diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/FTPClient.java b/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/FTPClient.java
index a44f6900f..69f712159 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/FTPClient.java
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/FTPClient.java
@@ -36,7 +36,11 @@ public class FTPClient {
   protected FTPClient(String server, int port, String path, String user, String password) {
     this.server = server;
     this.port = port;
-    this.path = path;
+    if (path.endsWith("/")) {
+      this.path = path;
+    } else {
+      this.path = path + "/";
+    }
     this.user = user;
     this.password = password;
 
@@ -77,7 +81,7 @@ public class FTPClient {
   }
 
   private String resolveRemotePath(String path) {
-    return String.join("/", this.path, path);
+    return String.join("", this.path, path);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/test/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/FTPClientTest.java b/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/test/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/FTPClientTest.java
index 7e2d97256..a8bba306b 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/test/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/FTPClientTest.java
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.utilities/src/test/java/org/hl7/fhir/utilities/FTPClientTest.java
@@ -130,6 +130,25 @@ public class FTPClientTest implements ResourceLoaderTests {
     return client;
   }
 
+  @Test
+ public void testDelete2() throws IOException {
+
+    FTPClient client = connectToFTPClient2();
+
+    String deleteFilePath = dummyFileToDeletePath.toFile().getAbsolutePath();
+    assertTrue(fakeFtpServer.getFileSystem().exists(deleteFilePath));
+
+    client.delete( RELATIVE_PATH_2 + "/" + DUMMY_FILE_TO_DELETE);
+    assertFalse(fakeFtpServer.getFileSystem().exists(deleteFilePath));
+ }
+
+  @NotNull
+  private static FTPClient connectToFTPClient2() throws IOException {
+    FTPClient client = new FTPClient("localhost", FAKE_FTP_PORT, RELATIVE_PATH_1, DUMMY_USER, DUMMY_PASSWORD);
+    client.connect();
+    return client;
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testUpload() throws IOException {