diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 700b5ea..65ff0dd 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ function registerListener(session, options, callback = () => {}) {
 
 		const window_ = majorElectronVersion() >= 12 ? BrowserWindow.fromWebContents(webContents) : getWindowFromWebContents(webContents);
 
-		const directory = options.directory || app.getPath('downloads');
+		let directory = options.directory || app.getPath('downloads');
+		directory = path.resolve(directory); // converts any relative path to absolute path
 		let filePath;
 		if (options.filename) {
 			filePath = path.join(directory, options.filename);