diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4a573ef40..9ee3be22a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+=== Deluge 1.2.0_rc2 (In Development) ===
+==== GtkUI ====
+  * Fix path errors when adding torrents externally in Windows
+  
 === Deluge 1.2.0_rc1 (07 October 2009) ===
 ==== Core ====
   * Implement new RPC protocol DelugeRPC replacing XMLRPC
diff --git a/deluge/ui/gtkui/ipcinterface.py b/deluge/ui/gtkui/ipcinterface.py
index 01e9552db..ba2f7c789 100644
--- a/deluge/ui/gtkui/ipcinterface.py
+++ b/deluge/ui/gtkui/ipcinterface.py
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ class IPCInterface(component.Component):
         # Make the args absolute paths
         _args = []
         for arg in args:
-            _args.append(os.path.abspath(arg))
+            if arg.strip():
+                _args.append(os.path.abspath(arg))
         args = _args
 
         socket = os.path.join(deluge.configmanager.get_config_dir("ipc"), "deluge-gtk")