diff --git a/btrfs-snapshots.sh b/btrfs-snapshots.sh
index f15dd2e..d0c7508 100755
--- a/btrfs-snapshots.sh
+++ b/btrfs-snapshots.sh
@@ -158,7 +158,11 @@ if [[ -z "$1" ]]; then
   exit 0
 else
   if is_subvolume "$1"; then
-    SNAP_FOLDER="${1%/}/$SNAP_FOLDER"
+    if [[ "$1" == "/" ]]; then
+      SNAP_FOLDER="/$SNAP_FOLDER"
+    else
+      SNAP_FOLDER="${1%/}/$SNAP_FOLDER"
+    fi
     # Create $SNAP_FOLDER if it does not exist
     if [[ ! -d "$SNAP_FOLDER" ]]; then
       lib_print "?Creating snapshot folder because it does not yet exist [$SNAP_FOLDER]"