diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RemoteDirModel.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RemoteDirModel.cpp
index 5ee6dc1e5..15ac3168e 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RemoteDirModel.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RemoteDirModel.cpp
@@ -87,7 +87,11 @@ void RetroshareDirModel::treeStyle()
 	                     QIcon::Normal, QIcon::On);
 	peerIcon = QIcon(":/images/user/identity16.png");
 }
-
+void TreeStyle_RDM::update()
+{
+	preMods() ;
+	postMods() ;
+}
 void TreeStyle_RDM::updateRef(const QModelIndex& indx) const
 {
     rsFiles->requestDirUpdate(indx.internalPointer()) ;
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RemoteDirModel.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RemoteDirModel.h
index 5fd61b820..73642dda4 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RemoteDirModel.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RemoteDirModel.h
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ class TreeStyle_RDM: public RetroshareDirModel
 
 	protected:
         virtual void updateRef(const QModelIndex&) const ;
+		virtual void update() ;
 
         /* These are all overloaded Virtual Functions */
 		virtual int rowCount(const QModelIndex &parent = QModelIndex()) const;