diff -up dvdauthor/src/conffile.c~ dvdauthor/src/conffile.c
--- dvdauthor/src/conffile.c~	2010-04-08 08:43:24.000000000 +0300
+++ dvdauthor/src/conffile.c	2010-11-08 20:39:13.497409429 +0200
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ static char * xdg_get_config_home(void)
     if (result == 0)
       {
         to_dispose = xdg_make_home_relative(".config");
+        if (to_dispose == 0)
+            return result;
         result = to_dispose;
       } /*if*/
     if (result != 0 && to_dispose == 0)
@@ -248,7 +250,7 @@ static int xdg_for_each_config_found
     context.actionarg = actionarg;
     do /*once*/
       {
-        if (forwards)
+        if (home_path != 0 && forwards)
           {
             status = xdg_for_each_config_found_try_component
               (
@@ -269,7 +271,7 @@ static int xdg_for_each_config_found
           );
         if (status != 0)
             break;
-        if (!forwards)
+        if (home_path != 0 && !forwards)
           {
             status = xdg_for_each_config_found_try_component
               (
@@ -282,7 +284,8 @@ static int xdg_for_each_config_found
           } /*if*/
       }
     while (false);
-    free((void *)home_path);
+    if (home_path != 0)
+        free((void *)home_path);
     free((void *)search_path);
     return
         status;