diff --git a/Public/paths.lua b/Public/paths.lua
index 2929b5d..50eec46 100644
--- a/Public/paths.lua
+++ b/Public/paths.lua
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ local function resolvePathAbs2(key, rootKey)
     local val = auGetSetting(key)
     if (not val) then return end
     local path = os.realpath(auGetSetting(rootKey) .. val)
+    if (not path) then path = auGetSetting(rootKey) .. val end
     local key2 = "sAbs" .. key:sub(5)
     if (Aurora.Settings[key2]) then return Aurora.Settings[key2] end
     Aurora.Settings[key2] = path
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ end
 
 local function resolvePathAbs(key)
     local path = resolvePathAbs2(key, "sAbsRoot")
-    
+
     if (not path) then
         return
     end