diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 0bff9cc955f..414f08a1b9d 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -91,11 +91,11 @@
     <div class="admonition note">
       <p>This page was generated from
         <a class="reference external" 
-        href="https://github.com/qcodes/qcodes/blob/v"""+str(release)+r"""/{{ 
-        docname|e }}">{{ docname|e }}</a>.
+        href="https://github.com/qcodes/qcodes/blob/v"""+str(release)+r"""/{{docname|e }}">{{ docname|replace("\\","/") }}</a>.
         Interactive online version:
-        <a href=
-        "https://mybinder.org/v2/gh/qcodes/qcodes/v"""+str(release)+r"""?filepath={{ docname|e }}"><img alt="Binder badge" 
+        <a href="https://mybinder.org/v2/gh/qcodes/qcodes/v"""+str(
+    release)+r"""?filepath={{ docname|replace("\\","/") }}"><img 
+    alt="Binder badge" 
         src="https://mybinder.org/badge_logo.svg" 
         style="vertical-align:text-bottom"></a>.
       </p>