diff --git a/copyparty/httpcli.py b/copyparty/httpcli.py
index 740119f9..03e645c9 100644
--- a/copyparty/httpcli.py
+++ b/copyparty/httpcli.py
@@ -1095,7 +1095,7 @@ class HttpCli(object):
             ret["k" + excl] = self.gen_tree("/".join([top, excl]).strip("/"), target)
 
         try:
-            vn, rem = self.auth.vfs.get(top, self.uname, self.readable, self.writable)
+            vn, rem = self.auth.vfs.get(top, self.uname, True, False)
             fsroot, vfs_ls, vfs_virt = vn.ls(rem, self.uname)
         except:
             vfs_ls = []
diff --git a/copyparty/web/browser.js b/copyparty/web/browser.js
index 0e44218d..32949f79 100644
--- a/copyparty/web/browser.js
+++ b/copyparty/web/browser.js
@@ -862,7 +862,8 @@ function autoplay_blocked() {
 	function parsetree(res, top) {
 		var ret = '';
 		for (var a = 0; a < res.a.length; a++) {
-			res['k' + res.a[a]] = 0;
+			if (res.a[a] !== '')
+				res['k' + res.a[a]] = 0;
 		}
 		delete res['a'];
 		var keys = Object.keys(res);