diff --git a/kinesis-mock/src/main/scala/kinesis/mock/cache/PersistConfig.scala b/kinesis-mock/src/main/scala/kinesis/mock/cache/PersistConfig.scala
index 81ed8df2..f2bc38ee 100644
--- a/kinesis-mock/src/main/scala/kinesis/mock/cache/PersistConfig.scala
+++ b/kinesis-mock/src/main/scala/kinesis/mock/cache/PersistConfig.scala
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ final case class PersistConfig(
     if (!path.startsWith("/")) {
       createPath(Path("."), path)
     } else {
-      createPath(Path("."), path.drop(1))
+      createPath(Path("/"), path.drop(1))
     }
   }
   def osFile = osPath / fileName
diff --git a/testkit/src/main/scala/kinesis/mock/instances/arbitrary.scala b/testkit/src/main/scala/kinesis/mock/instances/arbitrary.scala
index 15682946..419efbdc 100644
--- a/testkit/src/main/scala/kinesis/mock/instances/arbitrary.scala
+++ b/testkit/src/main/scala/kinesis/mock/instances/arbitrary.scala
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-package kinesis.mock.instances
+package kinesis.mock
+package instances
 
 import scala.collection.SortedMap
 import scala.collection.immutable.Queue
@@ -25,7 +26,6 @@ import java.time.Instant
 import enumeratum.scalacheck._
 import org.scalacheck.{Arbitrary, Gen}
 
-import kinesis.mock.Utils
 import kinesis.mock.api._
 import kinesis.mock.models._
 import kinesis.mock.regexp.RegexpGen
diff --git a/unit-tests/src/test/scala/kinesis/mock/cache/PersistenceTests.scala b/unit-tests/src/test/scala/kinesis/mock/cache/PersistenceTests.scala
index 44549730..8900db7d 100644
--- a/unit-tests/src/test/scala/kinesis/mock/cache/PersistenceTests.scala
+++ b/unit-tests/src/test/scala/kinesis/mock/cache/PersistenceTests.scala
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-package kinesis.mock.cache
+package kinesis.mock
+package cache
 
 import scala.concurrent.duration._
 
@@ -139,4 +140,13 @@ class PersistenceTests
         )
     }
   )
+
+  test("It should make a root path") {
+    val config = {
+      val orig = persistConfig(Utils.randomUUIDString)
+      orig.copy(path = s"/${orig.path}")
+    }
+
+    assertEquals(config.osPath.absolute.toString, config.path)
+  }
 }