diff --git a/src/pc/mods/mod_cache.c b/src/pc/mods/mod_cache.c
index 399097d63..a49f4dccd 100644
--- a/src/pc/mods/mod_cache.c
+++ b/src/pc/mods/mod_cache.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 #include "mod_cache.h"
 #include "mods.h"
 #include "mod.h"
@@ -7,7 +8,7 @@
 #include "pc/utils/md5.h"
 
 #define MOD_CACHE_FILENAME "mod.cache"
-#define MOD_CACHE_VERSION 3
+#define MOD_CACHE_VERSION 4
 #define MD5_BUFFER_SIZE 1024
 
 struct ModCacheEntry* sModCacheHead = NULL;
@@ -136,10 +137,20 @@ void mod_cache_add(struct Mod* mod, struct ModFile* file) {
     if (!concat_path(modFilePath, mod->basePath, file->relativePath)) {
         return;
     }
-    normalize_path(modFilePath);
+
+    if (modFilePath[0] == '.' && (modFilePath[1] == '/' || modFilePath[1] == '\\')) {
+        char modAbsFilePath[SYS_MAX_PATH] = { 0 };
+        getcwd(modAbsFilePath, SYS_MAX_PATH-1);
+        strncat(modAbsFilePath, "/", SYS_MAX_PATH-1);
+        strncat(modAbsFilePath, modFilePath, SYS_MAX_PATH-1);
+        normalize_path(modAbsFilePath);
+        file->cachedPath = strdup(modAbsFilePath);
+    } else {
+        normalize_path(modFilePath);
+        file->cachedPath = strdup(modFilePath);
+    }
 
     // hash and cache
-    file->cachedPath = strdup(modFilePath);
     mod_cache_md5(file->cachedPath, file->dataHash);
     mod_cache_add_internal(file->dataHash, 0, file->cachedPath);
 }
diff --git a/src/pc/network/packets/packet_mod_list.c b/src/pc/network/packets/packet_mod_list.c
index 639ffdc65..eb9be5369 100644
--- a/src/pc/network/packets/packet_mod_list.c
+++ b/src/pc/network/packets/packet_mod_list.c
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ void network_receive_mod_list_file(struct Packet* p) {
             free((char*)file->cachedPath);
         }
         file->cachedPath = strdup(cache->path);
+        normalize_path(file->cachedPath);
     }
 }