diff --git a/rbutil/rbutilqt/base/talkfile.cpp b/rbutil/rbutilqt/base/talkfile.cpp
index b7d080de01..dc4dceef08 100644
--- a/rbutil/rbutilqt/base/talkfile.cpp
+++ b/rbutil/rbutilqt/base/talkfile.cpp
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ bool TalkFileCreator::createTalkFiles()
     QString errStr;
 
     emit logItem(tr("Starting Talk file generation for folder %1")
-            .arg(m_dir.dirName()), LOGINFO);
+            .arg(m_dir), LOGINFO);
     emit logProgress(0,0);
     QCoreApplication::processEvents();
 
     // read in Maps of paths - file/dirnames
     emit logItem(tr("Reading Filelist..."),LOGINFO);
-    if(createTalkList(m_dir) == false)
+    if(createTalkList(m_mountpoint + "/" + m_dir) == false)
     {
         emit logItem(tr("Talk file creation aborted"),LOGERROR);
         doAbort();
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ void TalkFileCreator::doAbort()
 //! \param startDir The directory from which to start scanning
 bool TalkFileCreator::createTalkList(QDir startDir)
 {
+    qDebug() << "[TalkGenerator] generating list of files" << startDir;
     m_talkList.clear();
 
      // create Iterator
@@ -213,6 +214,7 @@ bool TalkFileCreator::createTalkList(QDir startDir)
         }
         QCoreApplication::processEvents();
     }
+    qDebug() << "[TalkFileCreator] list created, entries:" << m_talkList.size();
     return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/rbutil/rbutilqt/base/talkfile.h b/rbutil/rbutilqt/base/talkfile.h
index 66e9ca68c8..11dd95ca14 100644
--- a/rbutil/rbutilqt/base/talkfile.h
+++ b/rbutil/rbutilqt/base/talkfile.h
@@ -35,46 +35,46 @@ public:
     TalkFileCreator(QObject* parent);
 
     bool createTalkFiles();
-    
-    void setDir(QDir dir){m_dir = dir; }
-    void setMountPoint(QString mountpoint) {m_mountpoint =mountpoint; }
+
+    void setDir(QString dir) {m_dir = dir;}
+    void setMountPoint(QString mountpoint) {m_mountpoint = mountpoint;}
 
     void setGenerateOnlyNew(bool ov) {m_generateOnlyNew = ov;}
     void setRecursive(bool ov) {m_recursive = ov;}
     void setStripExtensions(bool ov) {m_stripExtensions = ov;}
-    void setTalkFolders(bool ov) {m_talkFolders = ov;} 
+    void setTalkFolders(bool ov) {m_talkFolders = ov;}
     void setTalkFiles(bool ov) {m_talkFiles = ov;}
-    void setIgnoreFiles(QStringList wildcards) {m_ignoreFiles=wildcards;}
+    void setIgnoreFiles(QStringList wildcards) {m_ignoreFiles = wildcards;}
 public slots:
     void abort();
-    
+
 signals:
     void done(bool);
     void aborted();
     void logItem(QString, int); //! set logger item
     void logProgress(int, int); //! set progress bar.
-    
+
 private:
     bool cleanup();
     QString stripExtension(QString filename);
     void doAbort();
     void resetProgress(int max);
     bool copyTalkFiles(QString* errString);
-    
+
     bool createTalkList(QDir startDir);
-   
-    QDir   m_dir;
+
+    QString m_dir;
     QString m_mountpoint;
- 
+
     bool m_generateOnlyNew;
     bool m_recursive;
     bool m_stripExtensions;
     bool m_talkFolders;
     bool m_talkFiles;
     QStringList m_ignoreFiles;
-    
+
     bool m_abort;
-    
+
     QList<TalkGenerator::TalkEntry> m_talkList;
 };
 
diff --git a/rbutil/rbutilqt/installtalkwindow.cpp b/rbutil/rbutilqt/installtalkwindow.cpp
index 115c51706c..f6e67720f5 100644
--- a/rbutil/rbutilqt/installtalkwindow.cpp
+++ b/rbutil/rbutilqt/installtalkwindow.cpp
@@ -111,7 +111,9 @@ void InstallTalkWindow::accept()
     QStringList foldersToTalk
         = RbSettings::value(RbSettings::TalkFolders).toStringList();
     for(int i = 0; i < foldersToTalk.size(); i++) {
-        talkcreator->setDir(QDir(foldersToTalk.at(i)));
+        qDebug() << "[InstallTalkWindow] creating talk files for folder"
+                 << foldersToTalk.at(i);
+        talkcreator->setDir(foldersToTalk.at(i));
         talkcreator->createTalkFiles();
     }
 }