diff --git a/src/ui-socket.c b/src/ui-socket.c
index 0e6f3c7..ef72430 100644
--- a/src/ui-socket.c
+++ b/src/ui-socket.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ struct dialogue_response ask_access(const char *filename,
     perror("");
     response.decision = DENY;
     response.filename = malloc(2);
-    response.filename[0] = '.';
+    response.filename[0] = '/';
     response.filename[1] = 0;
     return response;
   }
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ struct dialogue_response ask_access(const char *filename,
     perror("Pipe returned a error");
     response.decision = DENY;
     response.filename = malloc(2);
-    response.filename[0] = '.';
+    response.filename[0] = '/';
     response.filename[1] = 0;
     return response;
   }