diff --git a/src/dlangui/core/files.d b/src/dlangui/core/files.d
index 7750a922..7dc06598 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/core/files.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/core/files.d
@@ -792,6 +792,14 @@ deprecated string[] splitPath(string path) {
     return res;
 }
 
+/// if pathName is not absolute path, convert it to absolute (assuming it is relative to current directory)
+string toAbsolutePath(string pathName) {
+    import std.path : isAbsolute, absolutePath, buildNormalizedPath;
+    if (pathName.isAbsolute)
+        return pathName;
+    return pathName.absolutePath.buildNormalizedPath;
+}
+
 /// for executable name w/o path, find absolute path to executable
 string findExecutablePath(string executableName) {
     import std.string : split;
diff --git a/src/dlangui/platforms/common/platform.d b/src/dlangui/platforms/common/platform.d
index a16d3b7c..1feffaac 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/platforms/common/platform.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/platforms/common/platform.d
@@ -1887,6 +1887,10 @@ mixin template APP_ENTRY_POINT() {
     static if (BACKEND_CONSOLE) {
         int main(string[] args)
         {
+            if (args.length > 1)
+                args = args[1 .. $];
+            else
+                args = null;
             return DLANGUImain(args);
         }
     } else {
@@ -1909,6 +1913,10 @@ mixin template APP_ENTRY_POINT() {
             } else {
                 int main(string[] args)
                 {
+                    if (args.length > 1)
+                        args = args[1 .. $];
+                    else
+                        args = null;
                     return DLANGUImain(args);
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/dlangui/platforms/sdl/sdlapp.d b/src/dlangui/platforms/sdl/sdlapp.d
index bb124a7c..64660dad 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/platforms/sdl/sdlapp.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/platforms/sdl/sdlapp.d
@@ -1623,6 +1623,10 @@ int sdlmain(string[] args) {
 
     version (unittest) {
     } else {
+        if (args.length > 1)
+            args = args[1 .. $];
+        else
+            args = null;
         res = UIAppMain(args);
     }
     
diff --git a/src/dlangui/platforms/x11/x11app.d b/src/dlangui/platforms/x11/x11app.d
index 10c8d769..fb647027 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/platforms/x11/x11app.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/platforms/x11/x11app.d
@@ -1853,6 +1853,10 @@ extern(C) int DLANGUImain(string[] args)
     
     version (unittest) {
     } else {
+        if (args.length > 1)
+            args = args[1 .. $];
+        else
+            args = null;
         res = UIAppMain(args);
     }