diff --git a/src/archive/zip.rs b/src/archive/zip.rs
index 67d3118..f2f1d2f 100644
--- a/src/archive/zip.rs
+++ b/src/archive/zip.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 use std::{
     env, fs,
     io::{self, prelude::*},
-    path::Component,
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
 };
 
@@ -12,7 +11,7 @@ use zip::{self, read::ZipFile, ZipArchive};
 
 use crate::{
     info, oof,
-    utils::{self, dir_is_empty, Bytes},
+    utils::{self, dir_is_empty, strip_cur_dir, Bytes},
 };
 
 use self::utf8::get_invalid_utf8_paths;
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ where
                         fs::create_dir_all(&path)?;
                     }
                 }
-                let file_path = file_path.strip_prefix(Component::CurDir).unwrap_or_else(|_| file_path.as_path());
+                let file_path = strip_cur_dir(file_path.as_path());
 
                 info!("{:?} extracted. ({})", file_path.display(), Bytes::new(file.size()));
 
diff --git a/src/utils.rs b/src/utils.rs
index 01fe9c1..75ff57c 100644
--- a/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/utils.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ pub fn create_dir_if_non_existent(path: &Path) -> crate::Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+pub fn strip_cur_dir(source_path: &Path) -> PathBuf {
+    source_path
+        .strip_prefix(Component::CurDir)
+        .map(|path| path.to_path_buf())
+        .unwrap_or_else(|_| source_path.to_path_buf())
+}
+
 /// Changes the process' current directory to the directory that contains the
 /// file pointed to by `filename` and returns the directory that the process
 /// was in before this function was called.
@@ -46,7 +53,7 @@ pub fn user_wants_to_overwrite(path: &Path, flags: &oof::Flags) -> crate::Result
         _ => {}
     }
 
-    let path = path.strip_prefix(Component::CurDir).unwrap_or_else(|_| path);
+    let path = strip_cur_dir(path);
     Confirmation::new("Do you want to overwrite 'FILE'?", Some("FILE")).ask(Some(&to_utf(path)))
 }