diff --git a/src/SystemData.cpp b/src/SystemData.cpp
index aef0c808b..9a308510a 100644
--- a/src/SystemData.cpp
+++ b/src/SystemData.cpp
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ void SystemData::populateFolder(FolderData* folder)
 	{
 		filePath = (*dir).path();
 
-		if(filePath.stem().string().empty())
+		if(filePath.stem().empty())
 			continue;
 
 		//this is a little complicated because we allow a list of extensions to be defined (delimited with a space)