diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.Common/lua/LuaFileList.cs b/BizHawk.Client.Common/lua/LuaFileList.cs
index 12bc4f59d0..f246be5858 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.Common/lua/LuaFileList.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.Common/lua/LuaFileList.cs
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 					sb
 						.Append(file.Enabled ? "1" : "0")
 						.Append(' ')
-						.Append(PathManager.MakeRelativeTo(file.Path, Path.GetDirectoryName(path)))
+						.Append(PathManager.MakeRelativeTo(PathManager.MakeAbsolutePath(file.Path, ""), Path.GetDirectoryName(path)))
 						.AppendLine();
 				}