diff --git a/src/main/java/cokr/xit/fims/cmmn/DirectoryStructureToJson.java b/src/main/java/cokr/xit/fims/cmmn/DirectoryStructureToJson.java
index 63273d46..d932e0b5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/cokr/xit/fims/cmmn/DirectoryStructureToJson.java
+++ b/src/main/java/cokr/xit/fims/cmmn/DirectoryStructureToJson.java
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 package cokr.xit.fims.cmmn;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
 public class DirectoryStructureToJson {
 
-	public static Node getNode(File fileNode){
-        if(fileNode.isDirectory()){
+	public static Node getNode(File fileNode) throws IOException{
+        if(fileNode.getCanonicalFile().isDirectory()){
             return new Node(fileNode.getName(),fileNode.getAbsolutePath(),"directory", getDirList(fileNode));
         }else{
             return new Node(fileNode.getName(),fileNode.getAbsolutePath(),"file",null);
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ public class DirectoryStructureToJson {
     }
 
 
-    public static List<Node> getDirList(File node){
+    public static List<Node> getDirList(File node) throws IOException{
         List<Node> children=new ArrayList<>();
         for(File n : node.listFiles()){
         	children.add(getNode(n));