diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ba75560..fc64d76 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # sapper changelog
 
+## 0.2.4
+
+* Posixify path to HMR client
+
 ## 0.2.3
 
 * Posixify import paths, even on Windows ([#31](https://github.com/sveltejs/sapper/pull/31))
diff --git a/lib/utils/create_app.js b/lib/utils/create_app.js
index 09202cb..84cbbdb 100644
--- a/lib/utils/create_app.js
+++ b/lib/utils/create_app.js
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ module.exports = function create_app() {
 			.replace(/__dev__/g, String(dev));
 
 		if (dev) {
-			const hmr_client = require.resolve(`webpack-hot-middleware/client`);
+			const hmr_client = posixify(require.resolve(`webpack-hot-middleware/client`));
 			main += `\n\nimport('${hmr_client}?path=/__webpack_hmr&timeout=20000'); if (module.hot) module.hot.accept();`
 		}
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index be2223e..21e29d3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "sapper",
-  "version": "0.2.3",
+  "version": "0.2.4",
   "description": "Military-grade apps, engineered by Svelte",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "bin": {