diff --git a/implement/Pine.Core/Pine.Core.csproj b/implement/Pine.Core/Pine.Core.csproj
index 5e0279c8..4eb28ed3 100644
--- a/implement/Pine.Core/Pine.Core.csproj
+++ b/implement/Pine.Core/Pine.Core.csproj
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
-    <AssemblyVersion>0.3.4</AssemblyVersion>
-    <FileVersion>0.3.4</FileVersion>
+    <AssemblyVersion>0.3.5</AssemblyVersion>
+    <FileVersion>0.3.5</FileVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <PackageId>Pine.Core</PackageId>
-    <Version>0.3.4</Version>
+    <Version>0.3.5</Version>
     <Description>The cross-platform Elm runtime environment</Description>
     <PackageTags>Functional;Elm;Runtime;Compiler;VM;DBMS</PackageTags>
     <RepositoryUrl>https://github.com/pine-vm/pine.git</RepositoryUrl>
diff --git a/implement/pine/Elm019/ElmJsonStructure.cs b/implement/pine/Elm019/ElmJsonStructure.cs
index b5251512..99562935 100644
--- a/implement/pine/Elm019/ElmJsonStructure.cs
+++ b/implement/pine/Elm019/ElmJsonStructure.cs
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@ public static RelativeDirectory ParseSourceDirectory(string sourceDirectory)
     {
         var initialRecord = new RelativeDirectory(ParentLevel: 0, Subdirectories: []);
 
-        if (sourceDirectory == ".")
-            return initialRecord;
-
         sourceDirectory = sourceDirectory.Replace('\\', '/');
 
         sourceDirectory = sourceDirectory.StartsWith("./") ? sourceDirectory[2..] : sourceDirectory;
 
-        var segmentsStrings = sourceDirectory.Split('/');
+        var segmentsStrings =
+            sourceDirectory
+            .Split('/')
+            .SkipWhile(segment => segment is "");
 
         return
             segmentsStrings
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ aggregate with
                                     {
                                         ParentLevel = aggregate.ParentLevel + 1
                                     },
+
+                            "." =>
+                            aggregate,
+
                             _ =>
                                 aggregate with
                                 {
diff --git a/implement/pine/ElmTime/compile-elm-program/src/CompileElmApp.elm b/implement/pine/ElmTime/compile-elm-program/src/CompileElmApp.elm
index eb2f5fa6..b81d553d 100644
--- a/implement/pine/ElmTime/compile-elm-program/src/CompileElmApp.elm
+++ b/implement/pine/ElmTime/compile-elm-program/src/CompileElmApp.elm
@@ -525,6 +525,7 @@ parseElmJsonSourceDirectoryPath pathInJson =
         let
             pathItems =
                 String.split "/" pathInJson
+                    |> List.Extra.dropWhile String.isEmpty
         in
         List.foldl
             (\nextSegment { parentLevel, subdirectories } ->
diff --git a/implement/pine/ElmTime/compile-elm-program/tests/CompileElmAppTests.elm b/implement/pine/ElmTime/compile-elm-program/tests/CompileElmAppTests.elm
index 7e11c70f..b3805acc 100644
--- a/implement/pine/ElmTime/compile-elm-program/tests/CompileElmAppTests.elm
+++ b/implement/pine/ElmTime/compile-elm-program/tests/CompileElmAppTests.elm
@@ -1182,6 +1182,51 @@ find_source_directories =
                   }
                 ]
            }
+         , { testName = "root as source directory"
+           , compilationRootFilePath = [ "Main.elm" ]
+           , sourceFiles =
+                Dict.fromList
+                    [ ( [ "elm.json" ]
+                      , """
+{
+    "type": "application",
+    "source-directories": [
+        ""
+    ],
+    "elm-version": "0.19.1",
+    "dependencies": {
+        "direct": {
+            "elm/browser": "1.0.2",
+            "elm/core": "1.0.5",
+            "elm/html": "1.0.0"
+        },
+        "indirect": {
+            "elm/json": "1.1.3",
+            "elm/time": "1.0.0",
+            "elm/url": "1.0.0",
+            "elm/virtual-dom": "1.0.3"
+        }
+    },
+    "test-dependencies": {
+        "direct": {},
+        "indirect": {}
+    }
+}
+
+      """
+                      )
+                    ]
+           , expectedSourceDirectories =
+                { mainSourceDirectoryPath = []
+                , elmJsonDirectoryPath = []
+                , secondarySourceDirectories = []
+                }
+           , moduleNameFromFileNameTests =
+                [ { fileName = [ "Main.elm" ]
+                  , expectedModuleName = Just [ "Main" ]
+                  }
+                ]
+           }
          ]
             |> List.map
                 (\testCase ->
diff --git a/implement/pine/Program.cs b/implement/pine/Program.cs
index d1dc2eaf..25080736 100644
--- a/implement/pine/Program.cs
+++ b/implement/pine/Program.cs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace ElmTime;
 
 public class Program
 {
-    public static string AppVersionId => "0.3.4";
+    public static string AppVersionId => "0.3.5";
 
     private static int AdminInterfaceDefaultPort => 4000;
 
diff --git a/implement/pine/pine.csproj b/implement/pine/pine.csproj
index da8d1508..b73356e3 100644
--- a/implement/pine/pine.csproj
+++ b/implement/pine/pine.csproj
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
     <AssemblyName>pine</AssemblyName>
-    <AssemblyVersion>0.3.4</AssemblyVersion>
-    <FileVersion>0.3.4</FileVersion>
+    <AssemblyVersion>0.3.5</AssemblyVersion>
+    <FileVersion>0.3.5</FileVersion>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     <GenerateEmbeddedFilesManifest>true</GenerateEmbeddedFilesManifest>
   </PropertyGroup>