diff --git a/cheapcash.go b/cheapcash.go
index fc75eb6..891adc0 100644
--- a/cheapcash.go
+++ b/cheapcash.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package cheapcash
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+	"strings"
 
 	"sync"
 )
@@ -22,6 +23,10 @@ func Default() *Cache {
 }
 
 func New(path string) *Cache {
+	if !strings.HasSuffix(path, "/") {
+		path += "/"
+	}
+
 	return &Cache{
 		Path: path,
 	}
diff --git a/cheapcash_test.go b/cheapcash_test.go
index 0bd1cda..e257fec 100644
--- a/cheapcash_test.go
+++ b/cheapcash_test.go
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ func TestDefault(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestNew(t *testing.T) {
 	c := cheapcash.New("/somewhere")
-	if c.Path != "/somewhere" {
-		t.Error("expected path to return /somewhere, got:", c.Path)
+	if c.Path != "/somewhere/" {
+		t.Error("expected path to return /somewhere/, got:", c.Path)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/delete.go b/delete.go
index bf6835c..f5e2c7f 100644
--- a/delete.go
+++ b/delete.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package cheapcash
 import "os"
 
 func (c *Cache) Delete(key string) error {
-	check, err := c.Exists(c.Path + "/" + key)
+	check, err := c.Exists(c.Path + key)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ func (c *Cache) Delete(key string) error {
 		return ErrNotExists
 	}
 
-	err = os.Remove(sanitizePath(c.Path + "/" + key))
+	err = os.Remove(sanitizePath(c.Path + key))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/writer.go b/writer.go
index 74318dc..69787d1 100644
--- a/writer.go
+++ b/writer.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ func (c *Cache) Write(key string, value []byte) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	check, err := c.Exists(key)
+	check, err := c.Exists(c.Path + key)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}