diff --git a/lib/project.js b/lib/project.js
index 8f529a2..f01c28c 100644
--- a/lib/project.js
+++ b/lib/project.js
@@ -442,7 +442,8 @@ module.exports = class WorkerProject extends Project {
     * @param {Boolean} opts.emit - Whether to emit the new card event 
   */
   newCard({ list, path, template, title, comments, emit = true }) {
-    if (!path || !_path.parse(path).ext) path = this.getFullPath(this.getNewCardsFile({title}))
+    if (!path || !_path.parse(path).ext) path = this.getNewCardsFile({title})
+    path = this.getFullPath(path)
 
     const { isFile, isDirectory } = this.preparePathForWriting(path)