diff --git a/src/core/ipfs/files.js b/src/core/ipfs/files.js
index 11461c2424..29c2e3577f 100644
--- a/src/core/ipfs/files.js
+++ b/src/core/ipfs/files.js
@@ -44,10 +44,11 @@ module.exports = function files (self) {
 
       // Transform file info tuples to DAGNodes
       i.pipe(through.obj(function transform (info, enc, next) {
-        self._dagS.get(bs58.encode(info.multihash).toString(), (err, node) => {
+        const mh = bs58.encode(info.multihash).toString()
+        self._dagS.get(mh, (err, node) => {
           if (err) return callback(err)
           var obj = {
-            path: info.path,
+            path: info.path || mh,
             node: node
           }
           res.push(obj)