diff --git a/scratch b/scratch
index f9295c5..2f0bd7b 100755
--- a/scratch
+++ b/scratch
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ scratch_dependent() {
 
 scratch_own() {
 	local arg
-	arg=${1/\/}
+	arg=$(echo $1 | sed "s/^\///")
 	grep -R $arg $INDEX_DIR/*/.files | sed "s:$INDEX_DIR/::" | sed "s:/.files::" | tr : " " | column -t
 }