diff --git a/frontend/src/Components/FileBrowser/FileBrowserModalContent.tsx b/frontend/src/Components/FileBrowser/FileBrowserModalContent.tsx
index aaaf9b4e0..1f02f0145 100644
--- a/frontend/src/Components/FileBrowser/FileBrowserModalContent.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/Components/FileBrowser/FileBrowserModalContent.tsx
@@ -133,7 +133,11 @@ function FileBrowserModalContent({
           className={styles.scroller}
           scrollDirection="both"
         >
-          {error ? <div>{translate('ErrorLoadingContents')}</div> : null}
+          {error ? (
+            <Alert kind={kinds.DANGER}>
+              {translate('ErrorLoadingContents')}
+            </Alert>
+          ) : null}
 
           {isFetched && !error ? (
             <Table horizontalScroll={false} columns={columns}>
diff --git a/frontend/src/Path/usePaths.ts b/frontend/src/Path/usePaths.ts
index 72bef1cb6..b7a76b486 100644
--- a/frontend/src/Path/usePaths.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/Path/usePaths.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ const usePaths = ({
     path: '/filesystem',
     queryParams: { path, allowFoldersWithoutTrailingSlashes, includeFiles },
     queryOptions: {
-      enabled: path.trim().length > 0,
       placeholderData: keepPreviousData,
     },
   });
diff --git a/src/Sonarr.Api.V5/FileSystem/FileSystemController.cs b/src/Sonarr.Api.V5/FileSystem/FileSystemController.cs
index 2c52ca800..ad54be2f7 100644
--- a/src/Sonarr.Api.V5/FileSystem/FileSystemController.cs
+++ b/src/Sonarr.Api.V5/FileSystem/FileSystemController.cs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public FileSystemController(IFileSystemLookupService fileSystemLookupService,
 
     [HttpGet]
     [Produces("application/json")]
-    public IActionResult GetContents(string path, bool includeFiles = false, bool allowFoldersWithoutTrailingSlashes = false)
+    public IActionResult GetContents(string? path, bool includeFiles = false, bool allowFoldersWithoutTrailingSlashes = false)
     {
         return Ok(_fileSystemLookupService.LookupContents(path, includeFiles, allowFoldersWithoutTrailingSlashes));
     }