diff --git a/wt-jetbrains-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/block/wt/git/GitBranchHelper.kt b/wt-jetbrains-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/block/wt/git/GitBranchHelper.kt
index 879899b..8c17596 100644
--- a/wt-jetbrains-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/block/wt/git/GitBranchHelper.kt
+++ b/wt-jetbrains-plugin/src/main/kotlin/com/block/wt/git/GitBranchHelper.kt
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ object GitBranchHelper {
     }
 
     fun worktreePathForBranch(worktreesBase: Path, branchName: String): Path {
-        val safeName = branchName.replace("/", "-")
-        return worktreesBase.resolve(safeName)
+        return worktreesBase.resolve(branchName)
     }
 }
diff --git a/wt-jetbrains-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/block/wt/git/GitBranchHelperTest.kt b/wt-jetbrains-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/block/wt/git/GitBranchHelperTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ecf4d63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wt-jetbrains-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/block/wt/git/GitBranchHelperTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+package com.block.wt.git
+
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Test
+import java.nio.file.Path
+
+class GitBranchHelperTest {
+
+    private val base: Path = Path.of("/tmp/worktrees")
+
+    // --- sanitizeBranchName tests ---
+
+    @Test
+    fun sanitizeBranchName_simple() {
+        assertEquals("main", GitBranchHelper.sanitizeBranchName("main"))
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun sanitizeBranchName_trims() {
+        assertEquals("feature", GitBranchHelper.sanitizeBranchName("  feature  "))
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException::class)
+    fun sanitizeBranchName_rejectsPathTraversal() {
+        GitBranchHelper.sanitizeBranchName("foo/../bar")
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException::class)
+    fun sanitizeBranchName_rejectsDoubleDotAlone() {
+        GitBranchHelper.sanitizeBranchName("..")
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException::class)
+    fun sanitizeBranchName_rejectsBlank() {
+        GitBranchHelper.sanitizeBranchName("   ")
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException::class)
+    fun sanitizeBranchName_rejectsLeadingDash() {
+        GitBranchHelper.sanitizeBranchName("-bad")
+    }
+
+    // --- worktreePathForBranch tests ---
+
+    @Test
+    fun worktreePathForBranch_simpleBranch() {
+        assertEquals(
+            Path.of("/tmp/worktrees/simple"),
+            GitBranchHelper.worktreePathForBranch(base, "simple"),
+        )
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun worktreePathForBranch_slashedBranchCreatesNestedPath() {
+        assertEquals(
+            Path.of("/tmp/worktrees/feature/foo"),
+            GitBranchHelper.worktreePathForBranch(base, "feature/foo"),
+        )
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun worktreePathForBranch_deeplyNestedBranch() {
+        assertEquals(
+            Path.of("/tmp/worktrees/a/b/c"),
+            GitBranchHelper.worktreePathForBranch(base, "a/b/c"),
+        )
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun worktreePathForBranch_matchesCLIBehavior() {
+        // CLI: worktree_path="${WT_WORKTREES_BASE%/}/$branch_name"
+        // For branch "test/foo" and base "/tmp/worktrees", CLI produces "/tmp/worktrees/test/foo"
+        assertEquals(
+            Path.of("/tmp/worktrees/test/foo"),
+            GitBranchHelper.worktreePathForBranch(base, "test/foo"),
+        )
+    }
+}
diff --git a/wt-jetbrains-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/block/wt/model/WorktreeInfoTest.kt b/wt-jetbrains-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/block/wt/model/WorktreeInfoTest.kt
index a8bd0c3..23b51c8 100644
--- a/wt-jetbrains-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/block/wt/model/WorktreeInfoTest.kt
+++ b/wt-jetbrains-plugin/src/test/kotlin/com/block/wt/model/WorktreeInfoTest.kt
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ class WorktreeInfoTest {
     fun testWorktreePathForBranch() {
         val base = Path.of("/worktrees")
         assertEquals(
-            Path.of("/worktrees/feature-foo"),
+            Path.of("/worktrees/feature/foo"),
             GitBranchHelper.worktreePathForBranch(base, "feature/foo")
         )
         assertEquals(