diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 0da1d5622..268f9815a 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ static int read_init()
 
 	env_set( L"__fish_help_dir", DOCDIR, 0);	
 	
-	eval( L"builtin cd " DATADIR L" 2>/dev/null; . fish 2>/dev/null", 0, TOP );
+	eval( L"builtin cd " DATADIR L"/fish 2>/dev/null; . fish 2>/dev/null", 0, TOP );
 	eval( L"builtin cd " SYSCONFDIR L" 2>/dev/null; . fish 2>/dev/null", 0, TOP );
 	eval( L"builtin cd 2>/dev/null;. .fish 2>/dev/null", 0, TOP );