diff --git a/marklogic-spark-connector/src/main/java/com/marklogic/spark/writer/file/ZipFileWriter.java b/marklogic-spark-connector/src/main/java/com/marklogic/spark/writer/file/ZipFileWriter.java
index df5a5fd2..7a8edc7d 100644
--- a/marklogic-spark-connector/src/main/java/com/marklogic/spark/writer/file/ZipFileWriter.java
+++ b/marklogic-spark-connector/src/main/java/com/marklogic/spark/writer/file/ZipFileWriter.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import com.marklogic.spark.ConnectorException;
 import com.marklogic.spark.ContextSupport;
 import com.marklogic.spark.Options;
+import com.marklogic.spark.Util;
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
@@ -13,10 +14,7 @@
 import org.apache.spark.sql.connector.write.DataWriter;
 import org.apache.spark.sql.connector.write.WriterCommitMessage;
 import org.apache.spark.util.SerializableConfiguration;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
-import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.Date;
@@ -27,13 +25,11 @@
 
 public class ZipFileWriter implements DataWriter<InternalRow> {
 
-    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ZipFileWriter.class);
-
     private final ContextSupport context;
     private final SerializableConfiguration hadoopConfiguration;
 
     private final String path;
-    private final String zipFilePath;
+    private final Path zipPath;
 
     // These can be instantiated lazily depending on which constructor is used.
     private ContentWriter contentWriter;
@@ -48,7 +44,7 @@ public class ZipFileWriter implements DataWriter<InternalRow> {
     public ZipFileWriter(String path, Map<String, String> properties, SerializableConfiguration hadoopConfiguration,
                          int partitionId, boolean createZipFileImmediately) {
         this.path = path;
-        this.zipFilePath = makeFilePath(path, partitionId);
+        this.zipPath = makeFilePath(path, partitionId);
         this.context = new ContextSupport(properties);
         this.hadoopConfiguration = hadoopConfiguration;
         if (createZipFileImmediately) {
@@ -81,7 +77,7 @@ public void close() {
 
     @Override
     public WriterCommitMessage commit() {
-        return new ZipCommitMessage(path, zipFilePath, zipEntryCounter);
+        return new ZipCommitMessage(path, zipPath.toString(), zipEntryCounter);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -90,15 +86,14 @@ public void abort() {
     }
 
     private void createZipFileAndContentWriter() {
-        Path filePath = new Path(zipFilePath);
-        if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
-            logger.debug("Will write to: {}", filePath);
+        if (Util.MAIN_LOGGER.isDebugEnabled()) {
+            Util.MAIN_LOGGER.debug("Will write file at: {}", zipPath);
         }
         this.contentWriter = new ContentWriter(context.getProperties());
         try {
-            FileSystem fileSystem = filePath.getFileSystem(hadoopConfiguration.value());
+            FileSystem fileSystem = zipPath.getFileSystem(hadoopConfiguration.value());
             fileSystem.setWriteChecksum(false);
-            zipOutputStream = new ZipOutputStream(fileSystem.create(filePath, true));
+            zipOutputStream = new ZipOutputStream(fileSystem.create(zipPath, true));
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new ConnectorException("Unable to create stream for writing zip file: " + e.getMessage(), e);
         }
@@ -132,12 +127,16 @@ private boolean hasMetadata(InternalRow row) {
      * @param partitionId
      * @return
      */
-    private String makeFilePath(String path, int partitionId) {
+    private Path makeFilePath(String path, int partitionId) {
         final String timestamp = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMddHHmmssZ").format(new Date());
-        return String.format("%s%s%s-%d.zip", path, File.separator, timestamp, partitionId);
+        final String zipFilename = String.format("%s-%d.zip", timestamp, partitionId);
+        // Fixed a bug in 1.x (fixed in 2.0) by using a Path here instead of string concatenation with File.separator.
+        // Using File.separator on Windows would result in a "\" in an S3 URL, which is awkward for a user to work with,
+        // and appears buggy and unexpected.
+        return new Path(path, zipFilename);
     }
 
     public String getZipFilePath() {
-        return zipFilePath;
+        return zipPath.toString();
     }
 }