diff --git a/src/emu/ovnisort.c b/src/emu/ovnisort.c
index 812f091..1af8205 100644
--- a/src/emu/ovnisort.c
+++ b/src/emu/ovnisort.c
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ execute_sort_plan(struct sortplan *sp)
 static int
 stream_winsort(struct stream *stream, struct ring *r)
 {
-	char *fn = stream->path;
+	char *fn = stream->obspath;
 	int fd = open(fn, O_WRONLY);
 
 	if (fd < 0)
diff --git a/src/emu/stream.c b/src/emu/stream.c
index d0bee32..a589742 100644
--- a/src/emu/stream.c
+++ b/src/emu/stream.c
@@ -158,25 +158,22 @@ stream_load(struct stream *stream, const char *tracedir, const char *relpath)
 
 	dbg("loading %s", stream->relpath);
 
-	char path_json[PATH_MAX];
-	char path_obs[PATH_MAX];
-
-	if (path_append(path_json, stream->path, "stream.json") != 0) {
+	if (path_append(stream->jsonpath, stream->path, "stream.json") != 0) {
 		err("path_append failed");
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	if ((stream->meta = load_json(path_json)) == NULL) {
-		err("load_json failed for: %s", path_json);
+	if ((stream->meta = load_json(stream->jsonpath)) == NULL) {
+		err("load_json failed for: %s", stream->jsonpath);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	if (path_append(path_obs, stream->path, "stream.obs") != 0) {
+	if (path_append(stream->obspath, stream->path, "stream.obs") != 0) {
 		err("path_append failed");
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	if (load_obs(stream, path_obs) != 0) {
+	if (load_obs(stream, stream->obspath) != 0) {
 		err("load_obs failed");
 		return -1;
 	}
diff --git a/src/emu/stream.h b/src/emu/stream.h
index 8acee0c..16cb60a 100644
--- a/src/emu/stream.h
+++ b/src/emu/stream.h
@@ -28,8 +28,10 @@ struct stream {
 	int active;
 	int unsorted;
 
-	char path[PATH_MAX];
+	char path[PATH_MAX]; /* To stream dir */
 	char relpath[PATH_MAX]; /* To tracedir */
+	char obspath[PATH_MAX]; /* To obs file */
+	char jsonpath[PATH_MAX]; /* To json file */
 
 	int64_t usize; /* Useful size for events */
 	int64_t offset;