diff --git a/src/apex/cli.py b/src/apex/cli.py
index f1f0e59c6b5d4718d59aa7e3e8add362aecdde79..95828e46cb531dd50885efe121ef162e90522193 100644
--- a/src/apex/cli.py
+++ b/src/apex/cli.py
@@ -60,9 +60,12 @@ 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.path.join('', 'etc', config_file)
+    etc_path = os.pathsep + os.path.join('etc', config_file)
     if config_paths is None:
-        config_paths = [cur_path, home_path, etc_path]
+        if os.name == 'posix':
+            config_paths = [cur_path, home_path, etc_path]
+        else:
+            config_paths = [cur_path, home_path]
     elif isinstance(config_paths, str):
         config_paths = [config_paths]
     elif not isinstance(config_paths, list):