diff --git a/slsk-batchdl/Config.cs b/slsk-batchdl/Config.cs
index 0e41244..f1df348 100644
--- a/slsk-batchdl/Config.cs
+++ b/slsk-batchdl/Config.cs
@@ -245,12 +245,12 @@ public class Config
         
         nameFormat = nameFormat.Trim();
 
-        confPath        = Path.GetFullPath(Utils.ExpandUser(confPath));
-        parentDir       = Path.GetFullPath(Utils.ExpandUser(parentDir));
-        m3uFilePath     = Path.GetFullPath(Utils.ExpandUser(m3uFilePath));
-        indexFilePath   = Path.GetFullPath(Utils.ExpandUser(indexFilePath));
-        skipMusicDir    = Path.GetFullPath(Utils.ExpandUser(skipMusicDir));
-        failedAlbumPath = Path.GetFullPath(Utils.ExpandUser(failedAlbumPath));
+        confPath        = Utils.GetFullPath(Utils.ExpandUser(confPath));
+        parentDir       = Utils.GetFullPath(Utils.ExpandUser(parentDir));
+        m3uFilePath     = Utils.GetFullPath(Utils.ExpandUser(m3uFilePath));
+        indexFilePath   = Utils.GetFullPath(Utils.ExpandUser(indexFilePath));
+        skipMusicDir    = Utils.GetFullPath(Utils.ExpandUser(skipMusicDir));
+        failedAlbumPath = Utils.GetFullPath(Utils.ExpandUser(failedAlbumPath));
 
         if (failedAlbumPath.Length == 0)
             failedAlbumPath = Path.Join(parentDir, "failed");
diff --git a/slsk-batchdl/M3uEditor.cs b/slsk-batchdl/M3uEditor.cs
index 886a40b..933b2c8 100644
--- a/slsk-batchdl/M3uEditor.cs
+++ b/slsk-batchdl/M3uEditor.cs
@@ -32,10 +32,13 @@ public class M3uEditor // todo: separate into M3uEditor and IndexEditor
 
     public void SetPathAndLoad(string path)
     {
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(path))
+            return;
+
         if (this.path != null && Utils.NormalizedPath(this.path) == Utils.NormalizedPath(path))
             return;
 
-        this.path = Path.GetFullPath(path);
+        this.path = Utils.GetFullPath(path);
         parent = Utils.NormalizedPath(Path.GetDirectoryName(this.path));
 
         lines = ReadAllLines().ToList();
diff --git a/slsk-batchdl/Search.cs b/slsk-batchdl/Search.cs
index 3e1eaa1..605d205 100644
--- a/slsk-batchdl/Search.cs
+++ b/slsk-batchdl/Search.cs
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ static class Search
             }
         }
 
-        return (Path.GetFullPath(saveFilePath), chosenFile);
+        return (Utils.GetFullPath(saveFilePath), chosenFile);
     }
 
 
diff --git a/slsk-batchdl/Utilities/Utils.cs b/slsk-batchdl/Utilities/Utils.cs
index 24adda2..c8ff60b 100644
--- a/slsk-batchdl/Utilities/Utils.cs
+++ b/slsk-batchdl/Utilities/Utils.cs
@@ -58,6 +58,14 @@ public static class Utils
         }
     }
 
+    public static string GetFullPath(string path)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(path))
+            return path;
+
+        return Path.GetFullPath(path);
+    }
+
     public static string GetAsPathSlsk(string fname)
     {
         return fname.Replace('\\', Path.DirectorySeparatorChar);
@@ -620,6 +628,9 @@ public static class Utils
 
     public static string NormalizedPath(string path)
     {
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(path))
+            return path;
+
         return path.Replace('\\', '/').TrimEnd('/').Trim();
     }