diff --git a/templates/files.html b/templates/files.html
index 04aa576..43d7f4b 100644
--- a/templates/files.html
+++ b/templates/files.html
@@ -110,10 +110,29 @@
         {% if folders or grouping == "None" %}
             <div class="row pl-3">
         {% endif %}
+
+        {# rare event of empty folder, still need to show back button #}
+        {% if folders and entry_data|length == 0 %}
+            {% if cwd != root %}
+                <figure class="px-1 dir" dir="{{cwd|ParentPath}}">
+                    <span style="font-size:{{(size|int-22)/2}}" class="fa-stack">
+                        <i style="color:grey" class="fas fa-folder fa-stack-2x"></i>
+                        <i class="fas fa-level-up-alt fa-flip-horizontal fa-stack-1x fa-inverse"></i>
+                    </span>
+                    <figcaption class="figure-caption text-center">Back</figcaption>
+                </figure class="figure">
+            {% else %}
+                {# create an even lighter-grey, unclickable back button - so folders dont jump around when you go into them #}
+                <span style="font-size:{{(size|int-22)/2}}" class="fa-stack">
+                    <i style="color:lightgrey" class="fas fa-folder fa-stack-2x"></i>
+                    <i class="fas fa-level-up-alt fa-flip-horizontal fa-stack-1x fa-inverse"></i>
+                </span>
+            {% endif %}
+        {% endif %}
         {% for obj in entry_data %}
             {% if loop.index==1 and folders %}
                 {% if cwd != root %}
-                    <figure class="px-1 dir" dir={{cwd|ParentPath}}>
+                    <figure class="px-1 dir" dir="{{cwd|ParentPath}}">
                         <span style="font-size:{{(size|int-22)/2}}" class="fa-stack">
                             <i style="color:grey" class="fas fa-folder fa-stack-2x"></i>
                             <i class="fas fa-level-up-alt fa-flip-horizontal fa-stack-1x fa-inverse"></i>
@@ -196,7 +215,7 @@
                     {% endif %}
                     {# if this dir is the toplevel of the cwd, show the folder icon #}
                     {% if dirname| TopLevelFolderOf(cwd) %}
-                        <figure class="px-1 dir" dir={{dirname}}>
+                        <figure class="px-1 dir" dir="{{dirname}}">
                             <i style="font-size:{{size|int-22}};" class="fas fa-folder"></i>
                             <figcaption class="figure-caption text-center">{{obj.name}}</figcaption>
                         </figure class="figure">