diff --git a/src/olympic/studio/applib/src/newmenu.cpp b/src/olympic/studio/applib/src/newmenu.cpp
index 828de7c2..a0b5be55 100644
--- a/src/olympic/studio/applib/src/newmenu.cpp
+++ b/src/olympic/studio/applib/src/newmenu.cpp
@@ -165,13 +165,13 @@ void NewMenu::finish(StudioContext &sctx) noexcept {
 		return;
 	}
 	auto const&im = *m_types[m_selectedType];
-	if (sctx.project->exists(im.itemPath(m_itemName))) {
+	auto const path = m_path.len() ?
+		im.itemPath(m_itemName, m_path) : im.itemPath(m_itemName);
+	if (sctx.project->exists(path)) {
 		oxLogError(ox::Error{1, "New file error: file already exists"});
 		return;
 	}
-	auto const [path, err] =
-		im.write(sctx, m_itemName, m_selectedTemplate);
-	if (err) {
+	if (auto const err = im.write(sctx, path, m_selectedTemplate)) {
 		oxLogError(err);
 		return;
 	}