diff --git a/tokenize.c b/tokenize.c
index 2327de43..333b9a8f 100644
--- a/tokenize.c
+++ b/tokenize.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ tokenize_cmdline(const char *cmdline, char ***argv)
             goto err;
         }
 
-        char *argv0 = xstrjoin3(homedir, "/", **argv + 2);
+        char *argv0 = xstrjoin(homedir, **argv + 1);
         free(**argv);
         **argv = argv0;
     }