diff --git a/tsearchpath.py b/tsearchpath.py
index c6ae3e2..93535c4 100755
--- a/tsearchpath.py
+++ b/tsearchpath.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 # Program Information
 
-RCSID = "$Id: tsearchpath.py,v 1.107 2010/06/25 14:07:14 tundra Exp $"
+RCSID = "$Id: tsearchpath.py,v 1.108 2010/06/25 15:08:23 tundra Exp $"
 
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------#
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
 
     for path in paths:
 
-        if path[-1] != PATHSEP:
+        if path and path[-1] != PATHSEP:
             path += PATHSEP
 
         path += filename