diff --git a/files/api.php b/files/api.php
index 3cb796d432..7de2c31fc7 100644
--- a/files/api.php
+++ b/files/api.php
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ if($arguments['action']){
 			break;
 		case 'getfiles':
 			$max_upload=min(return_bytes(ini_get('post_max_size')),return_bytes(ini_get('upload_max_filesize')));
-			$files=OC_FILES::getdirectorycontent($arguments['dir']);
+			$files=OC_FILES::getDirectoryContent($arguments['dir']);
 			$files['__max_upload']=$max_upload;
 			echo json_encode($files);
 			break;
diff --git a/js/filebrowser.js b/js/filebrowser.js
index d0232fa741..f78ae595e9 100644
--- a/js/filebrowser.js
+++ b/js/filebrowser.js
@@ -130,12 +130,30 @@ OC_FILES.browser.files.show=function(parent,fileList){
 			}
 		}
 		//add the files that arent in the list yet
+		var unreadableFiles=[];
 		for(name in fileList){
 			file=fileList[name];
-			if(!OC_FILES.browser.files.fileNodes[file.name]){
-				OC_FILES.browser.files.add(file.name,file.type,file.size,file.date,file.mime);
+			if(file.readable){
+				if(!OC_FILES.browser.files.fileNodes[file.name]){
+					OC_FILES.browser.files.add(file.name,file.type,file.size,file.date,file.mime);
+				}
+			}else if(file.name){
+				unreadableFiles.push(file);
 			}
 		}
+		if(unreadableFiles.length>0){
+			var message=unreadableFiles.length+" unreadable files detected:\n";
+			var first=true;
+			unreadableFiles.foreach(function(item){
+				if(!first){
+					message+=', ';
+				}
+				first=false;
+				message+=item.name;
+			});
+			message+="\nPlease check the file premissions";
+			alert(message);
+		}
 	}
 }
 OC_FILES.browser.files.add=function(name,type,size,date,mime){
diff --git a/js/lib_files.js b/js/lib_files.js
index 54af643272..fc24b1b487 100644
--- a/js/lib_files.js
+++ b/js/lib_files.js
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ OC_FILES.getdirectorycontent_parse=function(req){
 		for(var name in json){
 			if(name!='__max_upload'){
 				var file=new Array();
-				var attributes=Array('size','name','type','directory','date','mime');
+				var attributes=Array('size','name','type','directory','date','mime','writable','readable');
 				for(var i in attributes){
 					var attributeName=attributes[i];
 					file[attributeName]=json[name][attributeName];