diff --git a/lib/manager.js b/lib/manager.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/manager.js
+++ b/lib/manager.js
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ var EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
 var LessFile = require('./lessfile');
 
 function Manager(srcDir, dstDir) {
-  this.srcDir = srcDir;
-  this.dstDir = dstDir;
+  this.srcDir = srcDir.replace(/^.\//, '');
+  this.dstDir = dstDir.replace(/^.\//, '');
   this.files = {};
   this.dependencies = {};
   this.pending = 0;
Remove './' from beginning of file paths, it's unnecessary and breaks the file name creation logic