fix reading of single path in config file entry

[CorentinGrimaldi]

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[erwanp]

@anandxkumar do you remember why this line was introduced with split()? It created some problems with paths containing spaces.

[anandxkumar]

@CorentinGrimaldi thanks for the fix!
@erwanp, the purpose was to create a list only. I probably skipped on the possibility that paths can have spaces too, I overlooked it :)

[erwanp]

Ok perfect, that's what i understood. Merging!