diff --git a/scripts/dataset_tag_editor/dataset_tag_editor.py b/scripts/dataset_tag_editor/dataset_tag_editor.py
index 604a3c4..c03fd0c 100644
--- a/scripts/dataset_tag_editor/dataset_tag_editor.py
+++ b/scripts/dataset_tag_editor/dataset_tag_editor.py
@@ -464,16 +464,18 @@ class DatasetTagEditor:
                 except:
                     continue
                 else:
+                    abs_path = str(img_path.absolute())
                     if not use_temp_dir:
-                        img.already_saved_as = str(img_path.absolute())
-                    images[img_path] = img
+                        img.already_saved_as = abs_path
+                    images[abs_path] = img
                 
-                imgpaths.append(img_path)
+                imgpaths.append(abs_path)
             return imgpaths, images
         
-        def load_captions(imgpaths: List[Path]):
+        def load_captions(imgpaths: List[str]):
             taglists = []
-            for img_path in imgpaths:
+            for abs_path in imgpaths:
+                img_path = Path(abs_path)
                 text_path = img_path.with_suffix(caption_ext)
                 caption_text = ''
                 if interrogate_method != InterrogateMethod.OVERWRITE:
diff --git a/scripts/dataset_tag_editor/kohya-ss_finetune_metadata.py b/scripts/dataset_tag_editor/kohya-ss_finetune_metadata.py
index bc28361..7e2c366 100644
--- a/scripts/dataset_tag_editor/kohya-ss_finetune_metadata.py
+++ b/scripts/dataset_tag_editor/kohya-ss_finetune_metadata.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def write(dataset, dataset_dir, out_path, in_path=None, overwrite=False, save_as
     for data in dataset.datas.values():
         img_path, tags = Path(data.imgpath), data.tags
         
-        img_key = str(img_path) if use_full_path else img_path.stem
+        img_key = str(img_path.absolute()) if use_full_path else img_path.stem
         save_caption = ', '.join(tags) if save_as_caption else tags
         
         if img_key not in result:
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ def read(dataset_dir, json_path, use_temp_dir:bool):
 
     for image_key, img_md in metadata.items():
         img_path = Path(image_key)
+        abs_path = None
+        img = None
         if img_path.is_file():
             abs_path, img = load_image(img_path)
             if abs_path is None or img is None:
@@ -77,7 +79,8 @@ def read(dataset_dir, json_path, use_temp_dir:bool):
                     continue
                 images[abs_path] = img
                 break
-
+        if abs_path is None or img is None:
+            continue
         caption = img_md.get('caption')
         tags = img_md.get('tags')
         if tags is None: