diff --git a/src/src/base/DICOMDirectoryHelper.cpp b/src/src/base/DICOMDirectoryHelper.cpp
index 1190e56..3065a3b 100644
--- a/src/src/base/DICOMDirectoryHelper.cpp
+++ b/src/src/base/DICOMDirectoryHelper.cpp
@@ -127,8 +127,12 @@ void DICOMDirectoryHelper::getFileProperty(const std::string &path, DICOMFileMap
 void DICOMDirectoryHelper::Update() {
 
     std::unordered_map<std::string, std::unordered_map<std::string,DICOMFileRefValue>> series;
-
-    getDirectoryProperties(this->dirName.c_str(), series);
+    if (!this->dirName.empty()){
+        getDirectoryProperties(this->dirName.c_str(), series);
+    }
+    else{
+        getFileProperty(this->fileName.c_str(), series);
+    }
     //sort files
     for (auto &pair : series) {
         auto iterator = std::find_if(seriesProperties.begin(),seriesProperties.end(),
@@ -143,7 +147,6 @@ void DICOMDirectoryHelper::Update() {
 //                printf("%s\r\n",f.second.FilePath.c_str());
                 vector.emplace_back(std::move(f.second));
             }
-
             std::sort(vector.begin(), vector.end(), [](const DICOMFileRefValue &v1, const DICOMFileRefValue &v2) {
 
                 return v1.SeriesNumber != v2.SeriesNumber ? (v1.SeriesNumber < v2.SeriesNumber) :
@@ -154,6 +157,7 @@ void DICOMDirectoryHelper::Update() {
 //                printf("%s\r\n",v.FilePath.c_str());
                 files->emplace_back(std::move(v.FilePath));
             });
+
         }
     }
     SeriesCount = seriesProperties.size();