diff --git a/utilities/utilities.cpp b/utilities/utilities.cpp
index 2c95d652..8f734910 100644
--- a/utilities/utilities.cpp
+++ b/utilities/utilities.cpp
@@ -393,8 +393,9 @@ void replace_slashes(std::string &Filename)
 // returns potential path part from provided file name
 std::string_view substr_path(std::string const &Filename)
 {
-	if (auto pos = Filename.rfind('/'); pos != std::string_view::npos)
+	if (auto pos = Filename.rfind('/'); pos != std::string::npos)
 		return Filename.substr(0, pos + 1);
+	return {};
 }
 
 // returns length of common prefix between two provided strings