diff --git a/src/partclone.c b/src/partclone.c
index 786f4f11..36a7d6ac 100644
--- a/src/partclone.c
+++ b/src/partclone.c
@@ -327,8 +327,9 @@ static void save_program_name(const char* argv0) {
 	const char* last_slash = strrchr(argv0, '/');
 
 	if (last_slash != 0) {
-
 		exec_name = last_slash + 1;
+	} else {
+		exec_name = argv0;
 	}
 }