noice.c | 6 +++++-

diff --git a/noice.c b/noice.c
index d03400e984d06cf8b10ad14179d774d438701413..f224c964982af9897072021776757476deeff462 100644
--- a/noice.c
+++ b/noice.c
@@ -468,7 +468,11 @@ 				goto nochange;
 
 			name = dents[cur].name;
 
-			asprintf(&pathnew, "%s/%s", path, name);
+			/* Handle root case */
+			if (strcmp(path, "/") == 0)
+				asprintf(&pathnew, "/%s", name);
+			else
+				asprintf(&pathnew, "%s/%s", path, name);
 
 			DPRINTF_S(name);
 			DPRINTF_S(pathnew);