diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-219 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-219
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55a0358
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-219
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+Bugfix: Ignore unexpected files in the data/ folder
+
+If the data folder of a repository contained files, this would prevent restic
+from retrieving a list of file data files. This has been fixed. As a workaround
+remove the files that are directly contained in the data folder (e.g.,
+`.DS_Store` files).
+
+https://github.com/restic/rest-server/issues/219
+https://github.com/restic/rest-server/pull/221
diff --git a/handlers_test.go b/handlers_test.go
index 4ebd195..7907825 100644
--- a/handlers_test.go
+++ b/handlers_test.go
@@ -379,6 +379,32 @@ func TestResticErrorHandler(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestListWithUnexpectedFiles(t *testing.T) {
+	mux, _, _, tempdir, cleanup := createTestHandler(t, Server{
+		AppendOnly: true,
+		NoAuth:     true,
+		Debug:      true,
+	})
+	defer cleanup()
+
+	// create the repo
+	checkRequest(t, mux.ServeHTTP,
+		newRequest(t, "POST", "/?create=true", nil),
+		[]wantFunc{wantCode(http.StatusOK)})
+	err := os.WriteFile(path.Join(tempdir, "data", "temp"), []byte{}, 0o666)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("creating unexpected file failed: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	for i := 1; i <= 2; i++ {
+		req := newRequest(t, "GET", "/data/", nil)
+		req.Header.Set("Accept", "application/vnd.x.restic.rest.v2")
+
+		checkRequest(t, mux.ServeHTTP, req,
+			[]wantFunc{wantCode(http.StatusOK)})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestSplitURLPath(t *testing.T) {
 	var tests = []struct {
 		// Params
diff --git a/repo/repo.go b/repo/repo.go
index 5fc9883..3162980 100644
--- a/repo/repo.go
+++ b/repo/repo.go
@@ -379,6 +379,10 @@ func (h *Handler) listBlobsV1(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	var names []string
 	for _, i := range items {
 		if isHashed(objectType) {
+			if !i.IsDir() {
+				// ignore files in intermediate directories
+				continue
+			}
 			subpath := filepath.Join(path, i.Name())
 			var subitems []os.FileInfo
 			subitems, err = ioutil.ReadDir(subpath)
@@ -434,6 +438,10 @@ func (h *Handler) listBlobsV2(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	var blobs []Blob
 	for _, i := range items {
 		if isHashed(objectType) {
+			if !i.IsDir() {
+				// ignore files in intermediate directories
+				continue
+			}
 			subpath := filepath.Join(path, i.Name())
 			var subitems []os.FileInfo
 			subitems, err = ioutil.ReadDir(subpath)