diff --git a/kernel/api/notebook.go b/kernel/api/notebook.go
index 39b6842cb..b71037948 100644
--- a/kernel/api/notebook.go
+++ b/kernel/api/notebook.go
@@ -361,14 +361,14 @@ func setNotebookConf(c *gin.Context) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	boxConf.RefCreateSavePath = strings.TrimSpace(boxConf.RefCreateSavePath)
+	boxConf.RefCreateSavePath = util.TrimSpaceInPath(boxConf.RefCreateSavePath)
 	if "" != boxConf.RefCreateSavePath {
 		if !strings.HasSuffix(boxConf.RefCreateSavePath, "/") {
 			boxConf.RefCreateSavePath += "/"
 		}
 	}
 
-	boxConf.DailyNoteSavePath = strings.TrimSpace(boxConf.DailyNoteSavePath)
+	boxConf.DailyNoteSavePath = util.TrimSpaceInPath(boxConf.DailyNoteSavePath)
 	if "" != boxConf.DailyNoteSavePath {
 		if !strings.HasPrefix(boxConf.DailyNoteSavePath, "/") {
 			boxConf.DailyNoteSavePath = "/" + boxConf.DailyNoteSavePath
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ func setNotebookConf(c *gin.Context) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	boxConf.DailyNoteTemplatePath = strings.TrimSpace(boxConf.DailyNoteTemplatePath)
+	boxConf.DailyNoteTemplatePath = util.TrimSpaceInPath(boxConf.DailyNoteTemplatePath)
 	if "" != boxConf.DailyNoteTemplatePath {
 		if !strings.HasSuffix(boxConf.DailyNoteTemplatePath, ".md") {
 			boxConf.DailyNoteTemplatePath += ".md"
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ func setNotebookConf(c *gin.Context) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	boxConf.DocCreateSavePath = strings.TrimSpace(boxConf.DocCreateSavePath)
+	boxConf.DocCreateSavePath = util.TrimSpaceInPath(boxConf.DocCreateSavePath)
 
 	box.SaveConf(boxConf)
 	ret.Data = boxConf
diff --git a/kernel/api/setting.go b/kernel/api/setting.go
index 1d7d36ab6..e5765d64a 100644
--- a/kernel/api/setting.go
+++ b/kernel/api/setting.go
@@ -399,14 +399,14 @@ func setFiletree(c *gin.Context) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	fileTree.RefCreateSavePath = strings.TrimSpace(fileTree.RefCreateSavePath)
+	fileTree.RefCreateSavePath = util.TrimSpaceInPath(fileTree.RefCreateSavePath)
 	if "" != fileTree.RefCreateSavePath {
 		if !strings.HasSuffix(fileTree.RefCreateSavePath, "/") {
 			fileTree.RefCreateSavePath += "/"
 		}
 	}
 
-	fileTree.DocCreateSavePath = strings.TrimSpace(fileTree.DocCreateSavePath)
+	fileTree.DocCreateSavePath = util.TrimSpaceInPath(fileTree.DocCreateSavePath)
 
 	if 1 > fileTree.MaxOpenTabCount {
 		fileTree.MaxOpenTabCount = 8
diff --git a/kernel/util/path.go b/kernel/util/path.go
index b41a962a4..dab8e05f8 100644
--- a/kernel/util/path.go
+++ b/kernel/util/path.go
@@ -38,6 +38,15 @@ var (
 	UserAgent = "SiYuan/" + Ver
 )
 
+func TrimSpaceInPath(p string) string {
+	p = strings.ReplaceAll(p, "\\", "/")
+	parts := strings.Split(p, "/")
+	for i, part := range parts {
+		parts[i] = strings.TrimSpace(part)
+	}
+	return strings.Join(parts, "/")
+}
+
 func GetTreeID(treePath string) string {
 	if strings.Contains(treePath, "\\") {
 		return strings.TrimSuffix(filepath.Base(treePath), ".sy")