diff --git a/src/gog/gog_platform.rs b/src/gog/gog_platform.rs
index 43d41bc..a7b3d39 100644
--- a/src/gog/gog_platform.rs
+++ b/src/gog/gog_platform.rs
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ impl Platform<GogShortcut, GogErrors> for GogPlatform {
         let install_locations = get_install_locations(config_path)?;
         #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
         let install_locations = if let Some(wine_c_drive) = &self.settings.wine_c_drive {
-            fix_paths(&wine_c_drive, install_locations)
+            fix_paths(wine_c_drive, install_locations)
         } else {
             install_locations
         };
@@ -141,12 +141,12 @@ impl Platform<GogShortcut, GogErrors> for GogPlatform {
 }
 
 #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
-fn fix_paths(wine_c_drive: &String, paths: Vec<String>) -> Vec<String> {
+fn fix_paths(wine_c_drive: &str, paths: Vec<String>) -> Vec<String> {
     paths
         .iter()
         .flat_map(|path| {
-            if path.starts_with("C:\\") {
-                let path_buf = Path::new(wine_c_drive).join(&path[3..]);
+            if let Some(stripped) = path.strip_prefix("C:\\") {
+                let path_buf = Path::new(wine_c_drive).join(stripped);
                 path_buf.to_str().map(|s| s.to_string().replace("\\", "/"))
             } else {
                 None
diff --git a/src/sync/symlinks.rs b/src/sync/symlinks.rs
index b73e70a..2a85fb3 100644
--- a/src/sync/symlinks.rs
+++ b/src/sync/symlinks.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ pub fn create_sym_links(shortcut: &ShortcutOwned) -> ShortcutOwned {
                 0,
                 shortcut.app_name.as_str(),
                 exe.as_str(),
-                &start_dir.as_str(),
+                start_dir.as_str(),
                 icon.as_str(),
                 shortcut.shortcut_path.as_str(),
                 shortcut.launch_options.as_str(),
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ pub fn ensure_links_folder_created(name: &str) {
                 "Could not create links folder for symlinks at path: {:?} , error: {:?} , you can try to disable creating symlinks for platform {}",
                 boilr_links_path, e, name
             );
-            return;
         }
     }
 }