diff --git a/lib/files/getDestDir b/lib/files/getDestDir
index e92a899..fd031b0 100644
--- a/lib/files/getDestDir
+++ b/lib/files/getDestDir
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ getDestDir() {
 				echo "$thispart" >&${toascii[1]}
 				read -r -u${toascii[0]} thispart
 			fi
-			destdir+="/$(sanitizeFile "$thispart" dir)"
+			sanitized="$(sanitizeFile "$thispart" dir)"
+			destdir+="${sanitized:+/}$sanitized"
 			part=${part#*/}
 		done
 	fi