diff --git a/ecstore/src/disk/endpoint.rs b/ecstore/src/disk/endpoint.rs
index 8c90d35dc..16edab64e 100644
--- a/ecstore/src/disk/endpoint.rs
+++ b/ecstore/src/disk/endpoint.rs
@@ -30,13 +30,7 @@ pub struct Endpoint {
 impl Display for Endpoint {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
         if self.url.scheme() == "file" {
-            write!(
-                f,
-                "{}",
-                fs::canonicalize(self.url.path())
-                    .map_err(|_| std::fmt::Error)?
-                    .to_string_lossy()
-            )
+            write!(f, "{}", self.url.path())
         } else {
             write!(f, "{}", self.url)
         }
diff --git a/ecstore/src/store.rs b/ecstore/src/store.rs
index 0ac2cca62..7e3124cf0 100644
--- a/ecstore/src/store.rs
+++ b/ecstore/src/store.rs
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ impl ECStore {
         if !is_dist_erasure().await {
             let mut global_local_disk_map = GLOBAL_LOCAL_DISK_MAP.write().await;
             for disk in local_disks {
-                let path = disk.path().to_string_lossy().to_string();
+                let path = disk.endpoint().to_string();
                 global_local_disk_map.insert(path, Some(disk.clone()));
             }
         }
@@ -992,7 +992,7 @@ pub async fn init_local_disks(endpoint_pools: EndpointServerPools) -> Result<()>
 
             let disk = new_disk(ep, opt).await?;
 
-            let path = disk.path().to_string_lossy().to_string();
+            let path = disk.endpoint().to_string();
 
             global_local_disk_map.insert(path, Some(disk.clone()));