diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/osaf/cosmo/dao/mock/MockDaoStorage.java b/core/src/test/java/org/osaf/cosmo/dao/mock/MockDaoStorage.java
index f672df5..964905d 100755
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/osaf/cosmo/dao/mock/MockDaoStorage.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/osaf/cosmo/dao/mock/MockDaoStorage.java
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ public String getItemPath(Item item) {
 
         // hierarchy
         for (String part : hierarchy)
-            path.append("/" + part);
+            path.append('/').append(part);
 
         return path.toString();
     }