diff --git a/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/common/Environment.java b/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/common/Environment.java
index 3043c5a92..d9dec7b89 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/common/Environment.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/common/Environment.java
@@ -34,10 +34,7 @@ public class Environment {
 	private static final String PLUGIN_DIR_PROP_NAME = "cryptomator.pluginDir";
 	private static final String TRAY_ICON_PROP_NAME = "cryptomator.showTrayIcon";
 
-	private Environment() {
-		//hack, needed for logging directory to be setup correctly
-		PropertiesPreprocessor.run();
-	}
+	private Environment() {}
 
 	public void log() {
 		LOG.info("user.home: {}", System.getProperty("user.home"));
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/common/PropertiesPreprocessor.java b/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/common/PropertiesPreprocessor.java
index 7dcda19ee..683b04aa2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/common/PropertiesPreprocessor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/common/PropertiesPreprocessor.java
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ public class PropertiesPreprocessor {
 		return TEMPLATE.matcher(value).replaceAll(match -> //
 				switch (match.group(1)) {
 					case "appdir" -> ENV.get("APPDIR");
-					case "appdata" -> ENV.get("APPDATA").replace("\\","\\\\");
-					case "localappdata" -> ENV.get("LOCALAPPDATA").replace("\\","\\\\");
-					case "userhome" -> System.getProperty("user.home").replace("\\","\\\\");
+					case "appdata" -> ENV.get("APPDATA");
+					case "localappdata" -> ENV.get("LOCALAPPDATA");
+					case "userhome" -> System.getProperty("user.home");
 					default -> {
 						LOG.warn("Found unknown variable @{{}} in property value {}.", match.group(), value);
 						yield match.group();
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/launcher/Cryptomator.java b/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/launcher/Cryptomator.java
index faf88c91a..f08d70c37 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/launcher/Cryptomator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/launcher/Cryptomator.java
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 @Singleton
 public class Cryptomator {
 
-	private static final Environment ENV = Environment.getInstance();
 	private static final long STARTUP_TIME = System.currentTimeMillis();
 	// DaggerCryptomatorComponent gets generated by Dagger.
 	// Run Maven and include target/generated-sources/annotations in your IDE.
@@ -38,13 +37,15 @@ public class Cryptomator {
 
 	private final DebugMode debugMode;
 	private final SupportedLanguages supportedLanguages;
+	private final Environment env;
 	private final Lazy<IpcMessageHandler> ipcMessageHandler;
 	private final ShutdownHook shutdownHook;
 
 	@Inject
-	Cryptomator(DebugMode debugMode, SupportedLanguages supportedLanguages, Lazy<IpcMessageHandler> ipcMessageHandler, ShutdownHook shutdownHook) {
+	Cryptomator(DebugMode debugMode, SupportedLanguages supportedLanguages, Environment env, Lazy<IpcMessageHandler> ipcMessageHandler, ShutdownHook shutdownHook) {
 		this.debugMode = debugMode;
 		this.supportedLanguages = supportedLanguages;
+		this.env = env;
 		this.ipcMessageHandler = ipcMessageHandler;
 		this.shutdownHook = shutdownHook;
 	}
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ public class Cryptomator {
 			System.out.printf("Cryptomator version %s (build %s)%n", appVer, buildNumber);
 			return;
 		}
+		PropertiesPreprocessor.run();
 		int exitCode = CRYPTOMATOR_COMPONENT.application().run(args);
 		LOG.info("Exit {}", exitCode);
 		System.exit(exitCode); // end remaining non-daemon threads.
@@ -75,9 +77,9 @@ public class Cryptomator {
 	 * @return Nonzero exit code in case of an error.
 	 */
 	private int run(String[] args) {
-		ENV.log();
+		env.log();
 		LOG.debug("Dagger graph initialized after {}ms", System.currentTimeMillis() - STARTUP_TIME);
-		LOG.info("Starting Cryptomator {} on {} {} ({})", ENV.getAppVersion(), SystemUtils.OS_NAME, SystemUtils.OS_VERSION, SystemUtils.OS_ARCH);
+		LOG.info("Starting Cryptomator {} on {} {} ({})", env.getAppVersion(), SystemUtils.OS_NAME, SystemUtils.OS_VERSION, SystemUtils.OS_ARCH);
 		debugMode.initialize();
 		supportedLanguages.applyPreferred();
 
@@ -85,7 +87,7 @@ public class Cryptomator {
 		 * Attempts to create an IPC connection to a running Cryptomator instance and sends it the given args.
 		 * If no external process could be reached, the args will be handled by the loopback IPC endpoint.
 		 */
-		try (var communicator = IpcCommunicator.create(ENV.ipcSocketPath().toList())) {
+		try (var communicator = IpcCommunicator.create(env.ipcSocketPath().toList())) {
 			if (communicator.isClient()) {
 				communicator.sendHandleLaunchargs(List.of(args));
 				communicator.sendRevealRunningApp();