diff --git a/docs/rh-log.txt b/docs/rh-log.txt
index 9a04d901d..36a23017c 100644
--- a/docs/rh-log.txt
+++ b/docs/rh-log.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+November 23, 2009
+- Fixed: FWadCollection::AddFile() did not call FixPathSeperator(), so
+  savegames would hold the full file path for wads that had been specified
+  with backslash characters, because GetWadName() would not trim off the
+  path.
+
 November 22, 2009  (Changes by Graf Zahl)
 - extended Doom map format linedef translator so that it also handles the flags.
 
diff --git a/src/w_wad.cpp b/src/w_wad.cpp
index 3594c8b3f..9c5b525ca 100644
--- a/src/w_wad.cpp
+++ b/src/w_wad.cpp
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ int FWadCollection::AddExternalFile(const char *filename)
 // [RH] Removed reload hack
 //==========================================================================
 
-void FWadCollection::AddFile (const char *filename, FileReader *wadinfo)
+void FWadCollection::AddFile (char *filename, FileReader *wadinfo)
 {
 	int startlump;
 	bool isdir = false;
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ void FWadCollection::AddFile (const char *filename, FileReader *wadinfo)
 				return;
 			}
 		}
+		FixPathSeperator(filename);
 	}
 
 	Printf (" adding %s", filename);
diff --git a/src/w_wad.h b/src/w_wad.h
index 293a328f5..7adea8ab7 100644
--- a/src/w_wad.h
+++ b/src/w_wad.h
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ public:
 	enum { IWAD_FILENUM = 1 };
 
 	void InitMultipleFiles (wadlist_t **filenames);
-	void AddFile (const char *filename, FileReader *wadinfo = NULL);
+	void AddFile (char *filename, FileReader *wadinfo = NULL);
 	int CheckIfWadLoaded (const char *name);
 
 	const char *GetWadName (int wadnum) const;