diff --git a/src/globalization/TranslationXmlStreamReader.java b/src/globalization/TranslationXmlStreamReader.java
index 903bad0e..50cc86e0 100644
--- a/src/globalization/TranslationXmlStreamReader.java
+++ b/src/globalization/TranslationXmlStreamReader.java
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ public class TranslationXmlStreamReader {
 			String value = attribute.getValue(); 
 			switch(name.toString()) {
 				case TRANSLATION_KEY_ATTRIBUTE_NAME:
-					assureIsValidPathExtension(value);
+					assureIsValidKey(value);
 					path = combinePaths(state.path, value);
 					break;
 				case TRANSLATION_TEMPLATE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME:
@@ -218,8 +218,13 @@ public class TranslationXmlStreamReader {
 		}
 	}
 
+	private void assureIsValidKey(String value) throws XMLStreamException {
+		if(value.contains("/"))
+			throw new javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException("Key must not contain /");
+	}
+
 	private String combinePaths(String left, String right) {
-		return Paths.get(left, right).toString();
+		return Paths.get(left, right).normalize().toString();
 	}
 	
 	private void assureStartElement(XMLEvent event, String name) throws XMLStreamException {
diff --git a/src/test/GlobalizationTests.java b/src/test/GlobalizationTests.java
index 119a9d7e..e38e290d 100644
--- a/src/test/GlobalizationTests.java
+++ b/src/test/GlobalizationTests.java
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ public class GlobalizationTests {
 			"<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n" +
 			"<localization>\n" +
 			"	<context locale=\"en-GB\">\n" +
-			"		<context path=\"path1\">\n" +
-			"			<context path=\"path2/path3\">\n" +
-			"				<translation key=\"key1\" template=\"1\" />\n" +
+			"		<context path=\"path1/\">\n" +
+			"			<translation key=\"key1\" template=\"1\" />\n" +
+			"			<context path=\"./path2//path3\">\n" +
 			"				<translation key=\"key2\" template=\"2\" />\n" +
 			"			</context>\n" +
 			"		</context>\n" +
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public class GlobalizationTests {
 			"</localization>\n";
 		
 		List<TranslationEntry> expected = new ArrayList<TranslationEntry>();
-		expected.add(new TranslationEntry(Locale.forLanguageTag("en-GB"), "/path1/path2/path3/key1", "1"));
+		expected.add(new TranslationEntry(Locale.forLanguageTag("en-GB"), "/path1/key1", "1"));
 		expected.add(new TranslationEntry(Locale.forLanguageTag("en-GB"), "/path1/path2/path3/key2", "2"));
 		
 		InputStream is = new ByteArrayInputStream(xml.getBytes(Charset.forName("UTF-8")));