diff --git a/kiss b/kiss
index 217b574..44428a4 100755
--- a/kiss
+++ b/kiss
@@ -1185,7 +1185,7 @@ pkg_install() {
 
     # Install can also take the full path to a tarball.
     # We don't need to check the repository if this is the case.
-    if [ -f "$1" ] && [ -z "${1%%*.tar.*}" ] ; then
+    if [ -f "$1" ] && [ -z "${1%%*.tar.*}" ] && [ -z "${1##*/*}" ]; then
         tar_file=$1 pkg_name=${1##*/} pkg_name=${pkg_name%#*}
 
     elif pkg_cache "$1" 2>/dev/null; then