diff --git a/common/common.cpp b/common/common.cpp
index 20be9291161ca..9071999a7a8e3 100644
--- a/common/common.cpp
+++ b/common/common.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <cstdarg>
 #include <cstring>
 #include <ctime>
+#include <filesystem>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <iterator>
@@ -62,7 +63,9 @@
 #ifdef __linux__
 #include <linux/limits.h>
 #elif defined(_WIN32)
-#define PATH_MAX MAX_PATH
+#   if !defined(PATH_MAX)
+#   define PATH_MAX MAX_PATH
+#   endif
 #else
 #include <sys/syslimits.h>
 #endif
@@ -1148,8 +1151,7 @@ static bool common_download_file(const std::string & url, const std::string & pa
 #endif
 
     // Check if the file already exists locally
-    struct stat model_file_info;
-    auto file_exists = (stat(path.c_str(), &model_file_info) == 0);
+    auto file_exists = std::filesystem::exists(path);
 
     // If the file exists, check its JSON metadata companion file.
     std::string metadata_path = path + ".json";
diff --git a/examples/run/run.cpp b/examples/run/run.cpp
index f89d041c44ac1..c28cee81d6726 100644
--- a/examples/run/run.cpp
+++ b/examples/run/run.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 #if defined(LLAMA_USE_CURL)
 #    include <curl/curl.h>
+#    include <io.h>
 #endif
 
 #include <climits>
@@ -253,7 +254,7 @@ class File {
                 return 1;
             }
 
-            OVERLAPPED overlapped = { 0 };
+            OVERLAPPED overlapped = {};
             if (!LockFileEx(hFile, LOCKFILE_EXCLUSIVE_LOCK | LOCKFILE_FAIL_IMMEDIATELY, 0, MAXDWORD, MAXDWORD,
                             &overlapped)) {
                 fd = -1;
@@ -277,7 +278,7 @@ class File {
         if (fd >= 0) {
 #    ifdef _WIN32
             if (hFile != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
-                OVERLAPPED overlapped = { 0 };
+                OVERLAPPED overlapped = {};
                 UnlockFileEx(hFile, 0, MAXDWORD, MAXDWORD, &overlapped);
             }
 #    else
@@ -293,7 +294,7 @@ class File {
   private:
     int fd = -1;
 #    ifdef _WIN32
-    HANDLE hFile;
+    HANDLE hFile = nullptr;
 #    endif
 };
 
@@ -464,7 +465,7 @@ class HttpClient {
         return (now_downloaded_plus_file_size * 100) / total_to_download;
     }
 
-    static std::string generate_progress_prefix(curl_off_t percentage) { return fmt("%3ld%% |", percentage); }
+    static std::string generate_progress_prefix(curl_off_t percentage) { return fmt("%3ld%% |", static_cast<long int>(percentage)); }
 
     static double calculate_speed(curl_off_t now_downloaded, const std::chrono::steady_clock::time_point & start_time) {
         const auto                          now             = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();