diff --git a/frontend/composables/useSftp.ts b/frontend/composables/useSftp.ts
index 0d2f038..8597d1f 100644
--- a/frontend/composables/useSftp.ts
+++ b/frontend/composables/useSftp.ts
@@ -9,10 +9,19 @@ export function useSftp(sessionId: Ref<string | null>) {
   const fileContent = ref<{ path: string; content: string } | null>(null)
   const transfers = ref<any[]>([])
 
+  let pendingList: string | null = null
+
   function connect() {
     const wsUrl = `${location.protocol === 'https:' ? 'wss' : 'ws'}://${location.host}/api/ws/sftp?token=${auth.token}`
     ws = new WebSocket(wsUrl)
 
+    ws.onopen = () => {
+      if (pendingList !== null) {
+        send({ type: 'list', path: pendingList })
+        pendingList = null
+      }
+    }
+
     ws.onmessage = (event) => {
       const msg = JSON.parse(event.data)
       switch (msg.type) {
@@ -48,7 +57,13 @@ export function useSftp(sessionId: Ref<string | null>) {
     }
   }
 
-  function list(path: string) { send({ type: 'list', path }) }
+  function list(path: string) {
+    if (ws && ws.readyState === WebSocket.OPEN) {
+      send({ type: 'list', path })
+    } else {
+      pendingList = path
+    }
+  }
   function readFile(path: string) { send({ type: 'read', path }) }
   function writeFile(path: string, data: string) { send({ type: 'write', path, data }) }
   function mkdir(path: string) { send({ type: 'mkdir', path }) }