diff --git a/src/download/jpmaqsdownload.rs b/src/download/jpmaqsdownload.rs
index e1ecd83..d92ee9b 100644
--- a/src/download/jpmaqsdownload.rs
+++ b/src/download/jpmaqsdownload.rs
@@ -246,8 +246,12 @@ impl JPMaQSDownload {
         folder_path: &str,
     ) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
         // if the folder path does not exist, create it
-        // let save_path = folder_path.to_string() + "/JPMaQSData/";
         let save_path = format!("{}/JPMaQSData/", folder_path);
+        let save_path = std::path::Path::new(&save_path)
+            .components()
+            .collect::<std::path::PathBuf>()
+            .to_string_lossy()
+            .to_string();
         std::fs::create_dir_all(save_path.clone())?;
 
         // get ticker count, and split into chunks of batch_size