diff --git a/src/base_media_func.h b/src/base_media_func.h
--- a/src/base_media_func.h
+++ b/src/base_media_func.h
@@ -159,9 +159,9 @@ bool BaseMedia<Tbase_set>::AddFile(const
 
 	Tbase_set *set = new Tbase_set();
 	IniFile *ini = new IniFile();
-	ini->LoadFromDisk(filename, BASESET_DIR);
+	char *path = stredup(filename + basepath_length);
+	ini->LoadFromDisk(path, BASESET_DIR);
 
-	char *path = stredup(filename + basepath_length);
 	char *psep = strrchr(path, PATHSEPCHAR);
 	if (psep != nullptr) {
 		psep[1] = '\0';