diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index a31dfbe60d413ded65d480e54b1941273d23c357..cc735c8d745ebbdd4638c9672123dfe1118082d3 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   char *dir;
 
   if((dir = argv_parse(argc, argv)) == NULL)
-    dir = path_real(".");
+    dir = ".";
 
   calc_init(dir, NULL);