diff --git a/SecureCoding/SecureIO/SecurePath.cs b/SecureCoding/SecureIO/SecurePath.cs
index 162ce8d..981c2cf 100644
--- a/SecureCoding/SecureIO/SecurePath.cs
+++ b/SecureCoding/SecureIO/SecurePath.cs
@@ -115,13 +115,18 @@ public static SecurePath ConstructSecurePath(string basePath, string filename)
         /// </exception>
         public static SecurePath ConstructSecurePath(params string[] paths)
         {
-            if (paths.Length < 2)
+            if (paths.Length < 1)
             {
-                throw new ArgumentException("Paths array should contain at least 2 path segments");
+                throw new ArgumentException("Paths array should contain at least 1 path segments");
             }
 
             var basePath = paths[0];
 
+            if (paths.Length < 2)
+            {
+                return CreateSecurePath(basePath);
+            }
+
             if (basePath.ContainsInvalidPathCharacters())
             {
                 throw new InvalidOperationException($"Base path '{basePath}' contains invalid characters");