diff --git a/inc/io.php b/inc/io.php
index bf8bc903c1f539ba5676bc0051ed0f1809c85b00..47f2e1149907bdad630615f16fca15f312ef0a2c 100644
--- a/inc/io.php
+++ b/inc/io.php
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ function io_sweepNS($id){
 
   //scan all namespaces
   while(($id = getNS($id)) !== false){
-    $dir = $conf['datadir'].'/'.str_replace(':','/',$id);
-    $dir = utf8_encodeFN($dir);
+    $dir = $conf['datadir'].'/'.utf8_encodeFN(str_replace(':','/',$id));
 
     //try to delete dir else return
     if(!@rmdir($dir)) return;