diff --git a/src/ui-socket.c b/src/ui-socket.c
index 59e54d1..fbc4066 100644
--- a/src/ui-socket.c
+++ b/src/ui-socket.c
@@ -125,9 +125,9 @@ struct dialogue_response ask_access(const char *filename,
   fprintf(stderr, "dialogue wrote out %s\n", first(&dialogue_output));
   fprintf(stderr, "dialogue returned %d\n", dialogue_exit_code);
 
-  // if (size(&dialogue_output) == 0) {
-  //   push(&dialogue_output, '.');
-  // }
+  if (size(&dialogue_output) == 0) {
+    push(&dialogue_output, '/');
+  }
 
   assert(strlen(first(&dialogue_output)) == size(&dialogue_output));