diff --git a/utils/adept_remove.cpp b/utils/adept_remove.cpp
index 47112ab..b48bb07 100644
--- a/utils/adept_remove.cpp
+++ b/utils/adept_remove.cpp
@@ -88,7 +88,12 @@ public:
                 filename = std::string(inputFile);
 
                 if (outputDir)
-                    filename = std::string(outputDir) + "/" + filename;
+                {
+                    std::string _in(inputFile);
+                    size_t _pos = _in.find_last_of('/');
+                    std::string _base = (_pos == std::string::npos) ? _in : _in.substr(_pos + 1);
+                    filename = std::string(outputDir) + "/" + _base;
+                }
             }
             
             if (endsWith(filename, ".epub"))