diff --git a/protoc-gen-java-optional/src/main/java/org/grpcmock/protoc/plugin/OptionalGenerator.java b/protoc-gen-java-optional/src/main/java/org/grpcmock/protoc/plugin/OptionalGenerator.java
index 698305c..3446c23 100644
--- a/protoc-gen-java-optional/src/main/java/org/grpcmock/protoc/plugin/OptionalGenerator.java
+++ b/protoc-gen-java-optional/src/main/java/org/grpcmock/protoc/plugin/OptionalGenerator.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public class OptionalGenerator extends Generator {
   private static final String DELIMITER = "\n";
   private static final String JAVA_EXTENSION = ".java";
   private static final String DIR_SEPARATOR = java.io.File.separator;
-  private static final String TEMPLATES_DIRECTORY = "templates" + DIR_SEPARATOR;
+  private static final String TEMPLATES_DIRECTORY = "templates/";
   private static final String METHOD_NAME = "javaMethodName";
   private static final String FIELD_TYPE = "javaFieldType";
   private static final String OPTIONAL_CLASS = "optionalClass";