diff --git a/g2log/src/g2logworker.cpp b/g2log/src/g2logworker.cpp
index 7844d52..76df032 100644
--- a/g2log/src/g2logworker.cpp
+++ b/g2log/src/g2logworker.cpp
@@ -72,6 +72,27 @@ std::string prefixSanityFix(std::string prefix)
 }
 
 
+std::string pathSanityFix(std::string path, std::string file_name) {
+	// Unify the delimeters,. maybe sketchy solution but it seems to work
+	// on at least win7 + ubuntu. All bets are off for older windows
+	std::replace(path.begin(), path.end(), '\\', '/');
+
+	// clean up in case of multiples
+	auto contains_end = [&](std::string& in) -> bool { 
+		size_t size = in.size();
+		if(!size) return false;
+		char end = in[size-1]; 
+		return (end == '/' || end == ' '); 
+	}; 
+
+    while(contains_end(path))
+		path.erase(path.size()-1);
+	path.insert(path.end(), '/'); // works on both unix and windows (win7, ubuntu)
+	path.insert(path.size(), file_name);
+	return path;
+}
+
+
 std::string createLogFileName(const std::string& verified_prefix)
 {
   std::stringstream oss_name;
@@ -166,7 +187,7 @@ g2LogWorkerImpl::g2LogWorkerImpl(const std::string& log_prefix, const std::strin
   }
 
   std::string file_name = createLogFileName(log_prefix_backup_);
-  log_file_with_path_ = log_directory + file_name;
+  log_file_with_path_ = pathSanityFix(log_file_with_path_, file_name);
   outptr_ = createLogFile(log_file_with_path_);
   assert((nullptr != outptr_) && "cannot open log file at startup");
 }