diff --git a/v4l2/grabvidseq.c b/v4l2/grabvidseq.c
index 0e7683f3..7b1655fb 100644
--- a/v4l2/grabvidseq.c
+++ b/v4l2/grabvidseq.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ int		period = 10;		/* delai entre les captures */
 int		nbre_capt = 1;		/* nombre de captures */
 int		opt;
 double		t_debut, t_final;
-char		dest_dir = "";		/* must have the trailing slash */
+char		*dest_dir = ".";	/* no trailing slash */
 
 while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "d:hn:O:p:v")) != -1) {
 	switch(opt) {