diff -Nur geeqie-1.0alpha2-orig/src/main.c geeqie-1.0alpha2/src/main.c
--- geeqie-1.0alpha2-orig/src/main.c	2008-07-30 22:01:32.000000000 +0200
+++ geeqie-1.0alpha2/src/main.c	2008-08-11 20:19:44.000000000 +0200
@@ -840,7 +840,9 @@
 		}
 	else
 		{
-		layout_set_path(lw, path);
+            if (path) {
+                layout_set_path(lw, path);
+            }
 		if (first_collection)
 			{
 			layout_image_set_collection(lw, first_collection,