diff --git a/_register_database.php b/_register_database.php
index 7c5b6c22a..58d98b2fb 100644
--- a/_register_database.php
+++ b/_register_database.php
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ DatabaseAdapterRegistry::register(
 		'fields' => array(
 			'path' => array(
 				'title' => 'Database path<br /><small>Absolute path, writeable by the webserver user.<br />Recommended to be outside of your webroot</small>',
-				'default' => realpath(dirname($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'])) . '/assets/.sqlitedb'
+				'default' => realpath(dirname($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'])) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'assets' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . '.sqlitedb'
 			),
 			'database' => array(
 				'title' => 'Database name',