diff --git a/src/IOCoordinator.cpp b/src/IOCoordinator.cpp
index 26d99b527..301b56ad8 100755
--- a/src/IOCoordinator.cpp
+++ b/src/IOCoordinator.cpp
@@ -358,9 +358,9 @@ int IOCoordinator::open(const char *filename, int openmode, struct stat *out)
     return meta.stat(out);
 }
 
-int IOCoordinator::listDirectory(const char *filename, vector<string> *listing)
+int IOCoordinator::listDirectory(const char *dirname, vector<string> *listing)
 {
-    bf::path p(metaPath / filename);
+    bf::path p(metaPath / dirname);
     
     listing->clear();
     if (!bf::exists(p))
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ int IOCoordinator::listDirectory(const char *filename, vector<string> *listing)
     
     bf::directory_iterator it(p), end;
     for (bf::directory_iterator it(p); it != end; it++)
-        listing->push_back(it->path().filename().string());
+        listing->push_back(it->path().stem().string());
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/unit_tests.cpp b/src/unit_tests.cpp
index 961a76392..8275c2535 100755
--- a/src/unit_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/unit_tests.cpp
@@ -660,8 +660,10 @@ bool listdirtask()
     
     bf::create_directories(tmpPath);
     for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+        
         string file(tmpPath.string() + "/dummy" + to_string(i));
         files.insert(file);
+        file += ".meta";
         err = ::open(file.c_str(), O_CREAT | O_WRONLY, 0600);
         assert(err >= 0);
         fdMinders.push_back(err);
@@ -687,7 +689,6 @@ bool listdirtask()
     assert(resp->header.flags == 0);
     assert(resp->returnCode == 0);
     listdir_resp *r = (listdir_resp *) resp->payload;
-    cout << "resp has " << r->elements << " elements" << endl;
     assert(r->elements == 10);
     int off = sizeof(sm_response) + sizeof(listdir_resp);
     int fileCounter = 0;