(windows)]
 pub(crate) fn register_game_creator_user_selected_path(path: &Path, is_directory: bool) {
     let Some(key) = normalize_user_selected_path_key(path) else {