diff --git a/src/addnewtorrentdialog.cpp b/src/addnewtorrentdialog.cpp
index 2a6f8e9c8..890b552ad 100644
--- a/src/addnewtorrentdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/addnewtorrentdialog.cpp
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ AddNewTorrentDialog::AddNewTorrentDialog(QWidget *parent) :
   QIniSettings settings(QString::fromUtf8("qBittorrent"), QString::fromUtf8("qBittorrent"));
   Preferences pref;
   ui->start_torrent_cb->setChecked(!pref.addTorrentsInPause());
-  ui->save_path_combo->addItem(fsutils::toDisplayPath(pref.getSavePath()));
+  ui->save_path_combo->addItem(fsutils::toDisplayPath(pref.getSavePath()), pref.getSavePath());
   loadSavePathHistory();
   ui->save_path_combo->insertSeparator(ui->save_path_combo->count());
   ui->save_path_combo->addItem(tr("Other...", "Other save path..."));
@@ -594,6 +594,8 @@ void AddNewTorrentDialog::on_buttonBox_accepted()
   saveSavePathHistory();
   // Save settings
   pref.useAdditionDialog(!ui->never_show_cb->isChecked());
-  if (ui->default_save_path_cb->isChecked())
+  if (ui->default_save_path_cb->isChecked()) {
     pref.setSavePath(ui->save_path_combo->itemData(ui->save_path_combo->currentIndex()).toString());
+    QBtSession::instance()->setDefaultSavePath(pref.getSavePath());
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/qtlibtorrent/qbtsession.cpp b/src/qtlibtorrent/qbtsession.cpp
index 4400279f5..24e7d8c5c 100755
--- a/src/qtlibtorrent/qbtsession.cpp
+++ b/src/qtlibtorrent/qbtsession.cpp
@@ -1773,9 +1773,17 @@ void QBtSession::addTorrentsFromScanFolder(QStringList &pathList) {
   }
 }
 
-void QBtSession::setDefaultTempPath(QString temppath) {
-  if (defaultTempPath == temppath)
+void QBtSession::setDefaultSavePath(const QString &savepath) {
+  if (savepath.isEmpty())
     return;
+
+  defaultSavePath = QDir::fromNativeSeparators(savepath);
+}
+
+void QBtSession::setDefaultTempPath(const QString &temppath) {
+  if (QDir(defaultTempPath) == QDir(temppath))
+    return;
+
   if (temppath.isEmpty()) {
     // Disabling temp dir
     // Moving all torrents to their destination folder
@@ -1799,13 +1807,13 @@ void QBtSession::setDefaultTempPath(QString temppath) {
       QTorrentHandle h = QTorrentHandle(*torrentIT);
       if (!h.is_valid()) continue;
       if (!h.is_seed()) {
-        QString torrent_tmp_path = temppath.replace("\\", "/");
-        qDebug("Moving torrent to its temp save path: %s", qPrintable(torrent_tmp_path));
+        QString torrent_tmp_path = QDir::fromNativeSeparators(temppath);
+        qDebug("Moving torrent to its temp save path: %s", qPrintable(fsutils::toDisplayPath(torrent_tmp_path)));
         h.move_storage(torrent_tmp_path);
       }
     }
   }
-  defaultTempPath = temppath;
+  defaultTempPath = QDir::fromNativeSeparators(temppath);
 }
 
 void QBtSession::appendqBextensionToTorrent(const QTorrentHandle &h, bool append) {
diff --git a/src/qtlibtorrent/qbtsession.h b/src/qtlibtorrent/qbtsession.h
index 67aac09da..1ddb09b6f 100755
--- a/src/qtlibtorrent/qbtsession.h
+++ b/src/qtlibtorrent/qbtsession.h
@@ -147,7 +147,8 @@ public slots:
   void setDHTPort(int dht_port);
   void setProxySettings(libtorrent::proxy_settings proxySettings);
   void setSessionSettings(const libtorrent::session_settings &sessionSettings);
-  void setDefaultTempPath(QString temppath);
+  void setDefaultSavePath(const QString &savepath);
+  void setDefaultTempPath(const QString &temppath);
   void setAppendLabelToSavePath(bool append);
   void appendLabelToTorrentSavePath(const QTorrentHandle &h);
   void changeLabelInTorrentSavePath(const QTorrentHandle &h, QString old_label, QString new_label);