diff --git a/services/repository/adopt.go b/services/repository/adopt.go
index 3b986c66c61..a9a06395480 100644
--- a/services/repository/adopt.go
+++ b/services/repository/adopt.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -218,21 +219,21 @@ func DeleteUnadoptedRepository(doer, u *user_model.User, repoName string) error
 	return util.RemoveAll(repoPath)
 }
 
-type unadoptedRrepositories struct {
+type unadoptedRepositories struct {
 	repositories []string
 	index        int
 	start        int
 	end          int
 }
 
-func (unadopted *unadoptedRrepositories) add(repository string) {
+func (unadopted *unadoptedRepositories) add(repository string) {
 	if unadopted.index >= unadopted.start && unadopted.index < unadopted.end {
 		unadopted.repositories = append(unadopted.repositories, repository)
 	}
 	unadopted.index++
 }
 
-func checkUnadoptedRepositories(userName string, repoNamesToCheck []string, unadopted *unadoptedRrepositories) error {
+func checkUnadoptedRepositories(userName string, repoNamesToCheck []string, unadopted *unadoptedRepositories) error {
 	if len(repoNamesToCheck) == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -264,7 +265,7 @@ func checkUnadoptedRepositories(userName string, repoNamesToCheck []string, unad
 	}
 	for _, repoName := range repoNamesToCheck {
 		if !repoNames.Contains(repoName) {
-			unadopted.add(filepath.Join(userName, repoName))
+			unadopted.add(path.Join(userName, repoName)) // These are not used as filepaths - but as reponames - therefore use path.Join not filepath.Join
 		}
 	}
 	return nil
@@ -292,7 +293,7 @@ func ListUnadoptedRepositories(query string, opts *db.ListOptions) ([]string, in
 	var repoNamesToCheck []string
 
 	start := (opts.Page - 1) * opts.PageSize
-	unadopted := &unadoptedRrepositories{
+	unadopted := &unadoptedRepositories{
 		repositories: make([]string, 0, opts.PageSize),
 		start:        start,
 		end:          start + opts.PageSize,
diff --git a/services/repository/adopt_test.go b/services/repository/adopt_test.go
index 685bfe9bc48..b450005f344 100644
--- a/services/repository/adopt_test.go
+++ b/services/repository/adopt_test.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import (
 func TestCheckUnadoptedRepositories_Add(t *testing.T) {
 	start := 10
 	end := 20
-	unadopted := &unadoptedRrepositories{
+	unadopted := &unadoptedRepositories{
 		start: start,
 		end:   end,
 		index: 0,
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func TestCheckUnadoptedRepositories(t *testing.T) {
 	//
 	// Non existent user
 	//
-	unadopted := &unadoptedRrepositories{start: 0, end: 100}
+	unadopted := &unadoptedRepositories{start: 0, end: 100}
 	err := checkUnadoptedRepositories("notauser", []string{"repo"}, unadopted)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(unadopted.repositories))
@@ -50,14 +50,14 @@ func TestCheckUnadoptedRepositories(t *testing.T) {
 	userName := "user2"
 	repoName := "repo2"
 	unadoptedRepoName := "unadopted"
-	unadopted = &unadoptedRrepositories{start: 0, end: 100}
+	unadopted = &unadoptedRepositories{start: 0, end: 100}
 	err = checkUnadoptedRepositories(userName, []string{repoName, unadoptedRepoName}, unadopted)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, []string{path.Join(userName, unadoptedRepoName)}, unadopted.repositories)
 	//
 	// Existing (adopted) repository is not returned
 	//
-	unadopted = &unadoptedRrepositories{start: 0, end: 100}
+	unadopted = &unadoptedRepositories{start: 0, end: 100}
 	err = checkUnadoptedRepositories(userName, []string{repoName}, unadopted)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(unadopted.repositories))