diff --git a/kbase-extension/static/kbase/js/widgets/appWidgets2/input/dynamicDropdownInput.js b/kbase-extension/static/kbase/js/widgets/appWidgets2/input/dynamicDropdownInput.js
index 02c407d3bb..187706c972 100644
--- a/kbase-extension/static/kbase/js/widgets/appWidgets2/input/dynamicDropdownInput.js
+++ b/kbase-extension/static/kbase/js/widgets/appWidgets2/input/dynamicDropdownInput.js
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ define([
         function fetchData(searchTerm) {
             searchTerm = searchTerm || '';
             if (dataSource === 'ftp_staging') {
-                return Promise.resolve(stagingService.search({path: searchTerm}))
+                return Promise.resolve(stagingService.search({query: searchTerm}))
                     .then(function(results) {
                         results = JSON.parse(results).filter(function(file) {
                             return !file.isFolder;
diff --git a/kbase-extension/static/kbase/js/widgets/narrative_core/upload/stagingAreaViewer.js b/kbase-extension/static/kbase/js/widgets/narrative_core/upload/stagingAreaViewer.js
index d8922bf07f..4106d2a26e 100644
--- a/kbase-extension/static/kbase/js/widgets/narrative_core/upload/stagingAreaViewer.js
+++ b/kbase-extension/static/kbase/js/widgets/narrative_core/upload/stagingAreaViewer.js
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ define([
         },
 
         updateView: function() {
-            this.stagingServiceClient.list()
+            this.stagingServiceClient.list({path: this.subpath})
                 .then(function(data) {
                   var files = JSON.parse(data);
                     files.forEach(function(f) {
@@ -227,7 +227,6 @@ define([
 
                     $('td:eq(0)', nRow).find('i[data-name]').on('click', function(e) {
                         var fileName = $(e.currentTarget).data().name;
-
                         var myFile = getFileFromName(fileName);
 
                         $(e.currentTarget).toggleClass('fa-caret-down fa-caret-right');
@@ -261,7 +260,12 @@ define([
           var $tabsDiv = $.jqElem('div')
             .append('Loading file info...please wait');
 
-          this.stagingServiceClient.metadata({ path : fileData.name }).then( function(dataString, status, xhr) {
+          var filePath = this.subpath;
+          if (filePath.length) {
+              filePath += '/';
+          }
+          filePath += fileData.name;
+          this.stagingServiceClient.metadata({ path : filePath }).then( function(dataString, status, xhr) {
             $tabsDiv.empty();
             var data = JSON.parse(dataString);