diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.fordiac.ide.library/src/org/eclipse/fordiac/ide/library/LibraryManager.java b/plugins/org.eclipse.fordiac.ide.library/src/org/eclipse/fordiac/ide/library/LibraryManager.java
index 5b5ac153fa..976e4f62ea 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.fordiac.ide.library/src/org/eclipse/fordiac/ide/library/LibraryManager.java
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.fordiac.ide.library/src/org/eclipse/fordiac/ide/library/LibraryManager.java
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.fordiac.ide.library;
 
+import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
-import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.nio.file.DirectoryStream.Filter;
 import java.nio.file.FileSystems;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
@@ -299,6 +299,11 @@ public java.net.URI extractLibrary(final Path path, final IProject project, fina
 		}
 		checkLibChanges();
 
+		// strip potential trailing slash
+		if (folderName.endsWith("/")) { //$NON-NLS-1$
+			folderName = folderName.substring(0, folderName.length() - 1);
+		}
+
 		final java.net.URI importURI = URIUtil.append(workspaceLibraryURI, folderName);
 
 		if (autoImport && project != null) {
@@ -1125,12 +1130,10 @@ public void addLibraryChangeListener() {
 	}
 
 	private static Path getStandardLibPath() {
-		try {
-			final Path fordiacInstallPath = Paths.get(Platform.getInstallLocation().getURL().toURI());
-			return fordiacInstallPath.resolve(TypeLibraryTags.TYPE_LIBRARY);
-		} catch (final URISyntaxException e) {
-			FordiacLogHelper.logError("Cannot resolve system lib path!", e); //$NON-NLS-1$
-		}
-		return null;
+		// go why a java file to handle any special characters in the installation
+		// location URL
+		final File installLocationFile = new File(Platform.getInstallLocation().getURL().getPath());
+		final Path fordiacInstallPath = installLocationFile.toPath();
+		return fordiacInstallPath.resolve(TypeLibraryTags.TYPE_LIBRARY);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.fordiac.ide.product/org.eclipse.fordiac.ide.product b/plugins/org.eclipse.fordiac.ide.product/org.eclipse.fordiac.ide.product
index f02ee07fbf..194d53fa91 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.fordiac.ide.product/org.eclipse.fordiac.ide.product
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.fordiac.ide.product/org.eclipse.fordiac.ide.product
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 -Dorg.eclipse.swt.graphics.Resource.reportNonDisposed=true
 -Declipse.e4.inject.javax.warning=false
 -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.defaultLogLevel=off
+-Dswt.autoScale=exact
 -XX:+UseG1GC
 -XX:+UseStringDeduplication
 -Dosgi.dataAreaRequiresExplicitInit=true