diff --git a/api/src/controllers/folder.ts b/api/src/controllers/folder.ts
index 0fb637d..30fffff 100644
--- a/api/src/controllers/folder.ts
+++ b/api/src/controllers/folder.ts
@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@ const addRootFolder = async () => {
 
   folder = new Folder({
     name: '/',
-    parentFolderUri: '/',
+    parentFolderUri: '',
     type: MemberType.Folder
   })
+  folder.parentFolderUri = folder._id
 
   return await folder.save()
 }