diff --git a/gui/griffon-app/lifecycle/Ready.groovy b/gui/griffon-app/lifecycle/Ready.groovy
index 5386a428..94fd4ab3 100644
--- a/gui/griffon-app/lifecycle/Ready.groovy
+++ b/gui/griffon-app/lifecycle/Ready.groovy
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ class Ready extends AbstractLifecycleHandler {
                 props.downloadLocation = new File(portableDownloads)
             } else {
                 def chooser = new JFileChooser()
+                chooser.setFileHidingEnabled(false)
                 chooser.setDialogTitle("Select a directory where downloads will be saved")
                 chooser.setFileSelectionMode(JFileChooser.DIRECTORIES_ONLY)
                 int rv = chooser.showOpenDialog(null)
diff --git a/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/MainFrameView.groovy b/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/MainFrameView.groovy
index 5b345f18..60e2196c 100644
--- a/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/MainFrameView.groovy
+++ b/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/MainFrameView.groovy
@@ -516,6 +516,7 @@ class MainFrameView {
     
     def shareFiles = {
         def chooser = new JFileChooser()
+        chooser.setFileHidingEnabled(false)
         chooser.setDialogTitle("Select file to share")
         chooser.setFileSelectionMode(JFileChooser.FILES_ONLY)
         int rv = chooser.showOpenDialog(null)
@@ -526,6 +527,7 @@ class MainFrameView {
     
     def watchDirectories = {
         def chooser = new JFileChooser()
+        chooser.setFileHidingEnabled(false)
         chooser.setDialogTitle("Select directory to watch")
         chooser.setFileSelectionMode(JFileChooser.DIRECTORIES_ONLY)
         int rv = chooser.showOpenDialog(null)