diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 951790c..3e3a753 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1554,8 +1554,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "lune-utils",
  "mlua",
  "mlua-luau-scheduler 0.0.1",
- "path-clean",
- "pathdiff",
  "tokio",
 ]
 
@@ -1648,8 +1646,11 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "lune-utils"
 version = "0.8.3"
 dependencies = [
+ "dunce",
  "mlua",
  "once_cell",
+ "path-clean",
+ "pathdiff",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/crates/lune-std/Cargo.toml b/crates/lune-std/Cargo.toml
index 883cdc0..2293e35 100644
--- a/crates/lune-std/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/lune-std/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ task = ["dep:lune-std-task"]
 mlua = "0.9.7"
 mlua-luau-scheduler = "0.0.1"
 
-path-clean = "1.0"
-pathdiff = "0.2"
-
 tokio = { version = "1", default-features = false, features = ["fs"] }
 
 lune-utils = { version = "0.8.3", path = "../lune-utils" }
diff --git a/crates/lune-std/src/globals/require/alias.rs b/crates/lune-std/src/globals/require/alias.rs
index 0818f88..38a822a 100644
--- a/crates/lune-std/src/globals/require/alias.rs
+++ b/crates/lune-std/src/globals/require/alias.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use mlua::prelude::*;
 
 use lune_utils::{
     luaurc::LuauRc,
-    paths::{make_absolute_and_clean, CWD},
+    path::{clean_path_and_make_absolute, diff_path, get_current_dir},
 };
 
 use super::context::*;
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ where
 {
     let alias = alias.to_ascii_lowercase();
 
-    let parent = make_absolute_and_clean(source)
+    let parent = clean_path_and_make_absolute(source)
         .parent()
         .expect("how did a root path end up here..")
         .to_path_buf();
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ where
     // We now have our aliased path, our path require function just needs it
     // in a slightly different format with both absolute + relative to cwd
     let abs_path = luaurc.find_alias(&alias).unwrap().join(path);
-    let rel_path = pathdiff::diff_paths(&abs_path, CWD.as_path()).ok_or_else(|| {
+    let rel_path = diff_path(&abs_path, get_current_dir()).ok_or_else(|| {
         LuaError::runtime(format!("failed to find relative path for alias '{alias}'"))
     })?;
 
diff --git a/crates/lune-std/src/globals/require/context.rs b/crates/lune-std/src/globals/require/context.rs
index 102b804..8e2ded3 100644
--- a/crates/lune-std/src/globals/require/context.rs
+++ b/crates/lune-std/src/globals/require/context.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ use tokio::{
     },
 };
 
+use lune_utils::path::{clean_path, clean_path_and_make_absolute};
+
 use crate::library::LuneStandardLibrary;
 
 /**
@@ -64,12 +66,8 @@ impl RequireContext {
             .ok_or_else(|| LuaError::runtime("Failed to get parent path of source"))?
             .join(path.as_ref());
 
-        let rel_path = path_clean::clean(path);
-        let abs_path = if rel_path.is_absolute() {
-            rel_path.to_path_buf()
-        } else {
-            CWD.join(&rel_path)
-        };
+        let abs_path = clean_path_and_make_absolute(path);
+        let rel_path = clean_path(path);
 
         Ok((abs_path, rel_path))
     }
diff --git a/crates/lune-utils/Cargo.toml b/crates/lune-utils/Cargo.toml
index b31ea42..e3a2fed 100644
--- a/crates/lune-utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/lune-utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,4 +13,7 @@ workspace = true
 [dependencies]
 mlua = { version = "0.9.7", features = ["async"] }
 
+dunce = "1.0"
 once_cell = "1.17"
+path-clean = "1.0"
+pathdiff = "0.2"
diff --git a/crates/lune-utils/src/lib.rs b/crates/lune-utils/src/lib.rs
index cd9136e..38738cc 100644
--- a/crates/lune-utils/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/lune-utils/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,5 +3,7 @@
 mod table_builder;
 mod version_string;
 
+pub mod path;
+
 pub use self::table_builder::TableBuilder;
 pub use self::version_string::get_version_string;
diff --git a/crates/lune-utils/src/path.rs b/crates/lune-utils/src/path.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a510e22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/lune-utils/src/path.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+use std::{
+    env::{current_dir, current_exe},
+    path::{Path, PathBuf},
+    sync::Arc,
+};
+
+use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
+use path_clean::PathClean;
+
+static CWD: Lazy<Arc<Path>> = Lazy::new(create_cwd);
+static EXE: Lazy<Arc<Path>> = Lazy::new(create_exe);
+
+fn create_cwd() -> Arc<Path> {
+    let cwd = current_dir().expect("failed to find current working directory");
+    dunce::canonicalize(cwd)
+        .expect("failed to canonicalize current working directory")
+        .into()
+}
+
+fn create_exe() -> Arc<Path> {
+    let exe = current_exe().expect("failed to find current executable");
+    dunce::canonicalize(exe)
+        .expect("failed to canonicalize current executable")
+        .into()
+}
+
+/**
+    Gets the current working directory as an absolute path.
+
+    This absolute path is canonicalized and does not contain any `.` or `..`
+    components, and it is also in a friendly (non-UNC) format.
+*/
+#[must_use]
+pub fn get_current_dir() -> Arc<Path> {
+    Arc::clone(&CWD)
+}
+
+/**
+    Gets the path to the current executable as an absolute path.
+
+    This absolute path is canonicalized and does not contain any `.` or `..`
+    components, and it is also in a friendly (non-UNC) format.
+*/
+#[must_use]
+pub fn get_current_exe() -> Arc<Path> {
+    Arc::clone(&EXE)
+}
+
+/**
+    Diffs two paths against each other.
+
+    See the [`pathdiff`] crate for more information on what diffing paths does.
+*/
+pub fn diff_path(path: impl AsRef<Path>, base: impl AsRef<Path>) -> Option<PathBuf> {
+    pathdiff::diff_paths(path, base)
+}
+
+/**
+    Cleans a path.
+
+    See the [`path_clean`] crate for more information on what cleaning a path does.
+*/
+pub fn clean_path(path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> PathBuf {
+    path.as_ref().clean()
+}
+
+/**
+    Makes a path absolute and then cleans it.
+
+    Relative paths are resolved against the current working directory.
+
+    See the [`path_clean`] crate for more information on what cleaning a path does.
+*/
+pub fn clean_path_and_make_absolute(path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> PathBuf {
+    let path = path.as_ref();
+    if path.is_relative() {
+        CWD.join(path).clean()
+    } else {
+        path.clean()
+    }
+}