diff --git a/frontend/apps/filemanager/filemanager.lua b/frontend/apps/filemanager/filemanager.lua
index 9c1be469a..60f16ffcc 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/filemanager/filemanager.lua
+++ b/frontend/apps/filemanager/filemanager.lua
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 local FileManagerHistory = require("apps/filemanager/filemanagerhistory")
 local InputContainer = require("ui/widget/container/inputcontainer")
 local FrameContainer = require("ui/widget/container/framecontainer")
+local CenterContainer = require("ui/widget/container/centercontainer")
 local FileManagerMenu = require("apps/filemanager/filemanagermenu")
 local DocumentRegistry = require("document/documentregistry")
 local VerticalGroup = require("ui/widget/verticalgroup")
@@ -58,11 +59,20 @@ local FileManager = InputContainer:extend{
 function FileManager:init()
     self.show_parent = self.show_parent or self
 
+    self.path_text = TextWidget:new{
+        face = Font:getFace("infofont", 18),
+        text = self.root_path,
+    }
+
     self.banner = VerticalGroup:new{
         TextWidget:new{
             face = Font:getFace("tfont", 24),
             text = self.title,
         },
+        CenterContainer:new{
+            dimen = { w = Screen:getWidth(), h = nil },
+            self.path_text,
+        },
         VerticalSpan:new{ width = Screen:scaleBySize(10) }
     }
 
@@ -88,6 +98,11 @@ function FileManager:init()
     }
     self.file_chooser = file_chooser
 
+    function file_chooser:onPathChanged(path)  -- luacheck: ignore
+        FileManager.instance.path_text:setText(path)
+        return true
+    end
+
     function file_chooser:onFileSelect(file)  -- luacheck: ignore
         FileManager.instance:onClose()
         local ReaderUI = require("apps/reader/readerui")
diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/filechooser.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/filechooser.lua
index 9d6cb0c32..c5ae74794 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/filechooser.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/filechooser.lua
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ local FileChooser = Menu:extend{
     path = lfs.currentdir(),
     parent = nil,
     show_hidden = nil,
-    filter = function(filename) return true end,
     exclude_dirs = {"%.sdr$"},
     strcoll = strcoll,
     collate = "strcoll", -- or collate = "access",
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ function FileChooser:init()
     -- common dir filter
     self.dir_filter = function(dirname)
         for _, pattern in ipairs(self.exclude_dirs) do
-            if dirname:match(pattern) then return end
+            if dirname:match(pattern) then return false end
         end
         return true
     end
@@ -161,6 +160,7 @@ function FileChooser:changeToPath(path)
     path = util.realpath(path)
     self.path = path
     self:refreshPath()
+    self:onPathChanged(path)
 end
 
 function FileChooser:toggleHiddenFiles()
@@ -203,4 +203,8 @@ function FileChooser:onFileHold(file)
     return true
 end
 
+function FileChooser:onPathChanged(path)
+    return true
+end
+
 return FileChooser