diff --git a/scripts/initialize b/scripts/initialize
index 4c9caaf9ff..c7c39b526e 100644
--- a/scripts/initialize
+++ b/scripts/initialize
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ command -v __rvm_load_rvmrc >/dev/null 2>&1 || \
 #
 if (( ${rvm_user_install_flag:=0} == 0 ))
 then
-  true "${rvm_bin_path:="${rvm_prefix}bin"}"
-  true "${rvm_man_path:="${rvm_prefix}share/man"}"
+  true "${rvm_bin_path:="${rvm_prefix}/bin"}"
+  true "${rvm_man_path:="${rvm_prefix}/share/man"}"
   true "${rvm_rc_files:="/etc/profile /etc/zshenv"}"
 else
   true "${rvm_bin_path:="$rvm_path/bin"}"