diff --git a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index 7c856f5..6705836 100644
--- a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
+++ b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@push.rocks/smartfile',
-  version: '11.0.10',
+  version: '11.0.11',
   description: 'provides a robust suite of tools for managing files in Node.js using TypeScript.'
 }
diff --git a/ts/classes.smartfile.ts b/ts/classes.smartfile.ts
index c1ff150..da9b67a 100644
--- a/ts/classes.smartfile.ts
+++ b/ts/classes.smartfile.ts
@@ -169,7 +169,9 @@ export class SmartFile extends plugins.smartjson.Smartjson {
    * - no argument write to exactly where the file was picked up
    */
   public async write() {
-    await memory.toFs(this.contentBuffer, plugins.path.join(this.base, this.path));
+    let writePath = plugins.path.join(this.base, this.path);
+    plugins.smartpath.transform.toAbsolute(this.path, this.base);
+    await memory.toFs(this.contentBuffer, writePath);
   }
 
   /**