diff --git a/src/devices/file.c b/src/devices/file.c
index dbcb1a1..87cf9a2 100644
--- a/src/devices/file.c
+++ b/src/devices/file.c
@@ -82,6 +82,17 @@ file_read_dir(UxnFile *c, char *dest, Uint16 len)
 		Uint16 n;
 		if(c->de->d_name[0] == '.' && c->de->d_name[1] == '\0')
 			continue;
+		if(strcmp(c->de->d_name, "..") == 0) {
+			/* hide "sandbox/.." */
+			char cwd[PATH_MAX] = {'\0'}, t[PATH_MAX] = {'\0'};
+			/* Note there's [currently] no way of chdir()ing from uxn, so $PWD
+			 * is always the sandbox top level. */
+			getcwd(cwd, sizeof(cwd));
+			/* We already checked that c->current_filename exists so don't need a wrapper. */
+			realpath(c->current_filename, t);
+			if (strcmp(cwd, t) == 0)
+				continue;
+		}
 		if(strlen(c->current_filename) + 1 + strlen(c->de->d_name) < sizeof(pathname))
 			sprintf(pathname, "%s/%s", c->current_filename, c->de->d_name);
 		else