diff --git a/src/js/filemanager.js b/src/js/filemanager.js
index 3226f87a5..d52027e39 100644
--- a/src/js/filemanager.js
+++ b/src/js/filemanager.js
@@ -440,11 +440,14 @@ app.controller('FileManagerController', ['$scope', '$translate', '$timeout', 'Cl
         $scope.clipboard = $scope.selected.slice();
         $scope.clipboard.forEach(function (entry) {
             entry.fullFilePath = sanitize($scope.cwd + '/' + entry.fileName);
+            entry.pathFrom = $scope.cwd; // we stash the original path for pasting
         });
         $scope.clipboardCut = false;
     };
 
     function collectFiles(entry, callback) {
+        var pathFrom = entry.pathFrom;
+
         if (entry.isDirectory) {
             Client.filesGet($scope.id, $scope.type, entry.fullFilePath, 'data', function (error, result) {
                 if (error) return callback(error);
@@ -453,6 +456,7 @@ app.controller('FileManagerController', ['$scope', '$translate', '$timeout', 'Cl
                 // amend fullFilePath
                 result.entries.forEach(function (e) {
                     e.fullFilePath = sanitize(entry.fullFilePath + '/' + e.fileName);
+                    e.pathFrom = pathFrom; // we stash the original path for pasting
                 });
 
                 var collectedFiles = [];
@@ -510,10 +514,11 @@ app.controller('FileManagerController', ['$scope', '$translate', '$timeout', 'Cl
                 if (error) return Client.error(error);
 
                 async.eachLimit(collectedFiles, 5, function (entry, callback) {
-                    var newFilePath = sanitize($scope.cwd + '/' + ((destinationEntry && destinationEntry.isDirectory) ? destinationEntry.fileName : '') + '/' + entry.fullFilePath);
+                    var newFilePath = sanitize($scope.cwd + '/' + ((destinationEntry && destinationEntry.isDirectory) ? destinationEntry.fileName : '') + '/' + entry.fullFilePath.slice(entry.pathFrom.length));
 
                     // This will NOT overwrite but finds a unique new name to copy to
-                    Client.filesCopy($scope.id, $scope.type, entry.fullFilePath, newFilePath, callback);
+                    // we prefix with a / to ensure we don't do relative target paths
+                    Client.filesCopy($scope.id, $scope.type, entry.fullFilePath, '/' + newFilePath, callback);
                 }, function (error) {
                     if (error) return Client.error(error);