diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e4bd4e5..4d05972 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
     "formidable": "^3.5.2",
     "fs-extra": "^8.1.0",
     "http-proxy-middleware": "^3.0.3",
+    "is-path-inside": "^4.0.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.15",
     "morgan": "^1.9.1",
     "p-map": "^4.0.0",
diff --git a/src/app.ts b/src/app.ts
index 82d6d6e..49eeeff 100644
--- a/src/app.ts
+++ b/src/app.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import express, { Response } from 'express';
 import Formidable from 'formidable';
 import { createReadStream } from 'node:fs';
-import { join, basename } from 'node:path';
+import { join, basename, relative } from 'node:path';
 import assert from 'node:assert';
 import * as fs from 'node:fs/promises';
 import morgan from 'morgan';
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ import bodyParser from 'body-parser';
 import filenamify from 'filenamify';
 import stream from 'node:stream/promises';
 import parseRange from 'range-parser';
+// @ts-expect-error dunno
+import isPathInside from 'is-path-inside';
 
 
 const maxFields = 1000;
@@ -34,11 +36,15 @@ export default ({ sharedPath: sharedPathIn, port, maxUploadSize, zipCompressionL
   // console.log({ sharedPath: sharedPathIn, port, maxUploadSize, zipCompressionLevel });
   const sharedPath = sharedPathIn || process.cwd();
 
+  function arePathsEqual(path1: string, path2: string) {
+    return relative(path1, path2) === '';
+  }
+
   async function getFileAbsPath(relPath: string | undefined) {
     if (relPath == null) return sharedPath;
     const absPath = join(sharedPath, join('/', relPath));
     const realPath = await fs.realpath(absPath);
-    assert(realPath.startsWith(sharedPath), 'Path must be within shared path');
+    assert(isPathInside(realPath, sharedPath) || arePathsEqual(realPath, sharedPath), `Path must be within shared path ${realPath} ${sharedPath}`);
     return realPath;
   }
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 8730ab8..3757135 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2444,6 +2444,7 @@ __metadata:
     formidable: "npm:^3.5.2"
     fs-extra: "npm:^8.1.0"
     http-proxy-middleware: "npm:^3.0.3"
+    is-path-inside: "npm:^4.0.0"
     lodash: "npm:^4.17.15"
     morgan: "npm:^1.9.1"
     p-map: "npm:^4.0.0"
@@ -3280,6 +3281,13 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"is-path-inside@npm:^4.0.0":
+  version: 4.0.0
+  resolution: "is-path-inside@npm:4.0.0"
+  checksum: 10c0/51188d7e2b1d907a9a5f7c18d99a90b60870b951ed87cf97595d9aaa429d4c010652c3350bcbf31182e7f4b0eab9a1860b43e16729b13cb1a44baaa6cdb64c46
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "is-plain-object@npm:^5.0.0":
   version: 5.0.0
   resolution: "is-plain-object@npm:5.0.0"