diff --git a/pyren/convert_db.py b/pyren/convert_db.py
index 7134e7e..93a3fb4 100755
--- a/pyren/convert_db.py
+++ b/pyren/convert_db.py
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         for vf in locationsfiles:
             print "Processing file ", vf
             try:
+                while len(vf) and vf[0] in ['.', '/', '\\']:
+                    vf = vf[1:]
                 optf = optfile (vf)
             except:
                 print "Skipping file ", vf