diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e1e8ae9..d4dc7b6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1323,7 +1323,7 @@ checksum = "a3f87b73ce11b1619a3c6332f45341e0047173771e8b8b73f87bfeefb7b56244"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "registry-backup"
-version = "0.4.0-rc.1"
+version = "0.4.0-rc.2"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "clap",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 771108e..74c087e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "registry-backup"
 authors = ["Jonathan Strong <jstrong@shipyard.rs>"]
-version = "0.4.0-rc.1"
+version = "0.4.0-rc.2"
 edition = "2021"
 publish = ["shipyard-rs-public"]
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 1a653cb..2eae4c9 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -617,7 +617,12 @@ async fn download_versions(
             // TODO actually parse and use the format
             let url =
                 url::Url::parse(&registry_config.get_dl_url(&vers.name, &vers.vers, &vers.cksum))?;
-            let output_path = config.output.path.join(url.path());
+            //let output_path = config.output.path.join(format!("{}/{}/download", vers.name, vers.vers));
+            assert!(
+                url.path().starts_with('/'),
+                "sanity check in case there are unforseen exceptions to this"
+            );
+            let output_path = config.output.path.join(&url.path()[1..]);
 
             if config.dry_run {
                 debug!(%url, "skipping download (--dry-run mode)");