diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f3bfeb4..a6f32a6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ mock-api/
 ├── v1
 │   ├── user
 │   │   ├── 1.json
-│   │   └── 2.json
+│   │   ├── 2.json
+|   |   └── [any].json
 │   ├── user.json
 │   └── user.post.json
 └── v2
diff --git a/examples/mock-api/v1/*.get.json b/examples/mock-api/v1/*.get.json
deleted file mode 100644
index bbda069..0000000
--- a/examples/mock-api/v1/*.get.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "message": "this is the content of *.get.json, files with wildcard should be registered at the end"
-}
diff --git a/examples/mock-api/v1/[any].get.json b/examples/mock-api/v1/[any].get.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..deb9eaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/mock-api/v1/[any].get.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "message": "this is the content of [any].get.json, files with wildcard should be registered at the end"
+}
diff --git a/examples/mock-api/v1/*/company.json b/examples/mock-api/v1/[any]/company.json
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/mock-api/v1/*/company.json
rename to examples/mock-api/v1/[any]/company.json
diff --git a/src/service/endpoint-registration.service.js b/src/service/endpoint-registration.service.js
index 557b73e..b0ffe71 100644
--- a/src/service/endpoint-registration.service.js
+++ b/src/service/endpoint-registration.service.js
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ const ajv = new Ajv()
 // this is being used for directories which have the same name as a file like /test.jpg/medium
 // you would name that file /test.jpg---medium.jpg
 const SLASH_ALIAS = '---'
+// Windows does not support the asterisk character '*' in file names, as a result,
+//  we need to support an alias for cross-platform support
+//  NOTE: if this is changed, make sure to change it in compareEndpointsBySpecificity too
+const WILDCARD_ALIAS = '[any]'
 const maxNumberOfLogEntriesInCompactMode = 2
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line require-jsdoc
@@ -51,6 +55,7 @@ export class EndpointRegistrationService {
       .replace(this.mockFileRoot, '')
       .replace(SLASH_ALIAS, '/')
       .replace(SLASH_ALIAS, '/')
+      .replace(WILDCARD_ALIAS, '*')
     if (fileType.removeFileExtension === true) {
       mapping = mapping.replace(fileType.extension, '')
     }
diff --git a/src/utilities/sorting.js b/src/utilities/sorting.js
index 01d380f..f8f0a82 100644
--- a/src/utilities/sorting.js
+++ b/src/utilities/sorting.js
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
  * @return {number}
  */
 export function compareEndpointsBySpecificity (pathA, pathB) {
-  const wildcardsA = (pathA.match(/\*/g) || [])
-  const wildcardsB = (pathB.match(/\*/g) || [])
+  const wildcardsA = (pathA.match(/(\*|\[any\])/g) || [])
+  const wildcardsB = (pathB.match(/(\*|\[any\])/g) || [])
 
   if (wildcardsA.length > 0 && wildcardsB.length > 0) {
     // If the number of wildcards is the same, compare their positions