diff --git a/app/models/site_setting.rb b/app/models/site_setting.rb
index cb4972f9983..d78d18c0274 100644
--- a/app/models/site_setting.rb
+++ b/app/models/site_setting.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ class SiteSetting < ActiveRecord::Base
   validates_presence_of :name
   validates_presence_of :data_type
 
-  SiteSettings::YamlLoader.new("#{Rails.root}/config/site_settings.yml").load do |category, name, default, opts|
+  SiteSettings::YamlLoader.new( File.join( Rails.root, 'config', 'site_settings.yml') ).load do |category, name, default, opts|
     if opts.delete(:client)
       client_setting(name, default, opts.merge(category: category))
     else