diff --git a/source/games/blood/src/barf.cpp b/source/games/blood/src/barf.cpp
index f5f6f6381..ad218159c 100644
--- a/source/games/blood/src/barf.cpp
+++ b/source/games/blood/src/barf.cpp
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ void ParseScript(int lumpnum)
                 if (dword_44CE0[gParseLevel] == 0) 
 				{
 					// In the RFS files I have seen the outermost directory is not part of what goes into the file system.
-					auto inp1 = strchr(inp, '\\');
+					auto inp1 = strpbrk(inp, "/\\");
 					if (!inp1 || !fileSystem.CreatePathlessCopy(inp1 + 1, ID, nFlags))
 					{
 						// I'll activate this when I find evidence that it is needed. Otherwise the risk of picking up unwanted data is too high.