diff --git a/code/qcommon/files.c b/code/qcommon/files.c
index e5d91671..4a94463e 100644
--- a/code/qcommon/files.c
+++ b/code/qcommon/files.c
@@ -2491,20 +2491,23 @@ void FS_GetModDescription( const char *modDir, char *description, int descriptio
 	int				nDescLen;
 	FILE			*file;
 
-	Com_sprintf( descPath, sizeof ( descPath ), "%s/description.txt", modDir );
+	Com_sprintf( descPath, sizeof ( descPath ), "%s%cdescription.txt", modDir, PATH_SEP );
 	nDescLen = FS_SV_FOpenFileRead( descPath, &descHandle );
 
-	if ( nDescLen > 0 && descHandle ) {
+	if ( nDescLen > 0 ) {
 		file = FS_FileForHandle(descHandle);
 		Com_Memset( description, 0, descriptionLen );
 		nDescLen = fread(description, 1, descriptionLen, file);
 		if (nDescLen >= 0) {
 			description[nDescLen] = '\0';
 		}
-		FS_FCloseFile(descHandle);
 	} else {
 		Q_strncpyz( description, modDir, descriptionLen );
 	}
+
+	if ( descHandle ) {
+		FS_FCloseFile( descHandle );
+	}
 }
 
 /*