diff --git a/src/btop_config.cpp b/src/btop_config.cpp
index 3a54a7d..4f4ce0d 100644
--- a/src/btop_config.cpp
+++ b/src/btop_config.cpp
@@ -160,8 +160,8 @@ namespace Config {
 
 		{"io_graph_combined", 	"#* Set to True to show combined read/write io graphs in io mode."},
 
-		{"io_graph_speeds", 	"#* Set the top speed for the io graphs in MiB/s (100 by default), use format \"mountpoint:speed\" separate disks with whitespace \" \".\n"
-								"#* Example: \"/mnt/media:100 /:20 /boot:1\"."},
+		{"io_graph_speeds", 	"#* Set the top speed for the io graphs in MiB/s (100 by default), use format \"device:\\speed\" separate disks with whitespace \" \".\n"
+								"#* Example: \"C:\\100 D:\\20 G:\\1\"."},
 
 		{"net_download", 		"#* Set fixed values for network graphs in Mebibits. Is only used if net_auto is also set to False."},
 
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ namespace Config {
 			const auto maps = ssplit(value);
 			bool all_good = true;
 			for (const auto& map : maps) {
-				const auto map_split = ssplit(map, ':');
+				const auto map_split = ssplit(map, '\\');
 				if (map_split.size() != 2)
 					all_good = false;
 				else if (map_split.at(0).empty() or not isint(map_split.at(1)))
diff --git a/src/btop_draw.cpp b/src/btop_draw.cpp
index e175a80..15e0b57 100644
--- a/src/btop_draw.cpp
+++ b/src/btop_draw.cpp
@@ -792,10 +792,10 @@ namespace Mem {
 						if (not Config::getS("io_graph_speeds").empty()) {
 							auto split = ssplit(Config::getS("io_graph_speeds"));
 							for (const auto& entry : split) {
-								auto vals = ssplit(entry);
-								if (vals.size() == 2 and mem.disks.contains(vals.at(0)) and isint(vals.at(1)))
+								auto vals = ssplit(entry, '\\');
+								if (vals.size() == 2 and mem.disks.contains(vals.at(0) + "\\") and isint(vals.at(1)))
 									try {
-										custom_speeds[vals.at(0)] = std::stoi(vals.at(1));
+										custom_speeds[vals.at(0) + "\\"] = std::stoi(vals.at(1));
 									}
 									catch (const std::out_of_range&) { continue; }
 							}
diff --git a/src/btop_menu.cpp b/src/btop_menu.cpp
index d895cf3..3f08689 100644
--- a/src/btop_menu.cpp
+++ b/src/btop_menu.cpp
@@ -438,10 +438,10 @@ namespace Menu {
 				"equals 100 percent in the io graphs.",
 				"(100 MiB/s by default).",
 				"",
-				"Format: \"device:speed\" separate disks with",
+				"Format: \"device:\\speed\" separate disks with",
 				"whitespace \" \".",
 				"",
-				"Example: \"/dev/sda:100, /dev/sdb:20\"."},
+				"Example: \"C:\\100, D:\\20\"."},
 			{"show_page",
 				"If page memory should be shown in memory box.",
 				"",