diff --git a/upath/__init__.py b/upath/__init__.py
index 8e0c8ff1..bfb51f2b 100644
--- a/upath/__init__.py
+++ b/upath/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 """Pathlib API extended to use fsspec backends"""
-__version__ = "0.0.9"
+__version__ = "0.0.10"
 
 from upath.core import UPath
diff --git a/upath/core.py b/upath/core.py
index 6f404cdd..4113b9f8 100644
--- a/upath/core.py
+++ b/upath/core.py
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
 class UPath(pathlib.Path):
     def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
         if cls is UPath:
-            new_args = list(args)
-            first_arg = new_args.pop(0)
-            parsed_url = urllib.parse.urlparse(first_arg)
+            args_list = list(args)
+            url = args_list.pop(0)
+            parsed_url = urllib.parse.urlparse(url)
             for key in ["scheme", "netloc"]:
                 val = kwargs.get(key)
                 if val:
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
             else:
                 cls = _registry[parsed_url.scheme]
                 kwargs["_url"] = parsed_url
-                new_args.insert(0, parsed_url.path)
-                args = tuple(new_args)
+                args_list.insert(0, parsed_url.path)
+                args = tuple(args_list)
                 self = cls._from_parts_init(args, init=False)
                 self._init(*args, **kwargs)
         return self
diff --git a/upath/implementations/s3.py b/upath/implementations/s3.py
index 21d31524..4b09a9a7 100644
--- a/upath/implementations/s3.py
+++ b/upath/implementations/s3.py
@@ -24,3 +24,23 @@ def _sub_path(self, name):
         sp = self.path
         subed = re.sub(f"^{self._url.netloc}/({sp}|{sp[1:]})/?", "", name)
         return subed
+
+    def _init(self, *args, template=None, **kwargs):
+        if kwargs.get("bucket") and kwargs.get("_url"):
+            bucket = kwargs.pop("bucket")
+            kwargs["_url"] = kwargs["_url"]._replace(netloc=bucket)
+        super()._init(*args, template=template, **kwargs)
+
+    def joinpath(self, *args):
+        if self._url.netloc:
+            return super().joinpath(*args)
+        # handles a bucket in the path
+        else:
+            path = args[0]
+            if isinstance(path, list):
+                args_list = list(*args)
+            else:
+                args_list = path.split(self._flavour.sep)
+            bucket = args_list.pop(0)
+            self._kwargs["bucket"] = bucket
+            return super().joinpath(*tuple(args_list))
diff --git a/upath/tests/implementations/test_s3.py b/upath/tests/implementations/test_s3.py
index aa50aad4..7721023e 100644
--- a/upath/tests/implementations/test_s3.py
+++ b/upath/tests/implementations/test_s3.py
@@ -83,3 +83,15 @@ def test_fsspec_compat(self):
         upath2 = UPath(p2, anon=self.anon, **self.s3so)
         assert upath2.read_bytes() == content
         upath2.unlink()
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "joiner", [["bucket", "path", "file"], "bucket/path/file"]
+    )
+    def test_no_bucket_joinpath(self, joiner):
+        path = UPath("s3://", anon=self.anon, **self.s3so)
+        path = path.joinpath(joiner)
+        assert str(path) == "s3://bucket/path/file"
+
+    def test_creating_s3path_with_bucket(self):
+        path = UPath("s3://", bucket="bucket", anon=self.anon, **self.s3so)
+        assert str(path) == "s3://bucket/"