diff --git a/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp b/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp
index 21b85ea31..0ce5a23bd 100644
--- a/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp
+++ b/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
 #include "base/torrentfileguard.h"
 #include "base/torrentfilter.h"
 #include "base/unicodestrings.h"
+#include "base/utils/bytearray.h"
 #include "base/utils/fs.h"
 #include "base/utils/misc.h"
 #include "base/utils/net.h"
@@ -2088,6 +2089,23 @@ bool Session::addTorrent_impl(CreateTorrentParams params, const MagnetUri &magne
             patchedFastresumeData.replace("6:pausedi0e", "6:pausedi1e");
             patchedFastresumeData.replace("12:auto_managedi0e", "12:auto_managedi1e");
 
+            // converting relative save_path to absolute
+            int start = patchedFastresumeData.indexOf("9:save_path");
+            if (start > -1) {
+                start += 11;
+                const int end = patchedFastresumeData.indexOf(':', start);
+                const int len = Utils::ByteArray::midView(patchedFastresumeData, start, (end - start)).toInt();
+                if (len > 0) {
+                    const QByteArray relativePath = Utils::ByteArray::midView(patchedFastresumeData, (end + 1), len);
+                    const QByteArray absolutePath = Profile::instance()->fromPortablePath(Utils::Fs::toUniformPath(QString::fromUtf8(relativePath))).toUtf8();
+                    if (relativePath != absolutePath) {
+                        const QByteArray replaceBefore = "9:save_path" + QByteArray::number(len) + ':' + relativePath;
+                        const QByteArray replaceAfter = "9:save_path" + QByteArray::number(absolutePath.size()) + ':' + absolutePath;
+                        patchedFastresumeData.replace(replaceBefore, replaceAfter);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
             p.resume_data = std::vector<char> {patchedFastresumeData.constData()
                 , (patchedFastresumeData.constData() + patchedFastresumeData.size())};
             p.flags |= lt::add_torrent_params::flag_use_resume_save_path;
@@ -2251,6 +2269,7 @@ bool Session::addTorrent_impl(CreateTorrentParams params, const MagnetUri &magne
         if (params.restored) {  // load from existing fastresume
             lt::error_code ec;
             p = lt::read_resume_data(fastresumeData, ec);
+            p.save_path = Profile::instance()->fromPortablePath(Utils::Fs::toUniformPath(fromLTString(p.save_path))).toStdString();
         }
         else {  // new torrent
             if (!params.hasRootFolder)
diff --git a/src/base/private/profile_p.cpp b/src/base/private/profile_p.cpp
index db8bc19d3..e930dac4d 100644
--- a/src/base/private/profile_p.cpp
+++ b/src/base/private/profile_p.cpp
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ QString Private::Converter::toPortablePath(const QString &path) const
 
 QString Private::Converter::fromPortablePath(const QString &portablePath) const
 {
-    if (QDir::isAbsolutePath(portablePath))
+    if (portablePath.isEmpty() || QDir::isAbsolutePath(portablePath))
         return portablePath;
 
     return QDir::cleanPath(m_baseDir.absoluteFilePath(portablePath));
diff --git a/src/base/profile.cpp b/src/base/profile.cpp
index 44408d295..24d168e42 100644
--- a/src/base/profile.cpp
+++ b/src/base/profile.cpp
@@ -33,13 +33,21 @@
 
 Profile *Profile::m_instance = nullptr;
 
-Profile::Profile(Private::Profile *impl, Private::PathConverter *pathConverter)
-    : m_profileImpl(impl)
-    , m_pathConverterImpl(pathConverter)
+Profile::Profile(const QString &rootProfilePath, const QString &configurationName, const bool convertPathsToProfileRelative)
 {
+    if (rootProfilePath.isEmpty())
+        m_profileImpl = std::make_unique<Private::DefaultProfile>(configurationName);
+    else
+        m_profileImpl = std::make_unique<Private::CustomProfile>(rootProfilePath, configurationName);
+
     ensureDirectoryExists(SpecialFolder::Cache);
     ensureDirectoryExists(SpecialFolder::Config);
     ensureDirectoryExists(SpecialFolder::Data);
+
+    if (convertPathsToProfileRelative)
+        m_pathConverterImpl = std::make_unique<Private::Converter>(m_profileImpl->baseDirectory());
+    else
+        m_pathConverterImpl = std::make_unique<Private::NoConvertConverter>();
 }
 
 void Profile::initInstance(const QString &rootProfilePath, const QString &configurationName,
@@ -47,14 +55,7 @@ void Profile::initInstance(const QString &rootProfilePath, const QString &config
 {
     if (m_instance)
         return;
-
-    std::unique_ptr<Private::Profile> profile(rootProfilePath.isEmpty()
-        ? static_cast<Private::Profile *>(new Private::DefaultProfile(configurationName))
-        : static_cast<Private::Profile *>(new Private::CustomProfile(rootProfilePath, configurationName)));
-    std::unique_ptr<Private::PathConverter> converter(convertPathsToProfileRelative
-        ? static_cast<Private::PathConverter *>(new Private::Converter(profile->baseDirectory()))
-        : static_cast<Private::PathConverter *>(new Private::NoConvertConverter()));
-    m_instance = new Profile(profile.release(), converter.release());
+    m_instance = new Profile(rootProfilePath, configurationName, convertPathsToProfileRelative);
 }
 
 void Profile::freeInstance()
diff --git a/src/base/profile.h b/src/base/profile.h
index 6568f3eef..c2445f158 100644
--- a/src/base/profile.h
+++ b/src/base/profile.h
@@ -71,13 +71,13 @@ public:
     QString fromPortablePath(const QString &portablePath) const;
 
 private:
-    Profile(Private::Profile *impl, Private::PathConverter *pathConverter);
+    Profile(const QString &rootProfilePath, const QString &configurationName, bool convertPathsToProfileRelative);
     ~Profile() = default;  // to generate correct call to ProfilePrivate::~ProfileImpl()
 
     void ensureDirectoryExists(SpecialFolder folder) const;
 
-    const std::unique_ptr<Private::Profile> m_profileImpl;
-    const std::unique_ptr<Private::PathConverter> m_pathConverterImpl;
+    std::unique_ptr<Private::Profile> m_profileImpl;
+    std::unique_ptr<Private::PathConverter> m_pathConverterImpl;
     static Profile *m_instance;
 };