diff --git a/etherdump b/etherdump
index 2b2157f..23ab29f 100755
--- a/etherdump
+++ b/etherdump
@@ -370,11 +370,12 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
             return info
 
         def get_pads(groupinfo=None):
-            pads = padids_from_path(args.pubpath)
+            pads = padids_from_path(os.path.join(args.outputpath, args.pubpath))
             pads = [augment_info(x, groupinfo) for x in pads]
            #  print (("padids_from_path", args.pubpath, pads), file=sys.stderr)
-            if not args.exclude_groups and os.path.exists(args.grouppath):
-                groups = [os.path.join(args.grouppath, x) for x in os.listdir(args.grouppath)]
+           gp = os.path.join(args.outputpath, args.grouppath)
+            if not args.exclude_groups and gp:
+                groups = [os.path.join(gp, x) for x in os.listdir(gp)]
                 groups = [x for x in groups if os.path.isdir(x)]
                 groups.sort()
                 for gp in groups: