diff --git a/src/filesystem.rs b/src/filesystem.rs
index f4f2752..99eae3d 100644
--- a/src/filesystem.rs
+++ b/src/filesystem.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 use crate::addressing::Address;
 use crate::database::{
-    DbExecutor, Entry, EntryValue, InnerEntry, InsertEntry, QueryEntries, RetrieveByHash,
-    RetrieveObject,
+    DbExecutor, Entry, EntryValue, InnerEntry, InsertEntry, QueryEntries, RetrieveObject,
 };
 use crate::hash::{ComputeHash, HasherWorker};
 use crate::models;
@@ -293,12 +292,15 @@ async fn _reimport_directory<T: AsRef<Path>>(
     db_executor: &Addr<crate::database::DbExecutor>,
     hasher_worker: &Addr<HasherWorker>,
 ) -> Result<()> {
-    for path in WalkDir::new(&directory)
+    let absolute_path = fs::canonicalize(&directory)?;
+    let path_entries: Result<Vec<PathBuf>, std::io::Error> = WalkDir::new(&directory)
         .into_iter()
         .filter_map(|e| e.ok())
         .filter(|e| e.path().is_file())
-        .map(|e| e.into_path())
-    {
+        .map(|e| fs::canonicalize(e.into_path()))
+        .collect();
+
+    for path in path_entries? {
         info!("Processing: {:?}", path);
 
         let metadata = fs::metadata(&path)?;
@@ -308,31 +310,34 @@ async fn _reimport_directory<T: AsRef<Path>>(
         }
 
         let digest = hasher_worker
-            .send(ComputeHash {
-                path: path.to_path_buf(),
-            })
+            .send(ComputeHash { path: path.clone() })
             .await??;
 
-        let existing_file: Option<String> = db_executor
-            .send(RetrieveByHash {
-                hash: digest.clone(),
-            })
+        // let existing_file: Option<String> = db_executor
+        //     .send(RetrieveByHash {
+        //         hash: digest.clone(),
+        //     })
+        //     .await??;
+
+        let new_file = models::NewFile {
+            path: path
+                .strip_prefix(&absolute_path)?
+                .to_str()
+                .expect("path not valid unicode?!")
+                .to_string(),
+            hash: (digest.clone()).0,
+            created: NaiveDateTime::from_timestamp(Utc::now().timestamp(), 0),
+            size,
+        };
+
+        db_executor
+            .send(crate::database::InsertFile { file: new_file })
             .await??;
 
-        if existing_file.is_none() {
-            let new_file = models::NewFile {
-                path: path.to_str().expect("path not valid unicode?!").to_string(),
-                hash: (digest.clone()).0,
-                created: NaiveDateTime::from_timestamp(Utc::now().timestamp(), 0),
-                size,
-            };
-
-            db_executor
-                .send(crate::database::InsertFile { file: new_file })
-                .await??;
-        }
-
-        let components = path.components().collect::<Vec<Component>>();
+        let components = path
+            .strip_prefix(&absolute_path)?
+            .components()
+            .collect::<Vec<Component>>();
         let (filename, dir_path) = components.split_last().unwrap();
 
         let file_address = Address::UUID(Uuid::new_v4());
diff --git a/src/routes.rs b/src/routes.rs
index 5a892f9..30a9cc8 100644
--- a/src/routes.rs
+++ b/src/routes.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ pub async fn get_raw(state: web::Data<State>, hash: web::Path<String>) -> Result
 
         match response {
             Ok(result) => match result {
-                Some(path) => Ok(NamedFile::open(path)?),
+                Some(path) => Ok(NamedFile::open(state.directory.join(path))?),
                 None => Err(error::ErrorNotFound("NOT FOUND")),
             },
             Err(e) => Err(error::ErrorInternalServerError(e)),