diff --git a/electron/handlers/fs.ts b/electron/handlers/fs.ts
index fdfaba6063..a7b4b3d9a5 100644
--- a/electron/handlers/fs.ts
+++ b/electron/handlers/fs.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { ipcMain } from 'electron'
 
 import { FileSystemRoute } from '@janhq/core'
 import { userSpacePath } from '../utils/path'
-import { join } from 'path'
+import { join, sep } from 'path'
 /**
  * Handles file system operations.
  */
@@ -13,12 +13,19 @@ export function handleFsIPCs() {
       return import(moduleName).then((mdl) =>
         mdl[route](
           ...args.map((arg) =>
-            typeof arg === 'string' && arg.includes('file:/')
-              ? join(userSpacePath, arg.replace('file:/', ''))
+            typeof arg === 'string' &&
+            (arg.includes(`file:/`) || arg.includes(`file:\\`))
+              ? join(
+                  userSpacePath,
+                  arg.replace(`file://`, '')
+                  .replace(`file:/`, '')
+                  .replace(`file:\\\\`, '')
+                  .replace(`file:\\`, '')
+                )
               : arg
           )
         )
       )
     })
   })
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/extensions/inference-nitro-extension/src/index.ts b/extensions/inference-nitro-extension/src/index.ts
index 595866b35b..4503946471 100644
--- a/extensions/inference-nitro-extension/src/index.ts
+++ b/extensions/inference-nitro-extension/src/index.ts
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ export default class JanInferenceNitroExtension implements InferenceExtension {
     // Attempt to fetch nvidia info
     await executeOnMain(MODULE, "updateNvidiaInfo", {});
 
-    const gpuDriverConf = await fs.readFile(
-      join(__dirname, "bin", "nvidia.json")
+    const gpuDriverConf = await fs.readFileSync(
+      join(JanInferenceNitroExtension._settingsDir, "settings.json")
     );
     if (gpuDriverConf.notify && gpuDriverConf.run_mode === "cpu") {
       // Driver is fully installed, but not in use
diff --git a/extensions/inference-nitro-extension/src/module.ts b/extensions/inference-nitro-extension/src/module.ts
index acd51fc74b..963962fa9d 100644
--- a/extensions/inference-nitro-extension/src/module.ts
+++ b/extensions/inference-nitro-extension/src/module.ts
@@ -18,10 +18,26 @@ const NITRO_HTTP_KILL_URL = `${NITRO_HTTP_SERVER_URL}/processmanager/destroy`;
 const SUPPORTED_MODEL_FORMAT = ".gguf";
 const NVIDIA_INFO_FILE = path.join(
   require("os").homedir(),
+  "jan",
   "settings",
   "settings.json"
 );
 
+const DEFALT_SETTINGS = {
+  "notify": false,
+  "run_mode": "cpu",
+  "nvidia_driver": {
+    "exist": false,
+    "version": ""
+  },
+  "cuda": {
+    "exist": false,
+    "version": ""
+  },
+  "gpus": [],
+  "gpu_highest_vram": ""
+}
+
 // The subprocess instance for Nitro
 let subprocess = undefined;
 let currentModelFile: string = undefined;
@@ -43,7 +59,13 @@ async function updateNvidiaDriverInfo(): Promise<void> {
   exec(
     "nvidia-smi --query-gpu=driver_version --format=csv,noheader",
     (error, stdout) => {
-      let data = JSON.parse(readFileSync(NVIDIA_INFO_FILE, "utf8"));
+      let data;
+      try {
+        data = JSON.parse(readFileSync(NVIDIA_INFO_FILE, "utf8"));
+      } catch (error) {
+        data = DEFALT_SETTINGS;
+      }
+      // let data = JSON.parse(readFileSync(NVIDIA_INFO_FILE, "utf8"));
 
       if (!error) {
         const firstLine = stdout.split("\n")[0].trim();
@@ -86,7 +108,14 @@ function updateCudaExistence() {
     (file) => existsSync(file) || checkFileExistenceInPaths(file, paths)
   );
 
-  let data = JSON.parse(readFileSync(NVIDIA_INFO_FILE, "utf8"));
+  let data;
+  try {
+    data = JSON.parse(readFileSync(NVIDIA_INFO_FILE, "utf8"));
+  } catch (error) {
+    data = DEFALT_SETTINGS;
+  }
+
+  // let data = JSON.parse(readFileSync(NVIDIA_INFO_FILE, "utf8"));
   data["cuda"].exist = cudaExists;
   writeFileSync(NVIDIA_INFO_FILE, JSON.stringify(data, null, 2));
 }
@@ -95,7 +124,13 @@ async function updateGpuInfo(): Promise<void> {
   exec(
     "nvidia-smi --query-gpu=index,memory.total --format=csv,noheader,nounits",
     (error, stdout) => {
-      let data = JSON.parse(readFileSync(NVIDIA_INFO_FILE, "utf8"));
+      let data;
+      try {
+        data = JSON.parse(readFileSync(NVIDIA_INFO_FILE, "utf8"));
+      } catch (error) {
+        data = DEFALT_SETTINGS;
+      }
+      // let data = JSON.parse(readFileSync(NVIDIA_INFO_FILE, "utf8"));
 
       if (!error) {
         // Get GPU info and gpu has higher memory first