diff --git a/sync.sh b/sync.sh
index a2bbfbc..ff02dc7 100755
--- a/sync.sh
+++ b/sync.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ SCRIPTURL="${REPOURL}$ACTION.sh"
 HOMEPATH=~/
 BASENAME=".${ACTION}_${OWNER}"
 # set paths
-BASEPATH="${HOMEPATH}/${BASENAME}"
+BASEPATH="${HOMEPATH}${BASENAME}"
 FOLDERPATH="${BASEPATH}_folders"
 DBPATH="${BASEPATH}_dbs"
 CRONPATH="${BASEPATH}.cron"