diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 07ff0f4..e5d92a4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <groupId>com.pablissimo.sonar</groupId>
   <artifactId>sonar-typescript-plugin</artifactId>
   <packaging>sonar-plugin</packaging>
-  <version>0.99-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.99.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
   <name>TypeScript</name>
   <description>Analyse TypeScript projects</description>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/pablissimo/sonar/LCOVParserImpl.java b/src/main/java/com/pablissimo/sonar/LCOVParserImpl.java
index 7648560..60439d7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/pablissimo/sonar/LCOVParserImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/pablissimo/sonar/LCOVParserImpl.java
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.InvalidPathException;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
@@ -148,14 +150,25 @@ private static void logWrongDataWarning(String dataType, String lineNumber, Ille
   private FileData loadCurrentFileData(final Map<InputFile, FileData> files, String line) {
     String filePath = line.substring(SF.length());
     FileData fileData = null;
-    // some tools (like Istanbul, Karma) provide relative paths, so let's consider them relative to project directory
-    InputFile inputFile = context.fileSystem().inputFile(context.fileSystem().predicates().hasPath(filePath));
     
+    // some tools (like Istanbul, Karma) provide relative paths, so let's consider them relative to project directory
+    InputFile inputFile = null;
+    try {
+        Paths.get(filePath);
+        inputFile = context.fileSystem().inputFile(context.fileSystem().predicates().hasPath(filePath));    
+    }
+    catch (InvalidPathException ex) {
+        LOG.debug("LCOV file referred to path that appears invalid (not just not on disk): " + filePath);
+    }   
+        
     // Try to accommodate Angular projects that, when the angular template loader's used
     // by checking for a ! in the filepath if the path isn't found - have a bash at seeking
     // everything after the ! as a second fallback pass
     if (inputFile == null && filePath.contains("!") && (filePath.indexOf("!") + 1) < filePath.length()) {
         String amendedPath = filePath.substring(filePath.indexOf("!") + 1);
+        
+        LOG.debug("Failed to resolve " + filePath + " as a valid source file, so attempting " + amendedPath + " instead");
+        
         inputFile = context.fileSystem().inputFile(context.fileSystem().predicates().hasPath(amendedPath));
     }
     
@@ -166,6 +179,7 @@ private FileData loadCurrentFileData(final Map<InputFile, FileData> files, Strin
         files.put(inputFile, fileData);
       }
     } else {
+      LOG.debug("Failed to resolve path " + filePath + " to a file in the analysis set");
       unresolvedPaths.add(filePath);
     }
     return fileData;
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/pablissimo/sonar/LCOVParserImplTest.java b/src/test/java/com/pablissimo/sonar/LCOVParserImplTest.java
index f793ce2..e37a886 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/pablissimo/sonar/LCOVParserImplTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/pablissimo/sonar/LCOVParserImplTest.java
@@ -119,6 +119,11 @@ public void parseFileThrowsWhenFileDoesNotExist() {
         parser.parseFile(nonExistent);
     }
     
+    @Test
+    public void doesNotThrow_withWindowsStyleAngularCLIPaths() {
+        executeForTestCase("angularwindowspaths");
+    }
+    
     private Map<InputFile, NewCoverage> executeForTestCase(String testName) {
         File lcovFile = resource(testName);
         LCOVParser parser = getParser(lcovFile);
diff --git a/src/test/resources/lcov/angularwindowspaths.lcov b/src/test/resources/lcov/angularwindowspaths.lcov
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80c0f74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/lcov/angularwindowspaths.lcov
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+SF:C:/path/to/template/loader.js!C:\path\to\file.ts
+DA:1,3
+end_of_record
\ No newline at end of file