# File paths not always working?
**URL:** https://discourse.beets.io/t/file-paths-not-always-working/948
**Category:** Help
**Created:** [September 30, 2019, 9:42am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/file-paths-not-always-working/948 "2019-09-30T09:42:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@mbc0](https://discourse.beets.io/u/mbc0)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2019, 9:42am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/file-paths-not-always-working/948/1 "2019-09-30T09:42:15Z")
Hi, I have catagorized my music as follows
/Artists-Bands
/Compilations
/Soundtracks
my config is like so
paths:
default: Artists-Bands/$albumartist/$album%aunique{}/$track - $artist - $title
singleton: Non-Album/$artist - $title
comp: Compilations/$album%aunique{}/$track - $artist - $title
albumtype\_soundtrack: Soundtracks/$album/$track - $artist -$title
only some of the albums are going into /Artists-Bands and the rest are going into /
Any ideas?
Also, is it ok to just move these folders that have gone into / manually? or does that mess with the beets database?
Thank you!
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### Author:  [@mbc0](https://discourse.beets.io/u/mbc0)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2019, 3:47pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/file-paths-not-always-working/948/2 "2019-09-30T15:47:36Z")
I am presuming it is the singleton variable causing this but the albums not being treated as default contain more than 1 track?
for example I have ABBA albums in both / & /Artists-Bands
Maybe I should just remove the singleton variable?
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### Author:  [@adrian](https://discourse.beets.io/u/adrian)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2019, 6:09pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/file-paths-not-always-working/948/3 "2019-09-30T18:09:35Z")
Weird; I don’t see anything specifically wrong with your setup. Just to try something random, can you try putting tour `default` path at the end of the list?
Does your `paths:` config look right if you type `beet config`?
> [@mbc0](#):
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> Also, is it ok to just move these folders that have gone into / manually? or does that mess with the beets database?
No, I would not do that—then the beets database won’t know where your files are.
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### Author:  [@mbc0](https://discourse.beets.io/u/mbc0)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2019, 6:21pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/file-paths-not-always-working/948/4 "2019-09-30T18:21:12Z")
Hi,
Thanks for your reply!
here is what you asked for, what do you mean putting default path at the end?
root@50ab4c94e6ec:/# beet config
plugins: fetchart embedart convert scrub replaygain lastgenre chroma web discogs
directory: /music
library: /config/musiclibrary.blb
art\_filename: folder
threaded: yes
original\_date: no
per\_disc\_numbering: no
clutter:
- Thumbs.DB
- .DS\_Store
- ‘\*.m3u’
- ‘\*.cue’
- .pls
- ‘\*.jpg’
- ‘\*.nfo’
convert:
auto: yes
never\_convert\_lossy\_files: yes
ffmpeg: /usr/bin/ffmpeg
opts: -ab 320k -ac 2 -ar 48000 -joint\_stereo 0
max\_bitrate: 320
threads: 12
dest:
pretend: no
format: mp3
id3v23: inherit
formats:
aac:
command: ffmpeg -i $source -y -vn -acodec aac -aq 1 $dest
extension: m4a
alac:
command: ffmpeg -i $source -y -vn -acodec alac $dest
extension: m4a
flac: ffmpeg -i $source -y -vn -acodec flac $dest
mp3: ffmpeg -i $source -y -vn -aq 2 $dest
opus: ffmpeg -i $source -y -vn -acodec libopus -ab 96k $dest
ogg: ffmpeg -i $source -y -vn -acodec libvorbis -aq 3 $dest
wma: ffmpeg -i $source -y -vn -acodec wmav2 -vn $dest
tmpdir:
quiet: no
embed: yes
paths:
default: Artists-Bands/$albumartist/$album%aunique{}/$track - $artist - $title
singleton: Non-Album/$artist - $title
comp: Compilations/$album%aunique{}/$track - $artist - $title
albumtype\_soundtrack: Soundtracks/$album/$track - $artist -$title
import:
write: yes
copy: no
move: yes
resume: ask
default\_action: skip
incremental: yes
quiet\_fallback: skip
timid: no
log: /config/beet.log
lastgenre:
auto: yes
source: album
whitelist: yes
min\_weight: 10
count: 1
fallback:
canonical: no
force: yes
separator: ', ’
prefer\_specific: no
embedart:
auto: yes
maxwidth: 0
compare\_threshold: 0
ifempty: no
remove\_art\_file: no
fetchart:
auto: yes
maxwidth: 1000
cover\_names: cover front art album folder Frontal frontal
google\_key: REDACTED
sources: filesystem coverart itunes amazon albumart google \*
minwidth: 500
enforce\_ratio: yes
cautious: no
google\_engine: 001442825323518660753:hrh5ch1gjzm
fanarttv\_key: REDACTED
store\_source: no
replaygain:
auto: no
overwrite: no
backend: command
targetlevel: 89
r128: [Opus]
command: ‘’
noclip: yes
scrub:
auto: yes
replace:
^.: \_
‘[\x00-\x1f]’: \_
‘[\<\>:"?\*|]’: \_
‘[\xE8-\xEB]’: e
‘[\xEC-\xEF]’: i
‘[\xE2-\xE6]’: a
‘[\xF2-\xF6]’: o
‘[\xF8]’: o
.: \_ \s+: ‘’
web:
host: 0.0.0.0
port: 8337
cors: ‘’
cors\_supports\_credentials: no
reverse\_proxy: no
include\_paths: no
chroma:
auto: yes
discogs:
apikey: REDACTED
apisecret: REDACTED
tokenfile: discogs\_token.json
source\_weight: 0.5
user\_token: REDACTED
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### Author:  [@adrian](https://discourse.beets.io/u/adrian)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2019, 7:46pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/file-paths-not-always-working/948/5 "2019-09-30T19:46:37Z")
In the future, please put pastes in Markdown code blocks so they’re readable.
> [@mbc0](#):
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> what do you mean putting default path at the end?
In your list under `paths:`, put the `default:` line last.
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### Author:  [@mbc0](https://discourse.beets.io/u/mbc0)
#### Post date: [October 2, 2019, 10:46am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/file-paths-not-always-working/948/6 "2019-10-02T10:46:41Z")
Hi adrian,
just to update you that seems to have worked! thanks! 🙂