diff --git a/adlfs/spec.py b/adlfs/spec.py
index 9e904078..ff3e3f53 100644
--- a/adlfs/spec.py
+++ b/adlfs/spec.py
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ async def _find(self, path, withdirs=False, prefix="", with_parent=False, **kwar
         return {name: files[name] for name in names}
 
     async def _glob_find(self, path, maxdepth=None, withdirs=False, **kwargs):
-        """List all files below path in a recusrsive manner.
+        """List all files below path in a recursive manner.
         Like posix ``find`` command without conditions
         Parameters
         ----------
@@ -1049,6 +1049,9 @@ async def _glob_find(self, path, maxdepth=None, withdirs=False, **kwargs):
         kwargs are passed to ``ls``.
         """
         # TODO: allow equivalent of -name parameter
+
+        path = path.rstrip('*')
+        path = path.rstrip('/')
         path = self._strip_protocol(path)
         out = dict()
         detail = kwargs.pop("detail", False)
@@ -1511,7 +1514,7 @@ async def _expand_path(self, path, recursive=False, maxdepth=None, **kwargs):
         )  # Sets whether to return the parent dir
 
         if isinstance(path, list):
-            path = [f"{p.strip('/')}" for p in path if not p.endswith("*")]
+            path = [f"{p.strip('/')}" if not p.endswith("*") else p for p in path]
         else:
             if not path.endswith("*"):
                 path = f"{path.strip('/')}"
@@ -1527,7 +1530,7 @@ async def _expand_path(self, path, recursive=False, maxdepth=None, **kwargs):
                     bit = set(await self._glob(p))
                     out |= bit
                     if recursive:
-                        bit2 = set(await self._expand_path(p))
+                        bit2 = set(await self._glob_find(p, withdirs=True))
                         out |= bit2
                     continue
                 elif recursive:
@@ -1567,7 +1570,7 @@ async def _put_file(
         container_name, path = self.split_path(rpath, delimiter=delimiter)
 
         if os.path.isdir(lpath):
-            self.makedirs(rpath, exist_ok=True)
+            return
         else:
             try:
                 with open(lpath, "rb") as f1:
diff --git a/adlfs/tests/test_spec.py b/adlfs/tests/test_spec.py
index 99bf8760..126bad18 100644
--- a/adlfs/tests/test_spec.py
+++ b/adlfs/tests/test_spec.py
@@ -1348,3 +1348,41 @@ def test_find_with_prefix(storage):
     assert test_1s == [test_bucket_name + "/prefixes/test_1"] + [
         test_bucket_name + f"/prefixes/test_{cursor}" for cursor in range(10, 20)
     ]
+
+
+def test_expand_path(storage):
+    test_bucket = "data"
+    test_dir = f"{test_bucket}/testexpandpath"
+    sub_dir_1 = f"{test_dir}/subdir1"
+    sub_dir_2 = f"{sub_dir_1}/subdir2"
+    test_blobs = [
+        f"{test_dir}/blob1",
+        f"{test_dir}/blob2",
+        f"{test_dir}/subdir1/blob3",
+        f"{test_dir}/subdir1/blob4",
+        f"{test_dir}/subdir1/subdir2/blob5",
+    ]
+
+    expected_dirs_w_trailing_slash = test_blobs.copy()
+    expected_dirs_w_trailing_slash.append(test_dir)
+    expected_dirs_w_trailing_slash.append(sub_dir_1 + "/")
+    expected_dirs_w_trailing_slash.append(sub_dir_2 + "/")
+
+    expected_dirs_wo_trailing_slash = test_blobs.copy()
+    expected_dirs_wo_trailing_slash.append(sub_dir_1)
+    expected_dirs_wo_trailing_slash.append(sub_dir_2)
+
+    fs = AzureBlobFileSystem(
+        account_name=storage.account_name, connection_string=CONN_STR
+    )
+    for blob in test_blobs:
+        fs.touch(blob)
+
+    result_without_slash = fs.expand_path(test_dir, recursive=True)
+    assert sorted(result_without_slash) == sorted(expected_dirs_w_trailing_slash)
+
+    result_with_slash = fs.expand_path(test_dir + "/", recursive=True)
+    assert sorted(result_with_slash) == sorted(expected_dirs_w_trailing_slash)
+
+    result_glob = fs.expand_path(test_dir + "/*", recursive=True)
+    assert sorted(result_glob) == sorted(expected_dirs_wo_trailing_slash)