diff --git a/invokeai/app/invocations/__init__.py b/invokeai/app/invocations/__init__.py
index 065051d6ab..cb1caa167e 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/invocations/__init__.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/invocations/__init__.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 
 from invokeai.app.services.config.config_default import get_config
 
-custom_nodes_path = Path(get_config().custom_nodes_path.resolve())
+custom_nodes_path = Path(get_config().custom_nodes_path)
 custom_nodes_path.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
 custom_nodes_init_path = str(custom_nodes_path / "__init__.py")