diff --git a/src/pc.c b/src/pc.c
index bf8036f52..86eb6e364 100644
--- a/src/pc.c
+++ b/src/pc.c
@@ -926,9 +926,9 @@ void loadconfig(wchar_t *fn)
         }
 
 	memset(nvr_path, 0, 2048);
-        wp = (wchar_t *)config_get_wstring(NULL, "nvr_path", L"nvr");
+        wp = (wchar_t *)config_get_wstring(NULL, "nvr_path", L"");
         if (wp) {
-		if (wcslen(wp) <= 992)  wcscpy(nvr_path, wp);
+		if (wcslen(wp) && (wcslen(wp) <= 992))  wcscpy(nvr_path, wp);
 		else
 		{
 			append_filename_w(nvr_path, pcempath, L"nvr", 511);
diff --git a/src/win.c b/src/win.c
index 9b85ac8ca..e601e2fb6 100644
--- a/src/win.c
+++ b/src/win.c
@@ -1851,6 +1851,7 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK WindowProcedure (HWND hwnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM
                                 {
                                         config_save(config_file_default);
                                         loadconfig(wopenfilestring);
+					pclog_w(L"NVR path: %s\n", nvr_path);
                                         mem_resize();
                                         loadbios();
                                         resetpchard();