diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 340331d..24140b9 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 
+Version 1.60  2022-08-19
+  * normalize_path for base_path
+
 Version 1.59  2022-07-21
   * open file with flag O_CLOEXEC
   * add global var g_set_cloexec and macro FC_SET_CLOEXEC
diff --git a/src/process_ctrl.c b/src/process_ctrl.c
index 17ce452..3c8631c 100644
--- a/src/process_ctrl.c
+++ b/src/process_ctrl.c
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ int get_base_path_from_conf_file(const char *filename, char *base_path,
 	do
 	{
 		pBasePath = iniGetStrValue(NULL, "base_path", &iniContext);
-		if (pBasePath == NULL)
+		if (pBasePath == NULL || *pBasePath == '\0')
 		{
 			logError("file: "__FILE__", line: %d, " \
 				"conf file \"%s\" must have item " \
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ int get_base_path_from_conf_file(const char *filename, char *base_path,
 			break;
 		}
 
-		snprintf(base_path, path_size, "%s", pBasePath);
+        normalize_path(NULL, pBasePath, base_path, path_size);
 		chopPath(base_path);
 		if (!fileExists(base_path))
 		{