diff --git a/blender_asset_tracer/blendfile/__init__.py b/blender_asset_tracer/blendfile/__init__.py
index 222a263..f698f32 100644
--- a/blender_asset_tracer/blendfile/__init__.py
+++ b/blender_asset_tracer/blendfile/__init__.py
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ class BlendFile:
             log.debug("recompressing modified blend file %s", self.raw_filepath)
             self.fileobj.seek(os.SEEK_SET, 0)
 
-            with gzip.open(self.filepath, 'wb') as gzfile:
+            with gzip.open(str(self.filepath), 'wb') as gzfile:
                 while True:
                     data = self.fileobj.read(FILE_BUFFER_SIZE)
                     if not data:
diff --git a/tests/blendfiles/linked_cube_compressed.blend b/tests/blendfiles/linked_cube_compressed.blend
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a55f380
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/blendfiles/linked_cube_compressed.blend differ
diff --git a/tests/test_blendfile_modification.py b/tests/test_blendfile_modification.py
index a97ca0d..41da5fc 100644
--- a/tests/test_blendfile_modification.py
+++ b/tests/test_blendfile_modification.py
@@ -32,3 +32,33 @@ class ModifyUncompressedTest(AbstractBlendFileTest):
         library = self.bf.code_index[b'LI'][0]
         self.assertEqual(b'//basic_file.blend', library[b'filepath'])
         self.assertEqual(b'//basic_file.blend', library[b'name'])
+
+
+class ModifyCompressedTest(AbstractBlendFileTest):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.orig = self.blendfiles / 'linked_cube_compressed.blend'
+        self.to_modify = self.orig.with_name('linked_cube_modified.blend')
+
+        copyfile(str(self.orig), str(self.to_modify))  # TODO: when requiring Python 3.6+, remove str()
+        self.bf = blendfile.BlendFile(self.to_modify, mode='r+b')
+
+        self.assertTrue(self.bf.is_compressed)
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        if self.to_modify.exists():
+            self.to_modify.unlink()
+
+    def test_change_path(self):
+        library = self.bf.code_index[b'LI'][0]
+
+        # Change it from absolute to relative.
+        library[b'filepath'] = b'//basic_file.blend'
+        library[b'name'] = b'//basic_file.blend'
+
+        # Reload the blend file to inspect that it was written properly.
+        self.bf.close()
+        self.bf = blendfile.BlendFile(self.to_modify, mode='r+b')
+
+        library = self.bf.code_index[b'LI'][0]
+        self.assertEqual(b'//basic_file.blend', library[b'filepath'])
+        self.assertEqual(b'//basic_file.blend', library[b'name'])