diff --git a/deep_fixitycheck.pl b/deep_fixitycheck.pl
index 3e71b755821a9bf4df0149e89aebb98380da1ba1..8aa255795270a577c9506256d1928bbe77538e99 100644
--- a/deep_fixitycheck.pl
+++ b/deep_fixitycheck.pl
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ sub searching_ie_files ($$) {
         and $File::Find::prune = 1;
     if (-d $_) { $first_two_levels_of_dirs++;}
   };
+  $tmp_ies_unsorted_path->spew_utf8("");
   find( $wanted_twolevel_dircount, $dir);
   my $progressbar=Time::Progress->new(min => 0, max => $first_two_levels_of_dirs, smoothing => 1);
   my $dircount = 0;