diff --git a/src/apex/cli.py b/src/apex/cli.py
index 95828e46cb531dd50885efe121ef162e90522193..501cfa4a572da3035a74326a6ba3e872e4219e08 100644
--- a/src/apex/cli.py
+++ b/src/apex/cli.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def find_config(config_paths, verbose):
     rc_file = '.apexrc'
     cur_path = os.path.join(os.curdir, config_file)
     home_path = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), rc_file)
-    etc_path = os.pathsep + os.path.join('etc', config_file)
+    etc_path = os.path.sep + os.path.join('etc', config_file)
     if config_paths is None:
         if os.name == 'posix':
             config_paths = [cur_path, home_path, etc_path]