diff --git a/qgpg/__init__.py b/qgpg/__init__.py
index 8e0d085..bd69cf1 100644
--- a/qgpg/__init__.py
+++ b/qgpg/__init__.py
@@ -408,8 +408,7 @@ KeyLength: {key.get('length')}"""
         if self.opts.command == "decrypt":
             auto_path = in_file[: -len(self.suffix)]
         if self.opts.recursive and self.opts.out_path:
-            out_file = os.path.join(self.opts.out_path, strip_prefix(auto_path, self.opts.path))
-            print(out_file)
+            out_file = os.path.join(self.opts.out_path, strip_prefix(auto_path, self.opts.path).lstrip("/"))
             os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(out_file), exist_ok=True)
         else:
             out_file = self.opts.out_path if self.opts.out_path else auto_path