diff --git a/HELP.md b/HELP.md
index 93807a4a..c501d12e 100644
--- a/HELP.md
+++ b/HELP.md
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ Cloud Commander supports command line parameters:
 | `-u, --username`      | set username
 | `-p, --password`      | set password
 | `-c, --config`        | configuration file path
+| `--root`              | set root folder
 | `--port`              | set port number
 | `--no-auth`           | disable authorization
 | `--no-server`         | do not start server
diff --git a/bin/cloudcmd.js b/bin/cloudcmd.js
index ed78a849..cf45114d 100755
--- a/bin/cloudcmd.js
+++ b/bin/cloudcmd.js
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
                 'username',
                 'online',
                 'offline',
-                'config'
+                'config',
+                'root'
             ],
             boolean: [
                 'auth',
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@
         config('auth', args.auth);
         config('online', args.online);
         config('username', args.username);
+        config('root', args.root);
         
         readConfig(args.config);
         
diff --git a/json/bin.json b/json/bin.json
index 62501a1a..8cfaa73b 100644
--- a/json/bin.json
+++ b/json/bin.json
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     "-u, --username "   : "set username",
     "-p, --password "   : "set password",
     "-c, --config   "   : "configuration file path",
+    "--root"            : "set root folder",
     "--port         "   : "set port number",
     "--no-auth      "   : "disable authorization",
     "--no-server    "   : "do not start server",
diff --git a/lib/server/rest.js b/lib/server/rest.js
index 845b4d8e..0679c7c1 100644
--- a/lib/server/rest.js
+++ b/lib/server/rest.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
         DIR_JSON    = DIR_LIB + '../json/',
         
         path        = require('path'),
+        root        = require(DIR + 'root'),
         
         Util        = require(DIR_LIB + 'util'),
         CloudFunc   = require(DIR_LIB + 'cloudfunc'),
@@ -23,7 +24,6 @@
         github      = require('faust'),
         packer      = require('jag'),
         
-        mellow      = require('mellow'),
         flop        = require('flop'),
         pipe        = require('pipe-io'),
         ponse       = require('ponse'),
@@ -198,8 +198,8 @@
                 callback(error);
             
             } else {
-                files.from  = mellow.pathToWin(files.from);
-                files.to    = mellow.pathToWin(files.to);
+                files.from  = root(files.from);
+                files.to    = root(files.to);
                 
                 if (files.names)
                     data    = files.names.slice();
@@ -227,8 +227,8 @@
                 error = getWin32RootMsg('from');
                 callback(error);
             } else {
-                files.from  = mellow.pathToWin(files.from);
-                files.to    = mellow.pathToWin(files.to);
+                files.from  = root(files.from);
+                files.to    = root(files.to);
                 
                 msg         = formatMsg('copy', files.names);
                 
@@ -242,10 +242,10 @@
             if (!files.from) {
                 callback(body);
             } else {
-                from    = mellow.pathToWin(files.from);
+                from    = root(files.from);
                 
                 if (files.to)
-                    to  = mellow.pathToWin(files.to);
+                    to  = root(files.to);
                 else
                     to  = from + '.gz';
                 
@@ -262,10 +262,10 @@
             if (!files.from) {
                 callback(body);
             } else {
-                from    = mellow.pathToWin(files.from);
+                from    = root(files.from);
                 
                 if (files.to)
-                    to  = mellow.pathToWin(files.to);
+                    to  = root(files.to);
                 else
                     to = files.from.replace(/(\.gz|\.tar\.gz)$/, '');
                 
diff --git a/lib/server/root.js b/lib/server/root.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8ae10076
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/server/root.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+(function() {
+    'use strict';
+    
+    var DIR     = './',
+        path    = require('path'),
+        config  = require(DIR + 'config'),
+        mellow  = require('mellow');
+    
+    module.exports = function(dir) {
+        var root = config('root') || '/';
+        
+        if (root === '/')
+            dir = mellow.pathToWin(dir);
+        
+        return path.join(root + dir);
+    };
+})();
diff --git a/lib/server/route.js b/lib/server/route.js
index 9b025a6c..8c3183cf 100644
--- a/lib/server/route.js
+++ b/lib/server/route.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
         format      = require('format-io'),
         
         config      = require(DIR_SERVER + 'config'),
+        root        = require(DIR_SERVER + 'root'),
         
         CloudFunc   = require(DIR_LIB + 'cloudfunc'),
         
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@
      * routing of server queries
      */
     function route(request, response, callback) {
-        var name, p, isAuth, isFS, path;
+        var name, p, isAuth, isFS, fullPath;
         
         if (!request)
             throw Error('request could not be empty!');
@@ -157,10 +158,10 @@
             p.name = DIR_HTML + name + '.html';
             ponse.sendFile(p);
         } else if (isFS) {
-            name    = name.replace(CloudFunc.FS, '') || '/';
-            path    = mellow.pathToWin(name);
+            name        = name.replace(CloudFunc.FS, '') || '/';
+            fullPath    = root(name);
             
-            mellow.read(path, function(error, dir) {
+            mellow.read(fullPath, function(error, dir) {
                 if (dir)
                     dir.path = format.addSlashToEnd(name);
                 
@@ -176,11 +177,11 @@
                 else if (error.code !== 'ENOTDIR')
                     ponse.sendError(error, p);
                 else
-                    fs.realpath(path, function(error, pathReal) {
+                    fs.realpath(fullPath, function(error, pathReal) {
                         if (!error)
                             p.name = pathReal;
                         else
-                            p.name = path;
+                            p.name = name;
                         
                         p.gzip = false;
                         ponse.sendFile(p);