diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/DownloadFileThread.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/DownloadFileThread.java
index 9b515d1d..9b99f747 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/DownloadFileThread.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/DownloadFileThread.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
 import java.net.SocketTimeoutException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLConnection;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -237,7 +238,7 @@ class DownloadFileThread extends Thread {
                         } else if (saveAs.getAbsolutePath().length() > 259 && Utils.isWindows()) {
                             // This if is for when the file path has gone above 260 chars which windows does
                             // not allow
-                            fos = new FileOutputStream(
+                            fos = Files.newOutputStream(
                                     Utils.shortenSaveAsWindows(saveAs.getParentFile().getPath(), saveAs.getName()));
                         }
                     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/utils/Utils.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/utils/Utils.java
index 9498af52..9e757a09 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/utils/Utils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/utils/Utils.java
@@ -891,7 +891,7 @@ public class Utils {
         return fileNameToSan.replaceAll("[\\\\/:*?\"<>|]", "_");
     }
 
-    public static File shortenSaveAsWindows(String ripsDirPath, String fileName) throws FileNotFoundException {
+    public static Path shortenSaveAsWindows(String ripsDirPath, String fileName) throws FileNotFoundException {
         LOGGER.error("The filename " + fileName + " is to long to be saved on this file system.");
         LOGGER.info("Shortening filename");
         String fullPath = ripsDirPath + File.separator + fileName;
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ public class Utils {
         fullPath = fullPath.substring(0, 259 - pathLength - fileExt.length() + 1) + "." + fileExt;
         LOGGER.info(fullPath);
         LOGGER.info(fullPath.length());
-        return new File(fullPath);
+        return Paths.get(fullPath);
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/UtilsTest.java b/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/UtilsTest.java
index 3a8a8668..c43fa76a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/UtilsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/rarchives/ripme/tst/UtilsTest.java
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 package com.rarchives.ripme.tst;
 
-import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
 import com.rarchives.ripme.utils.Utils;
@@ -60,8 +61,8 @@ public class UtilsTest {
     public void testShortenFileNameWindows() throws FileNotFoundException {
         String filename = "ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff.png";
         // Test filename shortening for windows
-        File f = Utils.shortenSaveAsWindows("D:/rips/test/reddit/deep", filename);
-        Assertions.assertEquals(new File(
+        Path f = Utils.shortenSaveAsWindows("D:/rips/test/reddit/deep", filename);
+        Assertions.assertEquals(Paths.get(
                 "D:/rips/test/reddit/deep/ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff.png"),
                 f);
     }