diff -NurdB zsnes_1_42/src/linux/zfilew.c zsnes_1_42-patched/src/linux/zfilew.c
--- zsnes_1_42/src/linux/zfilew.c	2005-01-14 08:11:19.000000000 -0500
+++ zsnes_1_42-patched/src/linux/zfilew.c	2006-03-16 02:16:42.000000000 -0500
@@ -476,9 +476,13 @@
   {
     homedir = (char *)malloc(ZCFG_DIR_LEN);
     getcwd(homedir, ZCFG_DIR_LEN);
+    strcpy(zcfgdir, homedir);
+    free(homedir);
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    strcpy(zcfgdir, homedir);
   }
-  strcpy(zcfgdir, homedir);
-  free(homedir);
   strcat(zcfgdir, ZCFG_DIR);
   tmp = opendir(zcfgdir);
   if (tmp == NULL)