diff --git a/paddle/trainer/ParamUtil.cpp b/paddle/trainer/ParamUtil.cpp
index dae8b44b6db8eec2d8d3284bdc6883355b5128ea..bb309a54975a1dfc386bfb440c90a6dd408205c3 100644
--- a/paddle/trainer/ParamUtil.cpp
+++ b/paddle/trainer/ParamUtil.cpp
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ void ParameterUtil::saveParameters(int passId, int passInnerId) {
   }
 
   std::string basePath = config_->getSaveDir();
+  if (basePath.find('/') == std::string::npos) {
+    basePath = "./" + basePath;
+  }
   mkDirRecursively(basePath.c_str());
 
   std::string saveDir = path::join(basePath, buf);