diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index eba1c99..92811a5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ license = "MIT"
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.82"
+dunce = "1.0.4"
 toml = "0.8.12"
 insta = { version = "1.38.0", features = ["yaml"] }
 pyo3 = "0.21.2"
diff --git a/crates/analyzer/Cargo.toml b/crates/analyzer/Cargo.toml
index d6ca218..a4d0953 100644
--- a/crates/analyzer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/analyzer/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ readme = "../../README.md"
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow.workspace = true
+dunce.workspace = true
 quote.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/analyzer/src/analyze/crate_.rs b/crates/analyzer/src/analyze/crate_.rs
index 2710d6b..ecf9fb3 100644
--- a/crates/analyzer/src/analyze/crate_.rs
+++ b/crates/analyzer/src/analyze/crate_.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ use super::{Enum, Module, Struct};
 
 pub fn analyze_crate(path: &str) -> Result<AnalysisResult> {
     // make the path absolute
+    // TODO we use dunce to canonicalize the path because otherwise there is issues with python's os.path.relpath on windows, but maybe we should fix this on the Python side
     let path =
-        std::fs::canonicalize(path).context(format!("Error resolving crate path: {}", path))?;
+        dunce::canonicalize(path).context(format!("Error resolving crate path: {}", path))?;
     // check the path is a directory
     if !path.is_dir() {
         return Err(anyhow::anyhow!(format!(
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index 4b74ca6..244e721 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ Add `sphinx_rust` to your `conf.py`, and specifiy the paths to the Rust crates y
         "../path/to/crate",
         ...
     ]
-    rust_viewcode = True  # Optional: add "View Source" links
     ...
 
 Now add a `toctree` in your `index.rst`, to point towards the generated documentation for each crate
diff --git a/python/sphinx_rust/config.py b/python/sphinx_rust/config.py
index 2723874..03d8ec4 100644
--- a/python/sphinx_rust/config.py
+++ b/python/sphinx_rust/config.py
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ def add_configs(app: Sphinx) -> None:
         """Add the configuration values for the Rust domain."""
         app.add_config_value("rust_crates", [], "env")
         app.add_config_value("rust_doc_formats", {}, "env")
-        app.add_config_value("rust_viewcode", False, "env")
+        app.add_config_value("rust_viewcode", True, "env")
diff --git a/python/sphinx_rust/directives/_core.py b/python/sphinx_rust/directives/_core.py
index c41ba61..c6570c4 100644
--- a/python/sphinx_rust/directives/_core.py
+++ b/python/sphinx_rust/directives/_core.py
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ def create_source_xref(
     *,
     warn_dangling: bool = False,
     text: str | None = None,
+    classes: list[str] | None = None,
 ) -> addnodes.pending_xref:
     """Create a cross-reference node to the source-code of a rust object.
 
@@ -203,6 +204,7 @@ def create_source_xref(
         "refexplicit": True,
         "refwarn": warn_dangling,
         "reftarget": f"rust-code:{full_name}",
+        "classes": classes or [],
     }
     ref = addnodes.pending_xref(full_name, **options)
     text = full_name.split("::")[-1] if text is None else text
diff --git a/python/sphinx_rust/directives/crate.py b/python/sphinx_rust/directives/crate.py
index 63dffcb..27d4522 100644
--- a/python/sphinx_rust/directives/crate.py
+++ b/python/sphinx_rust/directives/crate.py
@@ -75,12 +75,11 @@ def run(self) -> list[nodes.Node]:
         self.rust_domain.note_object(crate.name, "crate", node_id, signature)
 
         if self.rust_config.rust_viewcode and crate_mod and crate_mod.file:
-            root += nodes.paragraph(
-                "",
-                "",
-                create_source_xref(
-                    self.env.docname, crate_mod.path_str, text="[View Source]"
-                ),
+            signature += create_source_xref(
+                self.env.docname,
+                crate_mod.path_str,
+                text="[source]",
+                classes=["viewcode-link"],
             )
 
         if crate_mod and crate_mod.docstring:
diff --git a/python/sphinx_rust/directives/module.py b/python/sphinx_rust/directives/module.py
index 2b5fb3c..ec446b4 100644
--- a/python/sphinx_rust/directives/module.py
+++ b/python/sphinx_rust/directives/module.py
@@ -64,12 +64,11 @@ def run(self) -> list[nodes.Node]:
         self.rust_domain.note_object(module.path_str, "module", node_id, signature)
 
         if self.rust_config.rust_viewcode and module and module.file:
-            root += nodes.paragraph(
-                "",
-                "",
-                create_source_xref(
-                    self.env.docname, module.path_str, text="[View Source]"
-                ),
+            signature += create_source_xref(
+                self.env.docname,
+                module.path_str,
+                text="[source]",
+                classes=["viewcode-link"],
             )
 
         if module.docstring:
diff --git a/python/sphinx_rust/domain.py b/python/sphinx_rust/domain.py
index e33da5c..684f2b3 100644
--- a/python/sphinx_rust/domain.py
+++ b/python/sphinx_rust/domain.py
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ def create_code_pages(crate_name: str, srcdir: Path, cache: Path) -> None:
         code_folder = srcdir.joinpath("api", "crates", crate_name, "code")
         code_folder.mkdir(exist_ok=True, parents=True)
         for full_name, file_path in modules:
-            rel_path = os.path.relpath(file_path, code_folder)
+            rel_path = os.path.relpath(Path(file_path), code_folder)
             # note, this is available only in Python 3.12+
             # rel_path = Path(file_path).relative_to(code_folder, walk_up=True)
             # TODO only write the file if it doesn't exist or is different