diff --git a/src/main/java/cokr/xit/fims/cmmn/DirectoryStructureToJson.java b/src/main/java/cokr/xit/fims/cmmn/DirectoryStructureToJson.java
index d932e0b5..6a0bf3f2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/cokr/xit/fims/cmmn/DirectoryStructureToJson.java
+++ b/src/main/java/cokr/xit/fims/cmmn/DirectoryStructureToJson.java
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 public class DirectoryStructureToJson {
 
 	public static Node getNode(File fileNode) throws IOException{
-        if(fileNode.getCanonicalFile().isDirectory()){
+        if(fileNode.getAbsoluteFile().isDirectory()){
             return new Node(fileNode.getName(),fileNode.getAbsolutePath(),"directory", getDirList(fileNode));
         }else{
             return new Node(fileNode.getName(),fileNode.getAbsolutePath(),"file",null);