diff --git a/pppadump/commands/index.py b/pppadump/commands/index.py
index 9c788a0..75cc267 100644
--- a/pppadump/commands/index.py
+++ b/pppadump/commands/index.py
@@ -294,14 +294,13 @@ def main (args):
 
         # Not sure this goes here but fixing relpaths with output is quite nice...         
         if args.output:
-            outpath = Path(args.output).parent
+            outpath = str(Path(args.output).parent)
             for v in p["versions"]:
                 if v["type"] != "pad":
-                    vpath = Path(v["path"])
                     try:
                         # 2 types (pathlib or os.path)
                         # v["path"] = vpath.parent.relative_to(outpath).joinpath(vpath.name)
-                        v["path"] = os.path.join(os.path.relpath(vpath.parent, outpath), vpath.name)
+                        v["path"] = os.path.relpath(v["path"], outpath)
 
                         # path or url??? if it's a file based publishing ethos, it should be path non?
                         # puttting this here since templates are using url... 
@@ -310,9 +309,8 @@ def main (args):
                         pass
 
             if not p["link"].startswith("http"):
-                vpath = Path(p["link"])
                 try:
-                    p["link"] = os.path.join(os.path.relpath(vpath.parent, outpath), vpath.name)
+                    p["link"] = os.path.relpath(p["link"], outpath)
                 except Exception as e:
                     pass