diff --git a/lib/helper.js b/lib/helper.js
index ea1acf6..f63201f 100644
--- a/lib/helper.js
+++ b/lib/helper.js
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ helper.flatToTree = function flatToTree(files, cwd, relative, unixify, done) {
     // If we want relative paths
     if (relative === true) {
       if (path.resolve(parent) === path.resolve(cwd)) {
-        parent = '.';
+        parent = './';
       } else {
         parent = path.relative(cwd, parent) + path.sep;
       }
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ helper.flatToTree = function flatToTree(files, cwd, relative, unixify, done) {
     // If we want to transform paths to unix seps
     if (unixify === true) {
       filepath = helper.unixifyPathSep(filepath);
-      if (parent !== '.') {
+      if (parent !== './') {
         parent = helper.unixifyPathSep(parent);
       }
     }
diff --git a/test/api_test.js b/test/api_test.js
index 9593468..929f76f 100644
--- a/test/api_test.js
+++ b/test/api_test.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ exports.api = {
     new gaze.Gaze('**/*', {}, function() {
       this.relative(null, true, function(err, result) {
         var result = helper.sortobj(result);
-        test.deepEqual(result['.'], ['Project (LO)/', 'nested/', 'one.js', 'sub/']);
+        test.deepEqual(result['./'], ['Project (LO)/', 'nested/', 'one.js', 'sub/']);
         test.deepEqual(result['sub/'], ['one.js', 'two.js']);
         this.on('end', test.done);
         this.close();
diff --git a/test/helper_test.js b/test/helper_test.js
index bf453d3..5c88051 100644
--- a/test/helper_test.js
+++ b/test/helper_test.js
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ exports.helper = {
       '/Users/dude/www/sub/nested/one.js',
     ];
     var expected = {
-      '.': ['one.js', 'two.js', 'sub/'],
+      './': ['one.js', 'two.js', 'sub/'],
       'sub/': ['one.js', 'nested/'],
       'sub/nested/': ['one.js'],
     };
diff --git a/test/matching_test.js b/test/matching_test.js
index 9626dc3..9f274a2 100644
--- a/test/matching_test.js
+++ b/test/matching_test.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ exports.matching = {
     test.expect(2);
     gaze('**/*', function() {
       this.relative(null, true, function(err, result) {
-        test.deepEqual(sortobj(result['.']), sortobj(['Project (LO)/', 'nested/', 'one.js', 'sub/']));
+        test.deepEqual(sortobj(result['./']), sortobj(['Project (LO)/', 'nested/', 'one.js', 'sub/']));
         test.deepEqual(sortobj(result['sub/']), sortobj(['one.js', 'two.js']));
         this.on('end', test.done);
         this.close();
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ exports.matching = {
     test.expect(2);
     gaze(['*.js', 'sub/*.js'], function() {
       this.relative(null, true, function(err, result) {
-        test.deepEqual(sortobj(result['.']), sortobj(['one.js', 'sub/']));
+        test.deepEqual(sortobj(result['./']), sortobj(['one.js', 'sub/']));
         test.deepEqual(sortobj(result['sub/']), sortobj(['one.js', 'two.js']));
         this.on('end', test.done);
         this.close();
diff --git a/test/watch_test.js b/test/watch_test.js
index a41f7b4..0306910 100644
--- a/test/watch_test.js
+++ b/test/watch_test.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ exports.watch = {
       this.remove(path.resolve(__dirname, 'fixtures'));
       this.relative(null, true, function(err, result) {
         test.deepEqual(result['sub/'], ['one.js']);
-        test.notDeepEqual(result['.'], ['one.js']);
+        test.notDeepEqual(result['./'], ['one.js']);
         this.on('end', test.done);
         this.close();
       }.bind(this));
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ exports.watch = {
     }, function(err, watcher) {
       watcher.on('changed', function(filepath) {
         this.relative(function(err, result) {
-          test.deepEqual(result, {'.':['two.js']});
+          test.deepEqual(result, {'./':['two.js']});
           watcher.close();
         });
       });