diff --git a/src/gui/folder.cpp b/src/gui/folder.cpp
index eec14d14d..fa50a289b 100644
--- a/src/gui/folder.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/folder.cpp
@@ -186,12 +186,12 @@ QString Folder::path() const
     return p;
 }
 
-QString Folder::cleanPath(QString path)
+QString Folder::cleanPath()
 {
-    QString cleanedPath = QDir::cleanPath(path);
+    QString cleanedPath = QDir::cleanPath(_path);
 
     if(cleanedPath.length() == 3 && cleanedPath.endsWith(":/"))
-        return cleanedPath.left(2);
+        cleanedPath.remove(2,1);
 
     return cleanedPath;
 }
diff --git a/src/gui/folder.h b/src/gui/folder.h
index ee4be5581..e2f47a2e1 100644
--- a/src/gui/folder.h
+++ b/src/gui/folder.h
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public:
     /**
      * wrapper for QDir::cleanPath("Z:\\"), which returns "Z:\\", but we need "Z:" instead
      */
-    static QString cleanPath(QString path);
+    QString cleanPath();
 
     /**
      * remote folder path
diff --git a/src/gui/folderman.cpp b/src/gui/folderman.cpp
index 80ae20113..6e3984754 100644
--- a/src/gui/folderman.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/folderman.cpp
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ Folder *FolderMan::folderForPath(const QString &path)
     QString absolutePath = QDir::cleanPath(path)+QLatin1Char('/');
 
     foreach(Folder* folder, this->map().values()) {
-        const QString folderPath = Folder::cleanPath(folder->path())+QLatin1Char('/');
+        const QString folderPath = folder->cleanPath()+QLatin1Char('/');
 
         if(absolutePath.startsWith(folderPath)) {
             //qDebug() << "found folder: " << folder->path() << " for " << absolutePath;
diff --git a/src/gui/socketapi.cpp b/src/gui/socketapi.cpp
index 9a71b2d31..1a7f64101 100644
--- a/src/gui/socketapi.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/socketapi.cpp
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ void SocketApi::command_RETRIEVE_FILE_STATUS(const QString& argument, QLocalSock
         DEBUG << "folder offline or not watched:" << argument;
         statusString = QLatin1String("NOP");
     } else {
-        const QString file = QDir::cleanPath(argument).mid(Folder::cleanPath(syncFolder->path()).length()+1);
+        const QString file = QDir::cleanPath(argument).mid(syncFolder->cleanPath().length()+1);
         SyncFileStatus fileStatus = this->fileStatus(syncFolder, file, _excludes);
 
         statusString = fileStatus.toSocketAPIString();