diff --git a/src/api/api_server.rs b/src/api/api_server.rs
index 6ba5e53..af331a3 100644
--- a/src/api/api_server.rs
+++ b/src/api/api_server.rs
@@ -226,13 +226,7 @@ async fn handler_inner(
 }
 
 fn parse_bucket_key(path: &str) -> Result<(&str, Option<&str>), Error> {
-	if !path.starts_with('/') {
-		return Err(Error::BadRequest(format!(
-			"Invalid path: {}, should start with a /",
-			path
-		)));
-	}
-	let path = &path[1..];
+	let path = path.trim_start_matches('/');
 
 	match path.find('/') {
 		Some(i) => Ok((&path[..i], Some(&path[i + 1..]))),
diff --git a/src/api/s3_list.rs b/src/api/s3_list.rs
index 88f7677..ffde609 100644
--- a/src/api/s3_list.rs
+++ b/src/api/s3_list.rs
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ pub async fn handle_list(
 		writeln!(
 			&mut xml,
 			"\t\t<Key>{}</Key>",
-			xml_encode_key(key, urlencode_resp)
+			xml_escape(key),
+			//xml_encode_key(key, urlencode_resp)       // doesn't work with nextcloud, wtf
 		)
 		.unwrap();
 		writeln!(&mut xml, "\t\t<LastModified>{}</LastModified>", last_modif).unwrap();
@@ -117,7 +118,8 @@ pub async fn handle_list(
 			writeln!(
 				&mut xml,
 				"\t<Prefix>{}</Prefix>",
-				xml_encode_key(pfx, urlencode_resp)
+				xml_escape(pfx),
+				//xml_encode_key(pfx, urlencode_resp)
 			)
 			.unwrap();
 		}