diff --git a/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/mixin/perf/modern_resourcepacks/PathResourcePackMixin.java b/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/mixin/perf/modern_resourcepacks/PathResourcePackMixin.java
index ded06118..58818a89 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/mixin/perf/modern_resourcepacks/PathResourcePackMixin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/mixin/perf/modern_resourcepacks/PathResourcePackMixin.java
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public abstract class PathResourcePackMixin {
     }
 
     private boolean isValidCachedResourcePath(Path path) {
-        if(path.getFileName() == null)
+        if(path.getFileName() == null || path.getNameCount() == 0)
             return false;
         String str = path.toString();
         for(int i = 0; i < str.length(); i++) {
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) {