diff --git a/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/mixin/perf/resourcepacks/ModFileResourcePackMixin.java b/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/mixin/perf/resourcepacks/ModFileResourcePackMixin.java
index a4af0a11..147a1b4c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/mixin/perf/resourcepacks/ModFileResourcePackMixin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/mixin/perf/resourcepacks/ModFileResourcePackMixin.java
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public abstract class ModFileResourcePackMixin {
     }
 
     private boolean isValidCachedResourcePath(Path path) {
-        if(path.getFileName() == null) {
+        if(path.getFileName() == null || path.getNameCount() == 0) {
             return false;
         }
         String str = path.toString();
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/util/CachedResourcePath.java b/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/util/CachedResourcePath.java
index 4f3d287d..03a851c7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/util/CachedResourcePath.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/util/CachedResourcePath.java
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ public class CachedResourcePath {
     }
 
     public CachedResourcePath(String s) {
-        this(NO_PREFIX, SLASH_SPLITTER.splitToList(s));
+        // normalize so we can guarantee there are no empty sections
+        this(NO_PREFIX, SLASH_SPLITTER.splitToList(FileUtil.normalize(s)));
     }
 
     public <T> CachedResourcePath(String[] prefixElements, Collection<T> collection) {