diff --git a/std/player/base.c b/std/player/base.c
index 1078454..d119109 100644
--- a/std/player/base.c
+++ b/std/player/base.c
@@ -2211,7 +2211,7 @@
     }
 
     /* try to restore player. If it doesn't exist, set the new flag */
-    newflag = !restore_object( "/" + SAVEPATH + lower_case(str)[0..0] + "/"
+    newflag = !restore_object( SAVEPATH + lower_case(str)[0..0] + "/"
                                +lower_case(str) );
 
     updates_after_restore(newflag);