diff --git a/bots/botslib.py b/bots/botslib.py
index 2ea405c2..01f863c2 100644
--- a/bots/botslib.py
+++ b/bots/botslib.py
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ def __str__(self):
         fullhost = self._uri['hostname'] + port if self._uri['hostname'] else ''
         authority = '//' + userinfo + fullhost if fullhost else ''
         if self._uri['path'] or self._uri['filename']:
-            terug = os.path.join(authority,self._uri['path'],self._uri['filename'])
+            terug = authority + '/' + self._uri['path'] + '/' + self._uri['filename'])
         else:
             terug = authority
         return scheme + terug