diff --git a/views/bootstrap/class.Bootstrap.php b/views/bootstrap/class.Bootstrap.php
index 1bed85442..cf8b5e986 100644
--- a/views/bootstrap/class.Bootstrap.php
+++ b/views/bootstrap/class.Bootstrap.php
@@ -199,7 +199,13 @@ background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, #882222, #111111);;
 		header('Content-Type: application/javascript');
 		echo "var seeddms_absbaseprefix=\"".$this->params['absbaseprefix']."\";\n";
 		echo "var seeddms_webroot=\"".$this->params['settings']->_httpRoot."\";\n";
-		echo "var seeddms_folder=1;\n";
+		/* Place the current folder id in a js variable, just in case some js code
+		 * needs it, e.g. for reloading parts of the page via ajax.
+		 */
+		if(!empty($_REQUEST['folderid']))
+			echo "var seeddms_folder=".(int) $_REQUEST['folderid'].";\n";
+		else
+			echo "var seeddms_folder=0;\n";
 	} /* }}} */
 
 	function footerjs() { /* {{{ */