diff --git a/karchivemanager/karchivemanager.cpp b/karchivemanager/karchivemanager.cpp
index 235c7431..373e5721 100644
--- a/karchivemanager/karchivemanager.cpp
+++ b/karchivemanager/karchivemanager.cpp
@@ -1005,9 +1005,9 @@ KArchiveModelPrivate::KArchiveModelPrivate(QObject *parent)
 // because altering paths is not easy
 QString KArchiveModelPrivate::joinDir(const QString &dir1, const QString &dir2) const {
     if (dir1.isEmpty()) {
-        return QDir::cleanPath("/" + dir2);
+        return dir2;
     }
-    return QDir::cleanPath(dir1 + "/" + dir2);
+    return dir1 + "/" + dir2;
 }
 
 QStandardItem* KArchiveModelPrivate::makeColumn(const QString &string) const {
@@ -1092,7 +1092,7 @@ void KArchiveModelPrivate::run() {
     m_interrupt = false;
 
     foreach (const KArchiveInfo &info, m_list) {
-        if (m_interrupt) {
+        if(m_interrupt) {
             return;
         }