diff --git a/src/Foundatio/Storage/ScopedFileStorage.cs b/src/Foundatio/Storage/ScopedFileStorage.cs
index e0a7f141..e62a34f6 100644
--- a/src/Foundatio/Storage/ScopedFileStorage.cs
+++ b/src/Foundatio/Storage/ScopedFileStorage.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 using System.IO;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Foundatio.Extensions;
 using Foundatio.Serializer;
 using Foundatio.Utility;
 
@@ -13,9 +14,13 @@ public class ScopedFileStorage : IFileStorage
 
     public ScopedFileStorage(IFileStorage storage, string scope)
     {
-        UnscopedStorage = storage;
-        Scope = !String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(scope) ? scope.Trim() : null;
+        UnscopedStorage = storage ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(storage));
+        Scope = !String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(scope) ? scope.Trim().NormalizePath() : null;
         _pathPrefix = Scope != null ? String.Concat(Scope, "/") : String.Empty;
+
+        // NOTE: we can't really check reliably using Path.GetInvalidPathChars() because each storage implementation and platform could be different.
+        if (Scope is not null && Scope.Contains("*"))
+            throw new ArgumentException("Scope cannot contain a wildcard character", nameof(scope));
     }
 
     public IFileStorage UnscopedStorage { get; private set; }
diff --git a/tests/Foundatio.Tests/Storage/ScopedFolderFileStorageTests.cs b/tests/Foundatio.Tests/Storage/ScopedFolderFileStorageTests.cs
index 7ead66db..9de3bd7f 100644
--- a/tests/Foundatio.Tests/Storage/ScopedFolderFileStorageTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Foundatio.Tests/Storage/ScopedFolderFileStorageTests.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-using System.IO;
+using System;
+using System.IO;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Foundatio.Extensions;
 using Foundatio.Storage;
 using Xunit;
 using Xunit.Abstractions;
@@ -15,6 +17,46 @@ protected override IFileStorage GetStorage()
         return new ScopedFileStorage(new FolderFileStorage(o => o.Folder("|DataDirectory|\\temp")), "scoped");
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void Constructor_ShouldThrowArgumentNullException_WhenFileStorageIsNull()
+    {
+        Assert.Throws<ArgumentNullException>(() => new ScopedFileStorage(null, "scope"));
+    }
+
+    [InlineData("*")]
+    [Theory]
+    public void Constructor_ShouldThrowArgumentException_WhenScopeContainsInvalidCharacters(string scope)
+    {
+        var storage = GetStorage();
+        if (storage == null)
+            return;
+
+        Assert.Throws<ArgumentException>(() => new ScopedFileStorage(storage, scope));
+    }
+
+    [InlineData(null)]
+    [InlineData("")]
+    [InlineData(" ")]
+    [InlineData("test")]
+    [InlineData(" test ")]
+    [InlineData("|DataDirectory|\\temp")]
+    [InlineData("|DataDirectory|/temp")]
+    [Theory]
+    public void Constructor_ShouldInitializeProperties_WhenArgumentsAreValid(string scope)
+    {
+        var storage = GetStorage();
+        if (storage == null)
+            return;
+
+        var scopedStorage = new ScopedFileStorage(storage, scope);
+        Assert.Equal(storage, scopedStorage.UnscopedStorage);
+
+        if (String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(scope))
+            Assert.Null(scopedStorage.Scope);
+        else
+            Assert.Equal(scope.Trim().NormalizePath(), scopedStorage.Scope);
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public override Task CanGetEmptyFileListOnMissingDirectoryAsync()
     {