diff --git a/src/webui/api/appcontroller.cpp b/src/webui/api/appcontroller.cpp
index a1fc0e1da..6cc014d46 100644
--- a/src/webui/api/appcontroller.cpp
+++ b/src/webui/api/appcontroller.cpp
@@ -1210,7 +1210,7 @@ void AppController::getDirectoryContentAction()
     QJsonArray ret;
     QDirIterator it {dirPath, (QDir::NoDotAndDotDot | parseDirectoryContentMode(visibility))};
     while (it.hasNext())
-        ret.append(it.next());
+        ret.append(Path(it.next()).toString());
     setResult(ret);
 }