diff --git a/crates/ptth_file_server_bin/src/lib.rs b/crates/ptth_file_server_bin/src/lib.rs
index d6079ce..bbc4002 100644
--- a/crates/ptth_file_server_bin/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ptth_file_server_bin/src/lib.rs
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ pub async fn main (_args: &[OsString]) -> anyhow::Result <()> {
 	});
 	
 	let state = Arc::new (FileServer::new (
-		file_server_root.unwrap_or_else (PathBuf::new),
+		file_server_root.unwrap_or_else (|| PathBuf::from (".")),
 		&PathBuf::new (),
 		name,
 		metrics_interval,
diff --git a/crates/ptth_server/src/lib.rs b/crates/ptth_server/src/lib.rs
index c7986ae..bf3ab02 100644
--- a/crates/ptth_server/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ptth_server/src/lib.rs
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ pub async fn run_server (
 	
 	let file_server = file_server::FileServer::new (
 		config_file.file_server_root.clone (),
-		&asset_root.clone ().unwrap_or_else (PathBuf::new),
+		&asset_root.clone ().unwrap_or_else (|| PathBuf::from (".")),
 		config_file.name.clone (),
 		metrics_interval,
 		hidden_path.clone (),