diff --git a/public/index.php b/public/index.php
index 1831b58..23830c0 100644
--- a/public/index.php
+++ b/public/index.php
@@ -8,14 +8,20 @@ use App\Controller\SampleFormController;
 /**
  * relative path of the index.php's directory from the server's document root.
  */
-global $basePath;
-// find the server path of the index.php file
-$basePath = dirname(substr(__FILE__, strlen($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'])));
+function get_base_path() {
+    // find the server path of the index.php file
+    $basePath = dirname(substr(__FILE__, strlen($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'])));
 
-if ($basePath[strlen($basePath) - 1] == "/") {
-    $basePath = substr($basePath, 0, strlen($basePath) - 1);
+    $c = $basePath[strlen($basePath) - 1];
+
+    if ($c == "/" || $c == "\\") {
+        $basePath = substr($basePath, 0, strlen($basePath) - 1);
+    }
+    return $basePath;
 }
 
+$basePath = get_base_path();
+
 // routes initialization
 $router = new AltoRouter();
 $router->setBasePath($basePath);