diff --git a/lib/tput.js b/lib/tput.js
index aab01fb..c0dc779 100644
--- a/lib/tput.js
+++ b/lib/tput.js
@@ -1262,7 +1262,7 @@ Tput.prototype.parseTermcap = function(data, file) {
           name: names[0],
           names: names,
           desc: names.pop(),
-          file: ~file[0].indexOf(path.sep)
+          file: ~file.indexOf(path.sep)
             ? path.resolve(file)
             : file,
           termcap: true