diff --git a/src/engine/engine.cpp b/src/engine/engine.cpp
index 882fc25d1..87fac32dc 100644
--- a/src/engine/engine.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/engine.cpp
@@ -1165,7 +1165,7 @@ bool DivEngine::addInstrumentFromFile(const char* path) {
   if (pathReduxEnd==NULL) {
     stripPath=pathRedux;
   } else {
-    for (const char* i=pathRedux; pathRedux!=pathReduxEnd && (*i); i++) {
+    for (const char* i=pathRedux; i!=pathReduxEnd && (*i); i++) {
       stripPath+=*i;
     }
   }