diff -ur gnunet-0.9.0pre1/src/hostlist/hostlist-client.c gnunet-0.9.0pre1.patched/src/hostlist/hostlist-client.c
--- gnunet-0.9.0pre1/src/hostlist/hostlist-client.c	2010-07-03 00:19:47.000000000 +0400
+++ gnunet-0.9.0pre1.patched/src/hostlist/hostlist-client.c	2010-09-18 15:38:07.000000000 +0400
@@ -1345,10 +1345,10 @@
   uint32_t counter;
 
   if (GNUNET_OK !=
-      GNUNET_CONFIGURATION_get_value_string (cfg,
-                                             "HOSTLIST",
-                                             "HOSTLISTFILE",
-                                             &filename))
+      GNUNET_CONFIGURATION_get_value_filename (cfg,
+                                               "HOSTLIST",
+                                               "HOSTLISTFILE",
+                                               &filename))
     {
       GNUNET_log (GNUNET_ERROR_TYPE_WARNING,
                   _("No `%s' specified in `%s' configuration, cannot load hostlists from file.\n"),
@@ -1435,10 +1435,10 @@
   uint32_t counter;
 
   if (GNUNET_OK !=
-      GNUNET_CONFIGURATION_get_value_string (cfg,
-                                             "HOSTLIST",
-                                             "HOSTLISTFILE",
-                                             &filename))
+      GNUNET_CONFIGURATION_get_value_filename (cfg,
+                                               "HOSTLIST",
+                                               "HOSTLISTFILE",
+                                               &filename))
     {
       GNUNET_log (GNUNET_ERROR_TYPE_WARNING,
                   _("No `%s' specified in `%s' configuration, cannot save hostlists to file.\n"),
@@ -1571,10 +1571,10 @@
     GNUNET_log (GNUNET_ERROR_TYPE_INFO,
               _("Learning is not enabled on this peer\n"));
     *msgh = NULL;
-    if (GNUNET_OK == GNUNET_CONFIGURATION_get_value_string (cfg,
-                                                            "HOSTLIST",
-                                                            "HOSTLISTFILE",
-                                                            &filename))
+    if (GNUNET_OK == GNUNET_CONFIGURATION_get_value_filename (cfg,
+                                                              "HOSTLIST",
+                                                              "HOSTLISTFILE",
+                                                              &filename))
     {
     if ( GNUNET_YES == GNUNET_DISK_file_test (filename) )
       {