diff --git a/lib/helpers.js b/lib/helpers.js
index e532ffd..e9fb7bc 100644
--- a/lib/helpers.js
+++ b/lib/helpers.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ module.exports = function(config){
     },
     
     parseJSON: function(str) {
-      var scopePath = path.join("/", scope)
+      var scopePath = "/" + scope;
       var rx = RegExp("^" + scopePath, "i")
       
       try {
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ module.exports = function(config){
     
     scopedPath: function(fpath){
       if(scope){
-        var rx = RegExp("^" + path.join("/", scope))
+        var rx = RegExp("^" + "/" + scope)
         return fpath.replace(rx, "")
       }else{
         return fpath
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ module.exports = function(config){
     },
     
     filePath: function(fpath){
-      return path.join(config.scope, fpath)
+      return config.scope + '/' + fpath;
     },
     
     /**
@@ -120,13 +120,13 @@ module.exports = function(config){
       var filepath = obj.path ? qs.escape(obj.path) : ""
       
       // build full path
-      var fullpath = path.join(obj.hostname)
-          fullpath = path.join(fullpath, obj.version || "1")
-          fullpath = path.join(fullpath, obj.action)
-          fullpath = path.join(fullpath, rootpath)
-          fullpath = path.join(fullpath, scopepath)
-          fullpath = path.join(fullpath, filepath)
-      
+      var fullpath = obj.hostname;
+          fullpath += '/' + (obj.version || "1");
+          fullpath += '/' + obj.action;
+          fullpath += '/' + rootpath;
+          fullpath += '/' + scopepath;
+          fullpath += filepath;
+
       // add protocol
       var fullurl = "https://" + fullpath