diff --git a/central_widget.py b/central_widget.py
index cad74e2..726c6b7 100644
--- a/central_widget.py
+++ b/central_widget.py
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ class FileView(QWidget):
             self._mdata_tree.resizeColumnToContents(i)
         
     def reset(self):
-        print("FileView ", self._file_handler.is_valid)
         pass
 
 class SplashScreen(QWidget):
@@ -159,12 +158,15 @@ class SplashScreen(QWidget):
     def _create_short_filename(self, original, index, max_len=40):
         short = original
         parts = original.split(os.sep)
-        post = parts[-1]
-        if len(post) > max_len - 4:
-            post = post[:max_len - 4]
-            short = str("%i: " % index) + "... " + post
+        if len(parts) == 1:
+            short = "%i: %s" % (index, short[:max_len])
         else:
-            short = str("%i: " % index) + " ... ".join([original[:max_len - len(post) - 4], post])
+            post = parts[-1]
+            if len(post) > max_len - 4:
+                post = post[:max_len - 4]
+                short = str("%i: " % index) + "... " + post
+            else:
+                short = str("%i: " % index) + " ... ".join([original[:max_len - len(post) - 4], post])
         return short
         
     def _read_recent_files(self):