diff --git a/labelImg.py b/labelImg.py
index d04a349c..60176eb3 100755
--- a/labelImg.py
+++ b/labelImg.py
@@ -1108,11 +1108,8 @@ class MainWindow(QMainWindow, WindowMixin):
 
     def showBoundingBoxFromAnnotationFile(self, filePath):
         if self.defaultSaveDir is not None:
-            basename = os.path.basename(
-                os.path.splitext(filePath)[0])
-
-            filedir = filePath.split(basename)[0].split("/")[-2:-1][0]
-
+            basename = os.path.basename(os.path.splitext(filePath)[0])
+            filedir = os.path.basename(os.path.dirname(filePath))
             xmlPath = os.path.join(self.defaultSaveDir, basename + XML_EXT)
             txtPath = os.path.join(self.defaultSaveDir, basename + TXT_EXT)
             jsonPath = os.path.join(self.defaultSaveDir, filedir + JSON_EXT)