src/main/main.cpp   | 10 +++++++++-
 src/split/split.cpp | 11 ++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/main/main.cpp b/src/main/main.cpp
index f49c8f5..b566aa2 100644
--- a/src/main/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main/main.cpp
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 using boost::filesystem::path;
 
 path make_path(const std::string& str) {
-	return path(str, boost::filesystem::native);
+	return path(str);
 }
 
 void doing(int verbosity, const std::string& str, tee& log) {
@@ -661,7 +661,11 @@ Thank you!\n";
 					cpu, seed, verbosity, max_modes_sz, energy_range, log);
 	}
 	catch(file_error& e) {
+#if defined(BOOST_FILESYSTEM_VERSION) && BOOST_FILESYSTEM_VERSION >= 3
+		std::cerr << "\n\nError: could not open \"" << e.name.string() << "\" for " << (e.in ? "reading" : "writing") << ".\n";
+#else
 		std::cerr << "\n\nError: could not open \"" << e.name.native_file_string() << "\" for " << (e.in ? "reading" : "writing") << ".\n";
+#endif
 		return 1;
 	}
 	catch(boost::filesystem::filesystem_error& e) {
@@ -673,7 +677,11 @@ Thank you!\n";
 		return 1;
 	}
 	catch(parse_error& e) {
+#if defined(BOOST_FILESYSTEM_VERSION) && BOOST_FILESYSTEM_VERSION >= 3
+		std::cerr << "\n\nParse error on line " << e.line << " in file \"" << e.file.string() << "\": " << e.reason << '\n';
+#else
 		std::cerr << "\n\nParse error on line " << e.line << " in file \"" << e.file.native_file_string() << "\": " << e.reason << '\n';
+#endif
 		return 1;
 	}
 	catch(std::bad_alloc&) {
diff --git a/src/split/split.cpp b/src/split/split.cpp
index 54c614b..bc5530e 100644
--- a/src/split/split.cpp
+++ b/src/split/split.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 using boost::filesystem::path;
 
 path make_path(const std::string& str) {
-	return path(str, boost::filesystem::native);
+	return path(str);
 }
 
 std::string default_prefix(const std::string& input_name, const std::string& add) {
@@ -208,7 +208,12 @@ Thank you!\n";
 		write_multimodel_pdbqt(tmp, ligand_prefix, flex_prefix);
 	}
 	catch(file_error& e) {
+
+#if defined(BOOST_FILESYSTEM_VERSION) && BOOST_FILESYSTEM_VERSION >= 3
+		std::cerr << "\n\nError: could not open \"" << e.name.string() << "\" for " << (e.in ? "reading" : "writing") << ".\n";
+#else
 		std::cerr << "\n\nError: could not open \"" << e.name.native_file_string() << "\" for " << (e.in ? "reading" : "writing") << ".\n";
+#endif
 		return 1;
 	}
 	catch(boost::filesystem::filesystem_error& e) {
@@ -220,7 +225,11 @@ Thank you!\n";
 		return 1;
 	}
 	catch(parse_error& e) {
+#if defined(BOOST_FILESYSTEM_VERSION) && BOOST_FILESYSTEM_VERSION >= 3
+		std::cerr << "\n\nParse error on line " << e.line << " in file \"" << e.file.string() << "\": " << e.reason << '\n';
+#else
 		std::cerr << "\n\nParse error on line " << e.line << " in file \"" << e.file.native_file_string() << "\": " << e.reason << '\n';
+#endif
 		return 1;
 	}
 	catch(std::bad_alloc&) {