diff --git a/packages/chatdown/src/commands/chatdown/convert.ts b/packages/chatdown/src/commands/chatdown/convert.ts
index 393db5814..8d585f4c0 100644
--- a/packages/chatdown/src/commands/chatdown/convert.ts
+++ b/packages/chatdown/src/commands/chatdown/convert.ts
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ export default class ChatdownConvert extends Command {
       let validatedPath = utils.validatePath(writeFile, '', force)
       await fs.ensureFile(writeFile)
       await fs.writeJson(validatedPath, activities, {spaces: 2})
-      return writeFile
+      return validatedPath
     }
     const output = JSON.stringify(activities, null, 2)
     await new Promise(done => process.stdout.write(output, 'utf-8', () => done()))
diff --git a/packages/config/src/commands/config/index.ts b/packages/config/src/commands/config/index.ts
index 6029080fc..86ec15f6b 100644
--- a/packages/config/src/commands/config/index.ts
+++ b/packages/config/src/commands/config/index.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 import {Command, flags} from '@oclif/command'
-
+const path = require('path')
 export default class ConfigIndex extends Command {
   static description = 'Configure various settings within the cli.'
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export default class ConfigIndex extends Command {
   }
 
   async run() {
-    this.log(`\nConfig file location: ' ${this.config.configDir}/config.json \n `)
+    this.log(`\nConfig file location: ' ${path.join(this.config.configDir, 'config.json')} \n `)
     this._help()
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/lu/src/commands/luis/convert.ts b/packages/lu/src/commands/luis/convert.ts
index b11e78a0e..a019553c4 100644
--- a/packages/lu/src/commands/luis/convert.ts
+++ b/packages/lu/src/commands/luis/convert.ts
@@ -81,13 +81,13 @@ export default class LuisConvert extends Command {
 
   private async writeOutput(convertedObject: any, flags: any, isLu: boolean) {
     let filePath = await file.generateNewFilePath(flags.out, flags.in, isLu)
+    const validatedPath = utils.validatePath(filePath, '', flags.force)
     // write out the final file
     try {
-      const validatedPath = utils.validatePath(filePath, '', flags.force)
       await fs.writeFile(validatedPath, convertedObject, 'utf-8')
     } catch (err) {
-      throw new CLIError('Unable to write file - ' + filePath + ' Error: ' + err.message)
+      throw new CLIError('Unable to write file - ' + validatedPath + ' Error: ' + err.message)
     }
-    this.log('Successfully wrote LUIS model to ' + filePath)
+    this.log('Successfully wrote LUIS model to ' + validatedPath)
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/lu/src/commands/qnamaker/convert.ts b/packages/lu/src/commands/qnamaker/convert.ts
index 38ad8fc69..13689c2e2 100644
--- a/packages/lu/src/commands/qnamaker/convert.ts
+++ b/packages/lu/src/commands/qnamaker/convert.ts
@@ -78,21 +78,21 @@ export default class QnamakerConvert extends Command {
 
   private async writeOutput(convertedObject: any, flags: any, isQnA: boolean) {
     let filePath = await file.generateNewFilePath(flags.out, flags.in, isQnA, '', fileExtEnum.QnAFile)
+    const validatedPath = utils.validatePath(filePath, '', flags.force)
     try {
       if (isQnA) {
-        let validatedPath = utils.validatePath(filePath, '', flags.force)
         await fs.writeFile(validatedPath, JSON.stringify(convertedObject.finalQnAJSON, null, 2), 'utf-8')
         if (convertedObject.finalQnAAlterations) {
           let filePathAlterations = await file.generateNewFilePath(flags.out, flags.in, isQnA, 'alterations_', fileExtEnum.QnAFile)
-          let validatedPath = utils.validatePath(filePathAlterations, '', flags.force)
-          await fs.writeFile(validatedPath, JSON.stringify(convertedObject.finalQnAAlterations, null, 2), 'utf-8')
+          const validatedPathAlter = utils.validatePath(filePathAlterations, '', flags.force)
+          await fs.writeFile(validatedPathAlter, JSON.stringify(convertedObject.finalQnAAlterations, null, 2), 'utf-8')
         }
       } else {
-        await fs.writeFile(filePath, convertedObject, 'utf-8')
+        await fs.writeFile(validatedPath, convertedObject, 'utf-8')
       }
     } catch (err) {
-      throw new CLIError('Unable to write file - ' + filePath + ' Error: ' + err.message)
+      throw new CLIError('Unable to write file - ' + validatedPath + ' Error: ' + err.message)
     }
-    this.log('Successfully wrote QnA model to ' + filePath)
+    this.log('Successfully wrote QnA model to ' + validatedPath)
   }
 }