diff --git a/app/Main.hs b/app/Main.hs
--- a/app/Main.hs
+++ b/app/Main.hs
@@ -88,14 +88,20 @@
                   | uriScheme == Strict.Just "wss" -> 433
                   | otherwise -> 80
                 Strict.Just p -> fromIntegral p
-              path' = T.unpack $
-                "/" <> T.intercalate "/" (V.toList uriPath) <>
-                ( if V.null uriQuery
-                  then ""
-                  else "?" <> T.intercalate "&" ((\(k :!: mv) -> k <> Strict.maybe "" ("=" <>) mv) <$> V.toList uriQuery)
-                )
+              path' = case uriPath of
+                Strict.Nothing
+                  -> Strict.Nothing
+                Strict.Just uriPath'
+                  -> Strict.Just $ T.unpack $
+                        "/" <> T.intercalate "/" (V.toList uriPath') <>
+                        ( if V.null uriQuery
+                          then ""
+                          else "?" <> T.intercalate "&" ((\(k :!: mv) -> k <> Strict.maybe "" ("=" <>) mv) <$> V.toList uriQuery)
+                        )
           in  pure Env { envHost   = host
                        , envPort   = port
-                       , envPath   = path'
+                       , envPath   = case path' of
+                           Strict.Nothing -> ""
+                           Strict.Just x -> x
                        , envSecure = uriScheme == Strict.Just "wss"
                        }
diff --git a/ws.cabal b/ws.cabal
--- a/ws.cabal
+++ b/ws.cabal
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 --
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 --
--- hash: b6402f73c4dc03d95debbd67a2f16770b5dac6fc20c70e0bfa61dcc04a2950f4
+-- hash: 1e0b3978e09bab9b1ca1ae88ade2d3c827cf4b771cc6e914a438477eace47d3d
 
 name:           ws
-version:        0.0.4
+version:        0.0.5
 synopsis:       A simple CLI utility for interacting with a websocket
 description:    Please see the README on Github at <https://git.localcooking.com/tooling/ws#readme>
 category:       Web
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
   ghc-options: -Wall
   build-depends:
       async
-    , attoparsec-uri
+    , attoparsec-uri >=0.0.6
     , base >=4.7 && <5
     , bytestring
     , exceptions