diff --git a/src/Site/SiteStorage.py b/src/Site/SiteStorage.py
index c55a0a2b..8df7dea9 100644
--- a/src/Site/SiteStorage.py
+++ b/src/Site/SiteStorage.py
@@ -245,14 +245,12 @@ class SiteStorage:
     # Security check and return path of site's file
     def getPath(self, inner_path):
         inner_path = inner_path.replace("\\", "/")  # Windows separator fix
-        inner_path = re.sub("^%s/" % re.escape(self.directory), "", inner_path)  # Remove site directory if begins with it
-        file_path = u"%s/%s" % (self.directory, inner_path)
         if not inner_path:
             return self.directory
 
-        file_abspath = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(file_path))
-        if ".." in file_path or not file_abspath.startswith(self.allowed_dir):
-            self.site.log.error(u"File %s not in allowed dir: %s" % (file_path, self.allowed_dir))
+        file_path = u"%s/%s" % (self.directory, inner_path)
+
+        if ".." in file_path:
             raise Exception(u"File not allowed: %s" % file_path)
         return file_path
 
diff --git a/src/util/helper.py b/src/util/helper.py
index e0f53eaa..2bdcb1b5 100644
--- a/src/util/helper.py
+++ b/src/util/helper.py
@@ -86,16 +86,15 @@ def unpackOnionAddress(packed):
 # Get dir from file
 # Return: data/site/content.json -> data/site
 def getDirname(path):
-    file_dir = re.sub("[^/]*?$", "", path).rstrip("/")
-    if file_dir:
-        file_dir += "/"  # Add / at end if its not the root
-    return file_dir
-
+    if "/" in path:
+        return path[:path.rfind("/")+1]
+    else:
+        return ""
 
 # Get dir from file
 # Return: data/site/content.json -> content.json
 def getFilename(path):
-    return re.sub("^.*/", "", path)
+    return path[path.rfind("/")+1:]
 
 
 # Convert hash to hashid for hashfield