diff --git a/frontend/apps/filemanager/fm.lua b/frontend/apps/filemanager/fm.lua
index 2c79a9b72..38977f67b 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/filemanager/fm.lua
+++ b/frontend/apps/filemanager/fm.lua
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ FileManager = InputContainer:extend{
 	title = _("FileManager"),
 	width = Screen:getWidth(),
 	height = Screen:getHeight(),
-	root_path = './',
+	root_path = lfs.currentdir(),
 	-- our own size
 	dimen = Geom:new{ w = 400, h = 600 },
 	onExit = function() end,