diff --git a/src/app/webide/source-code.ts b/src/app/webide/source-code.ts
index 2b49091..ab0b524 100644
--- a/src/app/webide/source-code.ts
+++ b/src/app/webide/source-code.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 export interface SourceCode {
-  filename?: string;
+  filename: string;
   content?: string;
-  files?: string[];
+  files: string[];
+  directory: string;
   command: string;
 }
diff --git a/src/app/webide/webide.component.ts b/src/app/webide/webide.component.ts
index 0c41590..caca58b 100644
--- a/src/app/webide/webide.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/webide/webide.component.ts
@@ -32,14 +32,16 @@ export class WebideComponent implements OnInit {
   code: string = defaultSourceCode;
   language = 'javascript';
   theme = 'monokai';
+  directory = '';
   files: string[];
   codeState = 'SAVED';
   deployButtonState = 'DEPLOYED';
   autosave = null;
-  command_handlers = {'reload': this.reloadHandler.bind(this),
-                      'read': this.readHandler.bind(this),
-                      'select': this.selectHandler.bind(this),
-                      'write': this.writeHandler.bind(this)};
+  command_handlers = {'reload':    this.reloadHandler.bind(this),
+                      'read':      this.readHandler.bind(this),
+                      'select':    this.selectHandler.bind(this),
+                      'write':     this.writeHandler.bind(this),
+                      'selectdir': this.selectdirHandler.bind(this)};
 
   constructor(private webSocketService: WebSocketService,
               private changeDetectorRef: ChangeDetectorRef,
@@ -64,6 +66,7 @@ export class WebideComponent implements OnInit {
 
   updateFileData(data: SourceCode) {
     this.filename = data.filename;
+    this.directory = data.directory;
     this.code = data.content;
     this.language = modelist.getModeForPath(this.filename).name;
     this.files = data.files;
@@ -86,6 +89,10 @@ export class WebideComponent implements OnInit {
     this.setCodeState('SAVED');
   }
 
+  selectdirHandler(data: SourceCode) {
+    this.updateFileData(data);
+  }
+
   resetAutoSaveCountdown() {
     if (this.autosave) {
       clearInterval(this.autosave);