diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/questdb/factory/configuration/JournalConfigurationImpl.java b/core/src/main/java/com/questdb/factory/configuration/JournalConfigurationImpl.java
index bc4edbeb9c2638014eedf918ffa4c4cae2bdb990..99f867a3cac696253e87f654e55473aedccc1b0d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/questdb/factory/configuration/JournalConfigurationImpl.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/questdb/factory/configuration/JournalConfigurationImpl.java
@@ -160,17 +160,19 @@ class JournalConfigurationImpl implements JournalConfiguration {
         try (CompositePath oldName = new CompositePath()) {
             try (CompositePath newName = new CompositePath()) {
                 String path = journalBase.getAbsolutePath();
+
+                oldName.of(path).concat(location).$();
+                newName.of(path).concat(to).$();
+
+                if (!Files.exists(oldName)) {
+                    throw new JournalException("Journal does not exist");
+                }
+
                 if (Os.type == Os.WINDOWS) {
                     oldName.of("\\\\?\\").concat(path).concat(location).$();
                     newName.of("\\\\?\\").concat(path).concat(to).$();
-                } else {
-                    oldName.of(path).concat(location).$();
-                    newName.of(path).concat(to).$();
                 }
 
-                if (!Files.exists(oldName)) {
-                    throw new JournalException("Journal does not exist");
-                }
 
                 Lock lock = LockManager.lockExclusive(oldName.toString());
                 try {
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index b3dcb966470d9bc67b208055a2ea85005fe807de..fad35c42785154c861026e78d7cf751c338ba786 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
-    <version>1.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0.1</version>
     <groupId>org.questdb</groupId>
     <artifactId>examples</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>