diff --git a/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/SleuthkitJNI.java b/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/SleuthkitJNI.java
index 2908cbab6480cfe954f40fadbed512df43e603bb..9ce4f9ba6f08c9ec3f04b76ee5f7892c532a4882 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/SleuthkitJNI.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/SleuthkitJNI.java
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ public synchronized long commit() throws TskCoreException {
 			 * @return The directory
 			 */
 			public synchronized String currentDirectory() {
-				return tskAutoDbPointer == 0 ? "NO_INFO" : getCurDirNat(tskAutoDbPointer); //NON-NLS
+				return tskAutoDbPointer == 0 ? "" : getCurDirNat(tskAutoDbPointer); //NON-NLS
 			}
 
 			/**