From d0b160461a8bf9bd39ba4a8921dd19a2f7b7c27f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Mike=20F=C3=A4hrmann?= <mike_faehrmann@web.de>
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2022 19:36:21 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] terrible workaround for errors with 'http-metadata' (#3334)

---
 gallery_dl/path.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gallery_dl/path.py b/gallery_dl/path.py
index e901fb92..7d599ee2 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/path.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/path.py
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ class PathFormat():
                 self.path = self.path[:-1]
                 self.temppath = self.realpath = self.realpath[:-1]
         elif not self.temppath:
-            self.build_path()
+            self.path = self.directory + "?"
         return True
 
     def build_filename(self, kwdict):