diff --git a/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/util/io/Tarball.java b/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/util/io/Tarball.java
index b1dcc27..6a24ac1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/util/io/Tarball.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/cobbzilla/util/io/Tarball.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public class Tarball {
 
     public static void unroll(File tarball, File dir) throws IOException, ArchiveException {
 
-        final String path = abs(tarball);
+        final String path = tarball.getAbsolutePath();
         final FileInputStream fileIn = new FileInputStream(tarball);
         final CompressorInputStream zipIn;