diff --git a/copyparty/httpcli.py b/copyparty/httpcli.py
index d50fb036..82d3e1fc 100644
--- a/copyparty/httpcli.py
+++ b/copyparty/httpcli.py
@@ -627,12 +627,9 @@ class HttpCli(object):
             if self.vpath.endswith(k):
                 self.vpath = self.vpath[: -len(k)]
 
-        sub = None
         name = undot(body["name"])
         if "/" in name:
-            sub, name = name.rsplit("/", 1)
-            self.vpath = "/".join([self.vpath, sub]).strip("/")
-            body["name"] = name
+            raise Pebkac(400, "your client is old; press CTRL-SHIFT-R and try again")
 
         vfs, rem = self.asrv.vfs.get(self.vpath, self.uname, False, True)
         dbv, vrem = vfs.get_dbv(rem)
@@ -643,7 +640,7 @@ class HttpCli(object):
         body["addr"] = self.ip
         body["vcfg"] = dbv.flags
 
-        if sub:
+        if rem:
             try:
                 dst = os.path.join(vfs.realpath, rem)
                 if not bos.path.isdir(dst):
@@ -663,9 +660,6 @@ class HttpCli(object):
 
         x = self.conn.hsrv.broker.put(True, "up2k.handle_json", body)
         ret = x.get()
-        if sub:
-            ret["name"] = "/".join([sub, ret["name"]])
-
         ret = json.dumps(ret)
         self.log(ret)
         self.reply(ret.encode("utf-8"), mime="application/json")
diff --git a/copyparty/web/up2k.js b/copyparty/web/up2k.js
index e2121a4d..3410ca9b 100644
--- a/copyparty/web/up2k.js
+++ b/copyparty/web/up2k.js
@@ -814,17 +814,25 @@ function up2k_init(subtle) {
 
         for (var a = 0; a < good_files.length; a++) {
             var fobj = good_files[a][0],
+                name = good_files[a][1],
+                fdir = '',
                 now = Date.now(),
-                lmod = fobj.lastModified || now;
+                lmod = fobj.lastModified || now,
+                ofs = name.lastIndexOf('/') + 1;
+
+            if (ofs) {
+                fdir = name.slice(0, ofs);
+                name = name.slice(ofs);
+            }
 
             var entry = {
                 "n": st.files.length,
                 "t0": now,
                 "fobj": fobj,
-                "name": good_files[a][1],
+                "name": name,
                 "size": fobj.size,
                 "lmod": lmod / 1000,
-                "purl": evpath,
+                "purl": fdir,
                 "done": false,
                 "hash": []
             },