diff --git a/lib/core/libimagstore/src/file_abstraction/fs.rs b/lib/core/libimagstore/src/file_abstraction/fs.rs
index 2c649c22..48c51ebb 100644
--- a/lib/core/libimagstore/src/file_abstraction/fs.rs
+++ b/lib/core/libimagstore/src/file_abstraction/fs.rs
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ impl FileAbstraction for FSFileAbstraction {
         use walkdir::WalkDir;
 
         let i : Result<Vec<PathBuf>, SE> = WalkDir::new(basepath)
+            .min_depth(1)
             .into_iter()
             .map(|r| {
                 r.map(|e| PathBuf::from(e.path()))