diff --git a/tagstudio/src/core/library.py b/tagstudio/src/core/library.py
index 62c22531..f5196d31 100644
--- a/tagstudio/src/core/library.py
+++ b/tagstudio/src/core/library.py
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ class Library:
 		2: File creation error
 		"""
 		
-		path = os.path.normpath(path).strip('\\')
+		path = os.path.normpath(path).rstrip('\\')
 
 		if ts_core.TS_FOLDER_NAME in path:
 			return 1