diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 51ba7b11a..5408a80ba 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2008-09-20	Tobias Doerffel	<tobydox/at/users/dot/sourceforge/dot/net>
 
+	* src/core/config_mgr.cpp:
+	set default path if a path only contains of a dir-separator
+
 	* data/presets/CMakeLists.txt:
 	fixed extension of presets
 
diff --git a/src/core/config_mgr.cpp b/src/core/config_mgr.cpp
index c6860326d..6896e6678 100644
--- a/src/core/config_mgr.cpp
+++ b/src/core/config_mgr.cpp
@@ -283,17 +283,17 @@ void configManager::loadConfigFile( void )
 	}
 
 
-	if( m_vstDir == "" )
+	if( m_vstDir == "" || m_vstDir == QDir::separator() )
 	{
 		m_vstDir = ensureTrailingSlash( QDir::home().absolutePath() );
 	}
 
-	if( m_flDir == "" )
+	if( m_flDir == "" || m_flDir == QDir::separator() )
 	{
 		m_flDir = ensureTrailingSlash( QDir::home().absolutePath() );
 	}
 
-	if( m_ladDir == "" )
+	if( m_ladDir == "" || m_ladDir == QDir::separator() )
 	{
 #ifdef LMMS_BUILD_WIN32
 		m_ladDir = m_pluginDir + "ladspa" + QDir::separator();