diff --git a/release/picobsd/build/stage1 b/release/picobsd/build/stage1
index 42e419d9fb8c..2ddca9f99258 100755
--- a/release/picobsd/build/stage1
+++ b/release/picobsd/build/stage1
@@ -269,8 +269,8 @@ do_floppy() {
     # now transfer the floppy tree
     cp -Rp floppy.tree/* ${MFS_MOUNTPOINT}
     cat <<__EOF > ${MFS_MOUNTPOINT}/boot/loader.rc
-load kernel
-load -t mfs_root ${MFS_NAME}
+load /kernel
+load -t mfs_root /${MFS_NAME}
 __EOF
     (echo "-> Fixing permissions"; cd ${MFS_MOUNTPOINT} ; chown -R root *)