diff --git a/pass/Controllers/PasswordEditorTableViewController.swift b/pass/Controllers/PasswordEditorTableViewController.swift
index e733324..7ed2ed6 100644
--- a/pass/Controllers/PasswordEditorTableViewController.swift
+++ b/pass/Controllers/PasswordEditorTableViewController.swift
@@ -290,14 +290,14 @@ class PasswordEditorTableViewController: UITableViewController, FillPasswordTabl
         }
         
         // check whether we can parse the filename (be consistent with PasswordStore::addPasswordEntities)
-        var previousURLLength = Int.max
+        var previousPathLength = Int.max
         while passwordURL.path != "." {
             passwordURL = passwordURL.deletingLastPathComponent()
-            if passwordURL.absoluteString.count >= previousURLLength {
+            if passwordURL.path != "." && passwordURL.path.count >= previousPathLength {
                 Utils.alert(title: "Cannot Save", message: "Cannot parse the filename. Please check and simplify the password name.", controller: self, completion: nil)
                 return false
             }
-            previousURLLength = passwordURL.absoluteString.count
+            previousPathLength = passwordURL.path.count
         }
         
         return true
diff --git a/passKit/Models/PasswordStore.swift b/passKit/Models/PasswordStore.swift
index 5b98c0e..37e2718 100644
--- a/passKit/Models/PasswordStore.swift
+++ b/passKit/Models/PasswordStore.swift
@@ -592,16 +592,16 @@ public class PasswordStore {
         }
         
         var passwordURL = password.url!
-        var previousURLLength = Int.max
+        var previousPathLength = Int.max
         var paths: [String] = []
         while passwordURL.path != "." {
             paths.append(passwordURL.path)
             passwordURL = passwordURL.deletingLastPathComponent()
             // better identify errors before saving a new password
-            if passwordURL.absoluteString.count >= previousURLLength {
+            if passwordURL.path != "." && passwordURL.path.count >= previousPathLength {
                 throw AppError.WrongPasswordFilename
             }
-            previousURLLength = passwordURL.absoluteString.count
+            previousPathLength = passwordURL.path.count
         }
         paths.reverse()
         print(paths)