diff --git a/copyparty/httpcli.py b/copyparty/httpcli.py
index 40aafe25..a6fe3b9e 100644
--- a/copyparty/httpcli.py
+++ b/copyparty/httpcli.py
@@ -550,10 +550,10 @@ class HttpCli(object):
 
         dirs = []
         files = []
-        for fn in vfs_ls:
+        for fn in exclude_dotfiles(vfs_ls):
             href = fn
             if self.absolute_urls:
-                href = vpath + "/" + fn
+                href = "/" + vpath + "/" + fn
 
             fspath = fsroot + "/" + fn
             inf = os.stat(fsenc(fspath))
@@ -575,6 +575,13 @@ class HttpCli(object):
             else:
                 files.append(item)
 
+        logues = [None, None]
+        for n, fn in enumerate([".prologue.html", ".epilogue.html"]):
+            fn = os.path.join(abspath, fn)
+            if os.path.exists(fn):
+                with open(fn, "rb") as f:
+                    logues[n] = f.read().decode("utf-8")
+
         ts = ""
         # ts = "?{}".format(time.time())
 
@@ -585,6 +592,8 @@ class HttpCli(object):
             files=dirs,
             can_upload=self.writable,
             ts=ts,
+            prologue=logues[0],
+            epilogue=logues[1],
         )
         self.reply(html.encode("utf-8", "replace"))
         return True
diff --git a/copyparty/util.py b/copyparty/util.py
index 6ad1f984..2c145b6a 100644
--- a/copyparty/util.py
+++ b/copyparty/util.py
@@ -344,6 +344,12 @@ def sanitize_fn(fn):
     return fn.replace("\\", "/").split("/")[-1].strip()
 
 
+def exclude_dotfiles(filepaths):
+    for fpath in filepaths:
+        if not fpath.split("/")[-1].startswith("."):
+            yield fpath
+
+
 def quotep(txt):
     """url quoter which deals with bytes correctly"""
     btxt = fsenc(txt)
diff --git a/copyparty/web/browser.css b/copyparty/web/browser.css
index 039f0bc5..785c0878 100644
--- a/copyparty/web/browser.css
+++ b/copyparty/web/browser.css
@@ -123,6 +123,9 @@ a {
 #path span {
 	padding-left: .2em;
 }
+.logue {
+	padding: .2em 1.5em;
+}
 a.play {
 	color: #e70;
 }
diff --git a/copyparty/web/browser.html b/copyparty/web/browser.html
index 067a0cc7..31cc2edf 100644
--- a/copyparty/web/browser.html
+++ b/copyparty/web/browser.html
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
         <span>{{ vpnodes[-1][1] }}</span>
     </h1>
     
+    {%- if prologue %}
+    <div id="pro" class="logue">{{ prologue }}</div>
+    {%- endif %}
+
     <table id="files">
         <thead>
             <tr>
@@ -41,6 +45,10 @@
 
         </tbody>
     </table>
+    
+    {%- if epilogue %}
+    <div id="epi" class="logue">{{ epilogue }}</div>
+    {%- endif %}
 
     <h2><a href="?h">control-panel</a></h2>