diff --git a/doc/BUGS b/doc/BUGS
index 01e801bea..1fc43e2ea 100644
--- a/doc/BUGS
+++ b/doc/BUGS
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ Bugs
 
 - page-forward clicks "Newest" on http://explosm.net/ instead of "Next".
 
-- Download: relative filenames are still not handled correctly
-
 - seir sometimes sees "-- COMMAND MODE --" even though that should never
   happen.
 
diff --git a/qutebrowser/browser/downloads.py b/qutebrowser/browser/downloads.py
index 1525fe114..76539b3e3 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/browser/downloads.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/browser/downloads.py
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ class DownloadItem(QObject):
         self.filename = target
         self.basename = os.path.basename(target)
         try:
-            self.fileobj = open(filename, 'wb')
+            self.fileobj = open(target, 'wb')
             if self._do_delayed_write:
                 # Downloading to the buffer in RAM has already finished so we
                 # write out the data and clean up now.