diff --git a/clang/compilerDb.go b/clang/compilerDb.go
index e5d5801..7a48412 100644
--- a/clang/compilerDb.go
+++ b/clang/compilerDb.go
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@ package clang
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
-	"errors"
-	"github.com/ejfitzgerald/clang-tidy-cache/utils"
+	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+
+	"github.com/ejfitzgerald/clang-tidy-cache/utils"
 )
 
 type DatabaseEntry struct {
@@ -32,6 +33,9 @@ func ExtractCompilationTarget(databaseRootPath string, target string) (*Database
 	defer jsonFile.Close()
 
 	bytes, err := ioutil.ReadAll(jsonFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 
 	var db Database
 	err = json.Unmarshal(bytes, &db)
@@ -39,11 +43,16 @@ func ExtractCompilationTarget(databaseRootPath string, target string) (*Database
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	// Find the entry that matches the target
 	for _, entry := range db {
+		entry.File = utils.NormalizePath(entry.File)
+		entry.Directory = utils.NormalizePath(entry.Directory)
+		target = utils.NormalizePath(target)
+
 		if entry.File == target || entry.File == filepath.Join(entry.Directory, target) {
 			return &entry, nil
 		}
 	}
 
-	return nil, errors.New("Unable to locate the compiler definition")
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to find the compiler definition for target %v", target)
 }
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 5e9527f..e380fdf 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -3,14 +3,15 @@ package main
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/ejfitzgerald/clang-tidy-cache/caches"
-	"github.com/ejfitzgerald/clang-tidy-cache/clang"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"os/user"
 	"path"
+
+	"github.com/ejfitzgerald/clang-tidy-cache/caches"
+	"github.com/ejfitzgerald/clang-tidy-cache/clang"
 )
 
 const VERSION = "0.3.0"
diff --git a/utils/fileSystem.go b/utils/fileSystem.go
index ea5f3ac..aa2ce9d 100644
--- a/utils/fileSystem.go
+++ b/utils/fileSystem.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 )
 
 // FindInParents searches for a file named filename in searchDir or any of it's
@@ -22,3 +23,32 @@ func FindInParents(searchDir string, filename string) (string, error) {
 	}
 	return FindInParents(parentDir, filename)
 }
+
+// Converts given path to Posix (replacing \ with /)
+//
+// @param {string} givenPath Path to convert
+//
+// @returns {string} Converted filepath
+func PosixifyPath(givenPath string) string {
+	return strings.ReplaceAll(givenPath, "\\", "/")
+}
+
+// NormalizePath normalizes the given path between Windows and POSIX
+// and removes the leading "./" if present
+//
+//	@param {string} path Path to normalize
+//
+//	@returns {string} Normalized path
+func NormalizePath(path string) string {
+	var normalizedPath string
+
+	// Normalize the path to use POSIX separators
+	normalizedPath = PosixifyPath(path)
+
+	// Remove the leading "./" if present
+	if normalizedPath[0:2] == "./" {
+		normalizedPath = normalizedPath[2:]
+	}
+
+	return normalizedPath
+}