diff --git a/obj/playerdata.c b/obj/playerdata.c
index 0e2729b..f3c8c4e 100644
--- a/obj/playerdata.c
+++ b/obj/playerdata.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
   if (!pl)
   {
     // wenn nicht: Savefile einlesen.
-    restore_object("/"SAVEPATH + name[0..0] + "/" + name);
+    restore_object(SAVEPATH + name[0..0] + "/" + name);
     pl = name;
   }
   user = previous_object();
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);