diff --git a/services/incremental/IncrementalService.cpp b/services/incremental/IncrementalService.cpp
index 24699d9..8b816d0 100644
--- a/services/incremental/IncrementalService.cpp
+++ b/services/incremental/IncrementalService.cpp
@@ -1174,7 +1174,8 @@
         return -EINVAL;
     }
     if (auto err = mIncFs->makeFile(ifs->control, normPath, mode, id, params); err) {
-        LOG(ERROR) << "Internal error: storageId " << storage << " failed to makeFile: " << err;
+        LOG(ERROR) << "Internal error: storageId " << storage << " failed to makeFile [" << normPath
+                   << "]: " << err;
         return err;
     }
     if (params.size > 0) {
diff --git a/services/incremental/path.cpp b/services/incremental/path.cpp
index bf4e9616..73e00ae 100644
--- a/services/incremental/path.cpp
+++ b/services/incremental/path.cpp
@@ -171,7 +171,9 @@
 }
 
 details::CStrWrapper::CStrWrapper(std::string_view sv) {
-    if (sv[sv.size()] == '\0') {
+    if (!sv.data()) {
+        mCstr = "";
+    } else if (sv[sv.size()] == '\0') {
         mCstr = sv.data();
     } else {
         mCopy.emplace(sv);