diff --git a/src/fs_clonepath.cpp b/src/fs_clonepath.cpp
index 3f7c6d76..f6d4b9e3 100644
--- a/src/fs_clonepath.cpp
+++ b/src/fs_clonepath.cpp
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ fs::clonepath(const string &srcpath_,
   struct stat st;
   string      dstpath;
   string      srcpath;
-  string      dirname;
+  stdfs::path dirname;
   stdfs::path relpath;
 
   if((relpath_ == NULL) || (relpath_[0] == '\0'))
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ fs::clonepath(const string &srcpath_,
   if(relpath[0] != '/')
     relpath = '/' + relpath;
 
+
   dirname = fs::path::dirname(relpath_);
   if(dirname != "/")
     {