diff --git a/lib/bcoin/env.js b/lib/bcoin/env.js
index bf3412b8..12c9ed27 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/env.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/env.js
@@ -256,11 +256,13 @@ Environment.prototype.set = function set(options) {
     options.debugFile += '/debug.log';
   }
 
-  this.prefix = options.prefix;
+  this.prefix = normalize(options.prefix);
   this.networkType = options.network;
   this.db = options.db;
   this.debugLogs = !!options.debug;
-  this.debugFile = options.debugFile;
+  this.debugFile = options.debugFile
+    ? normalize(options.debugFile)
+    : null;
   this.profile = options.profile;
   this.useWorkers = !!options.useWorkers;
   this.maxWorkers = options.maxWorkers;