diff --git a/client/src/components/files.vue b/client/src/components/files.vue
index d663b31a..6dc82cf1 100644
--- a/client/src/components/files.vue
+++ b/client/src/components/files.vue
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
     }
     
     refresh() {
-      console.log('refresh')
+      this.$accessor.files.refresh()
     }
 
     download(item: any) {
diff --git a/client/src/neko/base.ts b/client/src/neko/base.ts
index 31ec8add..dc767b5b 100644
--- a/client/src/neko/base.ts
+++ b/client/src/neko/base.ts
@@ -187,6 +187,14 @@ export abstract class BaseClient extends EventEmitter<BaseEvents> {
     this._ws!.send(JSON.stringify({ event, ...payload }))
   }
 
+  public refreshFiles() {
+    if (!this.connected) {
+      this.emit('warn', 'attempting to refresh files while disconnected')
+    }
+    this.emit('debug', `sending event '${EVENT.FILETRANSFER.REFRESH}'`)
+    this._ws!.send(JSON.stringify({ event: EVENT.FILETRANSFER.REFRESH }))
+  }
+
   public async createPeer(lite: boolean, servers: RTCIceServer[]) {
     this.emit('debug', `creating peer`)
     if (!this.socketOpen) {
diff --git a/client/src/neko/events.ts b/client/src/neko/events.ts
index b6c6cbde..d12046a0 100644
--- a/client/src/neko/events.ts
+++ b/client/src/neko/events.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ export const EVENT = {
     DISABLE: 'filetransfer/disable',
     UNPRIVENABLE: 'filetransfer/unprivenable',
     UNPRIVDISABLE: 'filetransfer/unprivdisable',
-    LIST: 'filetransfer/list'
+    LIST: 'filetransfer/list',
+    REFRESH: 'filetransfer/refresh'
   },
   SCREEN: {
     CONFIGURATIONS: 'screen/configurations',
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ export type FileTransferEvents =
   | typeof EVENT.FILETRANSFER.UNPRIVENABLE
   | typeof EVENT.FILETRANSFER.UNPRIVDISABLE
   | typeof EVENT.FILETRANSFER.LIST
+  | typeof EVENT.FILETRANSFER.REFRESH
 
 export type ScreenEvents = typeof EVENT.SCREEN.CONFIGURATIONS | typeof EVENT.SCREEN.RESOLUTION | typeof EVENT.SCREEN.SET
 
diff --git a/client/src/store/files.ts b/client/src/store/files.ts
index ce57a6ee..9c8ce065 100644
--- a/client/src/store/files.ts
+++ b/client/src/store/files.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ export const actions = actionTree(
 
     setFileList(store, files: FileListItem[]) {
       accessor.files._setFileList(files)
+    },
+
+    refresh(store) {
+      if (!accessor.connected) {
+        return
+      }
+      $client.refreshFiles()
     }
   }
 )
diff --git a/server/internal/types/event/events.go b/server/internal/types/event/events.go
index e6bf8b5d..8c5e12ff 100644
--- a/server/internal/types/event/events.go
+++ b/server/internal/types/event/events.go
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ const (
 	FILETRANSFER_UNPRIVENABLE  = "filetransfer/unprivenable"
 	FILETRANSFER_UNPRIVDISABLE = "filetransfer/unprivdisable"
 	FILETRANSFER_LIST          = "filetransfer/list"
+	FILETRANSFER_REFRESH       = "filetransfer/refresh"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/server/internal/websocket/handler/files.go b/server/internal/websocket/handler/files.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cda7ec83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/internal/websocket/handler/files.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package handler
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"m1k1o/neko/internal/types"
+	"m1k1o/neko/internal/types/event"
+	"m1k1o/neko/internal/types/message"
+	"m1k1o/neko/internal/utils"
+)
+
+func (h *MessageHandler) refresh(session types.Session) error {
+	if !(h.state.FileTransferEnabled() && session.Admin() || h.state.UnprivFileTransferEnabled()) {
+		return errors.New(session.Member().Name + " tried to refresh file list when they can't")
+	}
+
+	files, err := utils.ListFiles(h.state.FileTransferPath())
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return session.Send(
+		message.FileList{
+			Event: event.FILETRANSFER_LIST,
+			Cwd:   h.state.FileTransferPath(),
+			Files: *files,
+		})
+}
diff --git a/server/internal/websocket/handler/handler.go b/server/internal/websocket/handler/handler.go
index b2b529cb..004a4b46 100644
--- a/server/internal/websocket/handler/handler.go
+++ b/server/internal/websocket/handler/handler.go
@@ -126,6 +126,10 @@ func (h *MessageHandler) Message(id string, raw []byte) error {
 				return h.chatEmote(id, session, payload)
 			}), "%s failed", header.Event)
 
+	// File Transfer Events
+	case event.FILETRANSFER_REFRESH:
+		return errors.Wrapf(h.refresh(session), "%s failed", header.Event)
+
 	// Screen Events
 	case event.SCREEN_RESOLUTION:
 		return errors.Wrapf(h.screenResolution(id, session), "%s failed", header.Event)
diff --git a/server/internal/websocket/state/state.go b/server/internal/websocket/state/state.go
index 3b38797f..1c2719cc 100644
--- a/server/internal/websocket/state/state.go
+++ b/server/internal/websocket/state/state.go
@@ -3,12 +3,20 @@ package state
 type State struct {
 	banned map[string]string // IP -> session ID (that banned it)
 	locked map[string]string // resource name -> session ID (that locked it)
+
+	fileTransferEnabled       bool   // admins can transfer files
+	fileTransferUnprivEnabled bool   // all users can transfer files
+	fileTransferPath          string // path where files are located
 }
 
-func New() *State {
+func New(fileTransferEnabled bool, fileTransferUnprivEnabled bool, fileTransferPath string) *State {
 	return &State{
 		banned: make(map[string]string),
 		locked: make(map[string]string),
+
+		fileTransferEnabled:       fileTransferEnabled,
+		fileTransferUnprivEnabled: fileTransferUnprivEnabled,
+		fileTransferPath:          fileTransferPath,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -59,3 +67,17 @@ func (s *State) GetLocked(resource string) (string, bool) {
 func (s *State) AllLocked() map[string]string {
 	return s.locked
 }
+
+// File Transfer
+
+func (s *State) FileTransferEnabled() bool {
+	return s.fileTransferEnabled
+}
+
+func (s *State) UnprivFileTransferEnabled() bool {
+	return s.fileTransferUnprivEnabled
+}
+
+func (s *State) FileTransferPath() string {
+	return s.fileTransferPath
+}
diff --git a/server/internal/websocket/websocket.go b/server/internal/websocket/websocket.go
index ade10beb..23c42bd6 100644
--- a/server/internal/websocket/websocket.go
+++ b/server/internal/websocket/websocket.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const CONTROL_PROTECTION_SESSION = "by_control_protection"
 func New(sessions types.SessionManager, desktop types.DesktopManager, capture types.CaptureManager, webrtc types.WebRTCManager, conf *config.WebSocket) *WebSocketHandler {
 	logger := log.With().Str("module", "websocket").Logger()
 
-	state := state.New()
+	state := state.New(conf.FileTransfer, conf.UnprivFileTransfer, conf.FileTransferPath)
 
 	// if control protection is enabled
 	if conf.ControlProtection {