diff --git a/src/node/utils/Settings.js b/src/node/utils/Settings.js
index 4c6b7ea40..b4eff3d11 100644
--- a/src/node/utils/Settings.js
+++ b/src/node/utils/Settings.js
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ exports.abiwordAvailable = function()
 exports.reloadSettings = function reloadSettings() {
   // Discover where the settings file lives
   var settingsFilename = argv.settings || "settings.json";
-  settingsFilename = path.resolve(path.join(exports.root, settingsFilename));
+  settingsFilename = path.resolve(exports.root, settingsFilename);
 
   var settingsStr;
   try{