diff --git a/rbackup/struct/hierarchy.py b/rbackup/struct/hierarchy.py
index f3f4f8c..e806b2a 100644
--- a/rbackup/struct/hierarchy.py
+++ b/rbackup/struct/hierarchy.py
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ class Hierarchy(PathLike):
     to call either shutil.mkdir() or a related method to create
     the directory structure it emulates.
 
+    For consistency, Hierarchy objects always store and return absolute paths.
+
     Attributes
     ----------
     * Hierarchy.path
@@ -49,7 +51,7 @@ class Hierarchy(PathLike):
         :type dest: str or path-like object
         """
         try:
-            self._path = Path(dest)
+            self._path = Path(dest).resolve()
         except TypeError as e:
             raise e
 
diff --git a/tests/test_hierarchy.py b/tests/test_hierarchy.py
index 36c6de1..c061b30 100644
--- a/tests/test_hierarchy.py
+++ b/tests/test_hierarchy.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from unittest.mock import PropertyMock, patch
 
 from hypothesis import given
-from hypothesis.strategies import characters, one_of, text
+from hypothesis.strategies import from_regex, text
 
 from rbackup.struct.hierarchy import Hierarchy
 
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ TESTING_MODULE = f"{TESTING_PACKAGE}.hierarchy"
 
 # ========== Tests ==========
 class TestHierarchyPaths(unittest.TestCase):
-    @given(one_of(text(), characters()))
-    def test_returns_correct_path(self, p):
-        self.assertEqual(Path(p), Hierarchy(p).path)
+    @given(from_regex(r"[\w/._-]+", fullmatch=True))
+    def test_returns_absolute_path(self, dest):
+        self.assertTrue(Hierarchy(dest).path.is_absolute())
 
     def test_raises_notimplemented_error(self):
         h = Hierarchy("backup")