diff --git a/pyblish_maya/plugins/collect_current_file.py b/pyblish_maya/plugins/collect_current_file.py
index df67d3b..6c8d71c 100644
--- a/pyblish_maya/plugins/collect_current_file.py
+++ b/pyblish_maya/plugins/collect_current_file.py
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ def process(self, context):
 
         # Maya returns forward-slashes by default
         normalised = os.path.normpath(current_file)
+        if normalised == ".":
+            # 'normpath' returns '.' when given an empty string
+            normalised = ""
 
         context.set_data('currentFile', value=normalised)