diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 125c18c..b57f21f 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  * Adds dynamically-updated docs as /explorer
  */
 var path = require('path');
+var urlJoin = require('./lib/url-join');
 var _defaults = require('lodash.defaults');
 var extend = require('util')._extend;
 var loopback = require('loopback');
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ function explorer(loopbackApplication, options) {
   // with the relative URI of the resource doc.
   app.get('/config.json', function(req, res) {
     var resourcePath = req.originalUrl.replace(/\/config.json(\?.*)?$/, 
-      path.join('/', options.resourcePath));
+      urlJoin('/', options.resourcePath));
     res.send({
       url: resourcePath
     });
diff --git a/lib/class-helper.js b/lib/class-helper.js
index e149ee9..ff788d9 100644
--- a/lib/class-helper.js
+++ b/lib/class-helper.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * Module dependencies.
  */
 var modelHelper = require('./model-helper');
-var path = require('path');
+var urlJoin = require('./url-join');
 
 /**
  * Export the classHelper singleton.
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ var classHelper = module.exports = {
       apiVersion: opts.version,
       swaggerVersion: opts.swaggerVersion,
       basePath: opts.basePath,
-      resourcePath: path.join('/', opts.resourcePath),
+      resourcePath: urlJoin('/', opts.resourcePath),
       apis: [],
       models: modelHelper.generateModelDefinition(aClass)
     };
diff --git a/lib/swagger.js b/lib/swagger.js
index 834cc98..bc1bbe8 100644
--- a/lib/swagger.js
+++ b/lib/swagger.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ module.exports = Swagger;
  */
 var debug = require('debug')('loopback-explorer:swagger');
 var path = require('path');
+var urlJoin = require('./url-join');
 var _defaults = require('lodash.defaults');
 var classHelper = require('./class-helper');
 var modelHelper = require('./model-helper');
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ function Swagger(loopbackApplication, swaggerApp, opts) {
     resourceDoc.apis.push(classHelper.generateResourceDocAPIEntry(aClass));
 
     // Add the getter for this doc.
-    var docPath = path.join(opts.resourcePath, aClass.http.path);
+    var docPath = urlJoin(opts.resourcePath, aClass.http.path);
     addRoute(swaggerApp, docPath, doc);
   });
 
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ function addRoute(app, uri, doc) {
   var hasBasePath = Object.keys(doc).indexOf('basePath') !== -1;
   var initialPath = doc.basePath || '';
 
-  app.get(path.join('/', uri), function(req, res) {
+  app.get(urlJoin('/', uri), function(req, res) {
 
     // There's a few forces at play that require this "hack". The Swagger spec
     // requires a `basePath` to be set in the API descriptions. However, we 
diff --git a/lib/url-join.js b/lib/url-join.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4805191
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/url-join.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+'use strict';
+
+// Simple url joiner. Ensure we don't have to care about whether or not
+// we are fed paths with leading/trailing slashes.
+module.exports = function urlJoin() {
+  var args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments);
+  return args.join('/').replace(/\/+/g, '/');
+};
diff --git a/test/swagger.test.js b/test/swagger.test.js
index 13221b3..0129570 100644
--- a/test/swagger.test.js
+++ b/test/swagger.test.js
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
  */
 
 var url = require('url');
-var path = require('path');
+var urlJoin = require('../lib/url-join');
 var loopback = require('loopback');
 var express = require('express');
-var swagger = require('../lib/swagger.js');
+var swagger = require('../lib/swagger');
 
 var request = require('supertest');
 var expect = require('chai').expect;
@@ -115,14 +115,14 @@ describe('swagger definition', function() {
 
   function getSwaggerResources(app, restPath, classPath) {
     return request(app)
-      .get(path.join(restPath || '/explorer', '/resources', classPath || ''))
+      .get(urlJoin(restPath || '/explorer', '/resources', classPath || ''))
       .set('Accept', 'application/json')
       .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
       .expect(200);
   }
 
   function getAPIDeclaration(app, className) {
-    return getSwaggerResources(app, '', path.join('/', className));
+    return getSwaggerResources(app, '', urlJoin('/', className));
   }
 
   function mountSwagger(options, addlOptions) {