diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index f116952c..e41b59ec 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ func Parse(c *caddy.Controller) ([]Config, error) {
 
 	for c.Next() {
 		var cfg = Config{UserConfig: &UserConfig{}}
-		cfg.PathScope = "./"
+		cfg.PathScope = "."
+		cfg.Root = http.Dir(cfg.PathScope)
 		cfg.BaseURL = ""
 		cfg.FrontMatter = "yaml"
 		cfg.HugoEnabled = false
@@ -235,8 +236,6 @@ func Parse(c *caddy.Controller) ([]Config, error) {
 		cfg.BaseURL = strings.TrimSuffix(cfg.BaseURL, "/")
 		cfg.BaseURL = "/" + cfg.BaseURL
 
-		cfg.Root = http.Dir(cfg.PathScope)
-
 		caddyConf := httpserver.GetConfig(c)
 		cfg.AbsoluteURL = strings.TrimSuffix(caddyConf.Addr.Path, "/") + "/" + cfg.BaseURL
 		cfg.AbsoluteURL = strings.Replace(cfg.AbsoluteURL, "//", "/", -1)
diff --git a/directory/file.go b/directory/file.go
index 7e371c7b..106e75d3 100644
--- a/directory/file.go
+++ b/directory/file.go
@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@ type Info struct {
 
 // GetInfo gets the file information and, in case of error, returns the
 // respective HTTP error code
-func GetInfo(url *url.URL, c *config.Config) (*Info, int, error) {
+func GetInfo(url *url.URL, c *config.Config, u *config.UserConfig) (*Info, int, error) {
 	var err error
 
 	rootPath := strings.Replace(url.Path, c.BaseURL, "", 1)
 	rootPath = strings.TrimPrefix(rootPath, "/")
 	rootPath = "/" + rootPath
 
-	relpath := c.PathScope + rootPath
+	relpath := u.PathScope + rootPath
 	relpath = strings.Replace(relpath, "\\", "/", -1)
 	relpath = filepath.Clean(relpath)
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func GetInfo(url *url.URL, c *config.Config) (*Info, int, error) {
 		RootPath: rootPath,
 		Path:     relpath,
 	}
-	f, err := c.Root.Open(rootPath)
+	f, err := u.Root.Open(rootPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return file, errors.ToHTTPCode(err), err
 	}
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ func (i *Info) serveSingleFile(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, c *config
 func (i *Info) serveListing(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, c *config.Config, u *config.UserConfig) (int, error) {
 	var err error
 
-	file, err := c.Root.Open(i.RootPath)
+	file, err := u.Root.Open(i.RootPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.ToHTTPCode(err), err
 	}
diff --git a/filemanager.go b/filemanager.go
index e24f5842..6ad0f809 100644
--- a/filemanager.go
+++ b/filemanager.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func (f FileManager) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) (int, err
 			}
 
 			if r.Method != http.MethodPost && !serveAssets {
-				fi, code, err = directory.GetInfo(r.URL, c)
+				fi, code, err = directory.GetInfo(r.URL, c, user)
 				if err != nil {
 					if r.Method == http.MethodGet {
 						return errors.PrintHTML(w, code, err)