diff --git a/src/scheduler.c b/src/scheduler.c
index 8e5924f0..b9eb8a2d 100644
--- a/src/scheduler.c
+++ b/src/scheduler.c
@@ -1361,7 +1361,7 @@ int xschem(ClientData clientdata, Tcl_Interp *interp, int argc, const char * arg
       cmd_found = 1;
       tcleval("catch { ngspice::resetdata }");
       tcleval("load_file_dialog {Load Schematic} .sch.sym INITIALLOADDIR");
-      my_snprintf(fullname, S(fullname),"%s", tclresult());
+      my_snprintf(fullname, S(fullname),"%s", abs_sym_path(tclresult(), ""));
       if( fullname[0] ) {
        Tcl_VarEval(interp, "new_window create ", fullname, NULL);
       }