diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8ca7d0dcc..b21c62457 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 # Change Log
 
 
+## 2.40.5 (2020-11-06)
+
+**Notes**
+
+This update enables using non-filesystem based package repository. ([\#97](https://github.com/mottosso/bleeding-rez/pull/97) )
+
+
 ## 2.40.4 (2020-02-13)
 
 **Notes**
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index a2e4b34fd..2a5f918db 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ sending a pull request. Please follow these guidelines:
 4.  Follow the [Google Python Style Guide](https://google.github.io/styleguide/pyguide.html)
     for docstrings
 5.  Use *spaces*, not *tabs*;
-6.  Update the [bleeding-rez version](https://github.com/mottosso/bleeding-rez/blob/master/src/bleeding-rez/utils/_version.py) appropriately, and follow [semantic versioning](https://semver.org/);
+6.  Update the [bleeding-rez version](https://github.com/mottosso/bleeding-rez/blob/master/src/rez/utils/_version.py) appropriately, and follow [semantic versioning](https://semver.org/);
 7.  Update [the changelog](https://github.com/mottosso/bleeding-rez/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md); see the section below for more details
 8.  Use [this format](https://help.github.com/articles/closing-issues-using-keywords/) to mention the issue(s) your PR closes
 9.  Add relevant tests to demonstrate that your changes work
diff --git a/src/rez/config.py b/src/rez/config.py
index b664822a0..8144a9c50 100644
--- a/src/rez/config.py
+++ b/src/rez/config.py
@@ -560,13 +560,16 @@ def normalise_path(path):
             path = os.path.normpath(path)
             return path
 
-        packages_path = normalise_path(self.local_packages_path)
-        paths = list(map(normalise_path, self.packages_path))
-
-        if packages_path in paths:
-            paths.remove(packages_path)
-
-        return paths
+        packages_path = self.packages_path[:]
+        # normalise path before filtering
+        normalised_local = normalise_path(self.local_packages_path)
+        normalised_paths = list(map(normalise_path, self.packages_path))
+        if normalised_local in normalised_paths:
+            # remove it from non-normalised by index
+            index = normalised_paths.index(normalised_local)
+            packages_path.remove(packages_path[index])
+        # so the repository that is not filesystem based won't get normpath
+        return packages_path
 
     def get_completions(self, prefix):
         def _get_plugin_completions(prefix_):
diff --git a/src/rez/utils/_version.py b/src/rez/utils/_version.py
index 176d4959a..1c3a64ec7 100644
--- a/src/rez/utils/_version.py
+++ b/src/rez/utils/_version.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 
 # Update this value to version up Rez. Do not place anything else in this file.
-_rez_version = "2.40.4"
+_rez_version = "2.40.5"
 
 
 # Copyright 2013-2016 Allan Johns.