diff --git a/storage/README.txt b/storage/README.txt
index 2260d04..34a4e5b 100644
--- a/storage/README.txt
+++ b/storage/README.txt
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ Controlling the storage of data
   >>> directory = os.path.dirname(storage.__file__)
 
   >>> from cybertools.storage.filesystem import explicitDirectoryStorage
-  >>> storage = explicitDirectoryStorage(os.path.sep.join((directory, 'testdata')))
+  >>> storage = explicitDirectoryStorage(os.path.join(directory, 'testdata'))
   >>> storage.getDir('demo')
-  '/.../cybertools/storage/testdata/demo'
+  '/home/.../cybertools/storage/testdata/demo'
 
 
diff --git a/storage/filesystem.py b/storage/filesystem.py
index 6017410..562c7e4 100644
--- a/storage/filesystem.py
+++ b/storage/filesystem.py
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ class FileSystemStorage(object):
 
     def getDir(self, address, subDir=None):
         subDir = subDir or self.subDir
-        paths = [p for p in (self.rootDir, subDir, address) if p]
-        return os.path.sep.join(paths)
+        return os.path.join(self.rootDir, subDir, address)
 
     def setData(self, address, data, params={}):
         subDir = params.get('subdirectory')