diff --git a/src/ssb.db.c b/src/ssb.db.c
index 9660e937..b65482fc 100644
--- a/src/ssb.db.c
+++ b/src/ssb.db.c
@@ -1902,6 +1902,12 @@ static void _tf_ssb_db_resolve_index_work(tf_ssb_t* ssb, void* user_data)
 		}
 	}
 	tf_ssb_release_db_reader(ssb, db);
+
+	if (!request->path)
+	{
+		/* From default global settings. */
+		request->path = tf_strdup("/~core/ssb/");
+	}
 }
 
 static void _tf_ssb_db_resolve_index_after_work(tf_ssb_t* ssb, int status, void* user_data)