diff --git a/src/Readability.php b/src/Readability.php
index f809593..50e3bec 100644
--- a/src/Readability.php
+++ b/src/Readability.php
@@ -841,10 +841,10 @@ public function getPathInfo($url)
                 $pathBase = parse_url($url, PHP_URL_SCHEME) . '://' . parse_url($url, PHP_URL_HOST) . $this->baseURI;
             } else {
                 // Otherwise just prepend the base to the actual path
-                $pathBase = parse_url($url, PHP_URL_SCHEME) . '://' . parse_url($url, PHP_URL_HOST) . dirname(parse_url($url, PHP_URL_PATH)) . '/'.rtrim($this->baseURI, '/') . '/';
+                $pathBase = parse_url($url, PHP_URL_SCHEME) . '://' . parse_url($url, PHP_URL_HOST) . dirname(parse_url($url, PHP_URL_PATH) ?? '') . '/' . rtrim($this->baseURI, '/') . '/';
             }
         } else {
-            $pathBase = parse_url($url, PHP_URL_SCHEME) . '://' . parse_url($url, PHP_URL_HOST) . dirname(parse_url($url, PHP_URL_PATH)) . '/';
+            $pathBase = parse_url($url, PHP_URL_SCHEME) . '://' . parse_url($url, PHP_URL_HOST) . dirname(parse_url($url, PHP_URL_PATH) ?? '') . '/';
         }
 
         $scheme = parse_url($pathBase, PHP_URL_SCHEME);