diff --git a/main_hot_reload/main_hot_reload.odin b/main_hot_reload/main_hot_reload.odin
index ae121bc..87b9cbb 100644
--- a/main_hot_reload/main_hot_reload.odin
+++ b/main_hot_reload/main_hot_reload.odin
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import "core:fmt"
 import "core:log"
 import "core:mem"
 import "core:os"
+import "core:os/os2"
+import "core:path/filepath"
 import "libs:tracy"
 
 when ODIN_OS == .Windows {
@@ -22,15 +24,9 @@ TRACY_ENABLE :: #config(TRACY_ENABLE, false)
 
 // We copy the DLL because using it directly would lock it, which would prevent
 // the compiler from writing to it.
-copy_dll :: proc(to: string) -> bool {
-	exit: i32
-	when ODIN_OS == .Windows {
-		exit = libc.system(fmt.ctprintf("copy game.dll {0}", to))
-	} else {
-		exit = libc.system(fmt.ctprintf("cp game" + DLL_EXT + " {0}", to))
-	}
-
-	if exit != 0 {
+copy_dll :: proc(bin_dir, to: string) -> bool {
+	err := os2.copy_file(filepath.join({bin_dir, to}, context.temp_allocator), filepath.join({bin_dir, "game" + DLL_EXT}, context.temp_allocator), )
+	if err != nil {
 		fmt.printfln("Failed to copy game" + DLL_EXT + " to {0}", to)
 		return false
 	}
@@ -64,11 +60,22 @@ load_game_api :: proc(api_version: int) -> (api: Game_API, ok: bool) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	cwd, err := os2.getwd(context.temp_allocator)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.panicf("getcwd: %v", err)
+	}
+
 	// NOTE: this needs to be a relative path for Linux to work.
-	game_dll_name := fmt.tprintf(
-		"{0}game_{1}" + DLL_EXT,
-		"./" when ODIN_OS != .Windows else "",
-		api_version,
+	game_dll_name := filepath.join(
+		{
+			cwd,
+			fmt.tprintf(
+				"{0}game_{1}" + DLL_EXT,
+				"./" when ODIN_OS != .Windows else "",
+				api_version,
+			),
+		},
+		context.temp_allocator,
 	)
 	copy_dll(game_dll_name) or_return
 
@@ -238,3 +245,4 @@ NvOptimusEnablement: u32 = 1
 
 @(export)
 AmdPowerXpressRequestHighPerformance: i32 = 1
+