diff --git a/base/izzylib/path.py b/base/izzylib/path.py
index 2df16db..09b3364 100644
--- a/base/izzylib/path.py
+++ b/base/izzylib/path.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class Path(str):
 
 
 	def append(self, text):
-		return Path(str(self.__path) + text)
+		return Path(self + text)
 
 
 	def backup(self, ext='backup', overwrite=False):
diff --git a/sql/izzylib/sql/generic.py b/sql/izzylib/sql/generic.py
index c8dac85..dd31153 100644
--- a/sql/izzylib/sql/generic.py
+++ b/sql/izzylib/sql/generic.py
@@ -46,10 +46,12 @@ class SqlDatabase:
 		engine_string = dbtype + '://'
 
 		if dbtype == 'sqlite':
-			if nfs_check(kwargs.get('database')):
+			database = kwargs.get('database')
+
+			if nfs_check(database):
 				izzylog.error('Database file is on an NFS share which does not support locking. Any writes to the database will fail')
 
-			engine_string += '/' + str(kwargs.get('database'))
+			engine_string += f'/{database}'
 			engine_kwargs['connect_args'] = {'check_same_thread': False}
 
 		else:
diff --git a/sql/izzylib/sql/sqlite_server.py b/sql/izzylib/sql/sqlite_server.py
index 5088aec..9cd5b6d 100644
--- a/sql/izzylib/sql/sqlite_server.py
+++ b/sql/izzylib/sql/sqlite_server.py
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ class SqliteServer(misc.DotDict):
 			self.setup_metadata()
 
 		for path in self.path.listdir(False):
-			if path.str().endswith('.sqlite3') and path.stem != 'metadata':
+			if path.endswith('.sqlite3') and path.stem != 'metadata':
 				self.open(path.stem)