diff --git a/apps/app/src/app/context/sidebar-sessions.ts b/apps/app/src/app/context/sidebar-sessions.ts
index 4ae67cf6c..1eefb2081 100644
--- a/apps/app/src/app/context/sidebar-sessions.ts
+++ b/apps/app/src/app/context/sidebar-sessions.ts
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ export function createSidebarSessionsStore(options: {
         }
       }
 
-      const queryDirectory = normalizeDirectoryQueryPath(directory) || undefined;
+      const queryDirectory = directory || undefined;
       const list = unwrap(
         await client.session.list({ directory: queryDirectory, roots: false, limit: SIDEBAR_SESSION_LIMIT }),
       );