diff --git a/src/OrbitDB.js b/src/OrbitDB.js
index a41e0e5..77c1c34 100644
--- a/src/OrbitDB.js
+++ b/src/OrbitDB.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import OrbitDBAddress, { isValidAddress } from './address.js'
 import DBManifest from './manifest.js'
 import { createId, isDefined } from './utils/index.js'
 // import Logger from 'logplease'
-import path from 'path'
+import pathJoin from './utils/path-join.js'
 import * as Block from 'multiformats/block'
 import * as dagCbor from '@ipld/dag-cbor'
 import { sha256 } from 'multiformats/hashes/sha2'
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ const OrbitDB = async ({ ipfs, id, identity, keystore, directory } = {}) => {
   id = id || await createId()
   const { id: peerId } = await ipfs.id()
   directory = directory || './orbitdb'
-  keystore = keystore || await KeyStore({ path: path.join(directory, './keystore') })
+  keystore = keystore || await KeyStore({ path: pathJoin(directory, './keystore') })
   const identities = await Identities({ ipfs, keystore })
   identity = identity || await identities.createIdentity({ id })
 
diff --git a/src/address.js b/src/address.js
index 365e78f..74eb5a7 100644
--- a/src/address.js
+++ b/src/address.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import * as Path from 'path'
 import { CID } from 'multiformats/cid'
 import { base58btc } from 'multiformats/bases/base58'
+import { posixJoin } from './utils/path-join.js'
 
 const isValidAddress = (address) => {
   address = address.toString()
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ const OrbitDBAddress = (address) => {
   const path = address.replace('/orbitdb/', '').replace('\\orbitdb\\', '')
 
   const toString = () => {
-    return (Path.posix || Path).join('/', protocol, '/', path)
+    return posixJoin('/', protocol, path)
   }
 
   return {
diff --git a/src/database.js b/src/database.js
index 5b7af4b..c23fd39 100644
--- a/src/database.js
+++ b/src/database.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { EventEmitter } from 'events'
 import PQueue from 'p-queue'
-import Path from 'path'
 import Sync from './sync.js'
 import { ComposedStorage, LRUStorage, IPFSBlockStorage, LevelStorage } from './storage/index.js'
+import pathJoin from './utils/path-join.js'
 
 const defaultPointerCount = 0
 const defaultCacheSize = 1000
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const defaultCacheSize = 1000
 const Database = async ({ OpLog, ipfs, identity, address, name, accessController, directory, meta, headsStorage, entryStorage, indexStorage, pointerCount, syncAutomatically }) => {
   const { Log, Entry } = OpLog
 
-  directory = Path.join(directory || './orbitdb', `./${address}/`)
+  directory = pathJoin(directory || './orbitdb', `./${address}/`)
   meta = meta || {}
   pointerCount = pointerCount || defaultPointerCount
 
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ const Database = async ({ OpLog, ipfs, identity, address, name, accessController
 
   headsStorage = headsStorage || await ComposedStorage(
     await LRUStorage({ size: defaultCacheSize }),
-    await LevelStorage({ path: Path.join(directory, '/log/_heads/') })
+    await LevelStorage({ path: pathJoin(directory, '/log/_heads/') })
   )
 
   indexStorage = indexStorage || await ComposedStorage(
     await LRUStorage({ size: defaultCacheSize }),
-    await LevelStorage({ path: Path.join(directory, '/log/_index/') })
+    await LevelStorage({ path: pathJoin(directory, '/log/_index/') })
   )
 
   const log = await Log(identity, { logId: address, access: accessController, entryStorage, headsStorage, indexStorage })
diff --git a/src/db/keyvalue-persisted.js b/src/db/keyvalue-persisted.js
index 948378c..e487a1d 100644
--- a/src/db/keyvalue-persisted.js
+++ b/src/db/keyvalue-persisted.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import LevelStorage from '../storage/level.js'
 import { KeyValue } from './index.js'
+import pathJoin from '../utils/path-join.js'
 import PQueue from 'p-queue'
-import path from 'path'
 
 const valueEncoding = 'json'
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const KeyValuePersisted = async ({ OpLog, Database, ipfs, identity, address, nam
 
   const queue = new PQueue({ concurrency: 1 })
 
-  directory = path.join(directory || './orbitdb', `./${address}/_index/`)
+  directory = pathJoin(directory || './orbitdb', `./${address}/_index/`)
   const index = await LevelStorage({ path: directory, valueEncoding })
 
   let latestOplogHash
diff --git a/src/identities/identities.js b/src/identities/identities.js
index 5095c72..762f44b 100644
--- a/src/identities/identities.js
+++ b/src/identities/identities.js
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ import OrbitDBIdentityProvider from './providers/orbitdb.js'
 // import EthIdentityProvider from './identity-providers/ethereum.js'
 import KeyStore, { signMessage, verifyMessage } from '../key-store.js'
 import { LRUStorage, IPFSBlockStorage, MemoryStorage, ComposedStorage } from '../storage/index.js'
-import Path from 'path'
+import pathJoin from '../utils/path-join.js'
 
 const DefaultProviderType = 'orbitdb'
-const DefaultIdentityKeysPath = Path.join('./orbitdb', 'identities')
+const DefaultIdentityKeysPath = pathJoin('./orbitdb', 'identities')
 
 const supportedTypes = {
   orbitdb: OrbitDBIdentityProvider
diff --git a/src/manifest.js b/src/manifest.js
index c956539..2925ba5 100644
--- a/src/manifest.js
+++ b/src/manifest.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-import path from 'path'
-
+import pathJoin from './utils/path-join.js'
 import * as Block from 'multiformats/block'
 import * as dagCbor from '@ipld/dag-cbor'
 import { sha256 } from 'multiformats/hashes/sha2'
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ export default async (storage, name, type, accessControllerAddress, { meta } = {
     {
       name,
       type,
-      accessController: (path.posix || path).join('/ipfs', accessControllerAddress)
+      accessController: pathJoin('/ipfs', accessControllerAddress)
     },
     // meta field is only added to manifest if meta parameter is defined
     meta !== undefined ? { meta } : {}
diff --git a/src/sync.js b/src/sync.js
index 74f5aa5..6766749 100644
--- a/src/sync.js
+++ b/src/sync.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { pipe } from 'it-pipe'
 import PQueue from 'p-queue'
-import Path from 'path'
 import { EventEmitter } from 'events'
 import { TimeoutController } from 'timeout-abort-controller'
+import pathJoin from './utils/path-join.js'
 
 const DefaultTimeout = 30000 // 30 seconds
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ const Sync = async ({ ipfs, log, events, onSynced, start, timeout }) => {
   if (!log) throw new Error('An instance of log is required.')
 
   const address = log.id
-  const headsSyncAddress = Path.join('/orbitdb/heads/', address)
+  const headsSyncAddress = pathJoin('/orbitdb/heads/', address)
 
   const queue = new PQueue({ concurrency: 1 })
   const peers = new Set()