diff --git a/CHANGELOG/0.2.2.md b/CHANGELOG/0.2.2.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7761a57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG/0.2.2.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- improve coverage of ASCII characters in Path generators
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scalacheck/src/main/scala/pathy/scalacheck/RandomSeg.scala b/scalacheck/src/main/scala/pathy/scalacheck/RandomSeg.scala
index 5c54a6b..6cece38 100644
--- a/scalacheck/src/main/scala/pathy/scalacheck/RandomSeg.scala
+++ b/scalacheck/src/main/scala/pathy/scalacheck/RandomSeg.scala
@@ -22,19 +22,24 @@ import org.scalacheck.Gen
 
 import scalaz.Show
 
+/** Newtype for path segment strings with a generator that produces mostly 
+  * alphanumeric, then any printable ASCII char, with slightly more `.` and `/` 
+  * characters (because they tend to be problematic for encoders), and finally 
+  * an occasional char from anywhere in Unicode. */
 private[scalacheck] final case class RandomSeg(str: String) extends AnyVal
 
 private[scalacheck] object RandomSeg {
-  implicit val randomSegArbitrary: Arbitrary[RandomSeg] =
+  implicit val arbitrary: Arbitrary[RandomSeg] =
     Arbitrary {
       Gen.nonEmptyListOf(Gen.frequency(
-        100 -> Gen.alphaNumChar,
-         10 -> Gen.const('.'),
-         10 -> Gen.const('/'),
-          5 -> Arbitrary.arbitrary[Char]
+        50 -> Gen.alphaChar,
+        25 -> Gen.choose(MinPrintableASCII, MaxPrintableASCII),
+        10 -> Gen.const('.'),
+        10 -> Gen.const('/'),
+         5 -> Arbitrary.arbitrary[Char]
       )) map (cs => RandomSeg(cs.mkString))
     }
 
-  implicit val randomSegShow: Show[RandomSeg] =
+  implicit val show: Show[RandomSeg] =
     Show.shows(_.str)
 }
diff --git a/scalacheck/src/main/scala/pathy/scalacheck/package.scala b/scalacheck/src/main/scala/pathy/scalacheck/package.scala
index 119e860..192a0d4 100644
--- a/scalacheck/src/main/scala/pathy/scalacheck/package.scala
+++ b/scalacheck/src/main/scala/pathy/scalacheck/package.scala
@@ -57,4 +57,7 @@ package object scalacheck {
           t <- Gen.resize(r, sizeDistributedListOfNonEmpty(g))
         } yield (h :: t)
     }
+    
+  val MinPrintableASCII = '\u0020'
+  val MaxPrintableASCII = '\u007e'
 }
diff --git a/version.sbt b/version.sbt
index a500ff9..11d1a4c 100644
--- a/version.sbt
+++ b/version.sbt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version in ThisBuild := "0.2.1"
+version in ThisBuild := "0.2.2"