diff --git a/apps/files/index.php b/apps/files/index.php
index 79bed8e357e..225e2d7ac13 100644
--- a/apps/files/index.php
+++ b/apps/files/index.php
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ $tmpl = new OCP\Template( 'files', 'index', 'user' );
 $tmpl->assign( 'fileList', $list->fetchPage(), false );
 $tmpl->assign( 'breadcrumb', $breadcrumbNav->fetchPage(), false );
 $tmpl->assign( 'dir', $dir);
-$tmpl->assign( 'readonly', !OC_Filesystem::is_writable($dir.'/'));
+$tmpl->assign( 'isCreatable', OC_Filesystem::isCreatable($dir.'/'));
 $tmpl->assign( 'files', $files );
 $tmpl->assign( 'uploadMaxFilesize', $maxUploadFilesize);
 $tmpl->assign( 'uploadMaxHumanFilesize', OCP\Util::humanFileSize($maxUploadFilesize));
diff --git a/apps/files/templates/index.php b/apps/files/templates/index.php
index 44000171a17..bcf683ae4a8 100644
--- a/apps/files/templates/index.php
+++ b/apps/files/templates/index.php
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <!--[if IE 8]><style>input[type="checkbox"]{padding:0;}table td{position:static !important;}</style><![endif]-->
 <div id="controls">
 	<?php echo($_['breadcrumb']); ?>
-	<?php if (!isset($_['readonly']) || !$_['readonly']):?>
-		<div class="actions <?php if (isset($_['files']) and ! $_['readonly'] and count($_['files'])==0):?>emptyfolder<?php endif; ?>">
+	<?php if ($_['isCreatable']):?>
+		<div class="actions <?php if (isset($_['files']) and count($_['files'])==0):?>emptyfolder<?php endif; ?>">
 			<div id='new' class='button'>
 				<a><?php echo $l->t('New');?></a>
 				<ul class="popup popupTop">
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 </div>
 <div id='notification'></div>
 
-<?php if (isset($_['files']) and ! $_['readonly'] and count($_['files'])==0):?>
+<?php if (isset($_['files']) and $_['isCreatable'] and count($_['files'])==0):?>
 	<div id="emptyfolder"><?php echo $l->t('Nothing in here. Upload something!')?></div>
 <?php endif; ?>
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 	<thead>
 		<tr>
 			<th id='headerName'>
-				<?php if(!isset($_['readonly']) || !$_['readonly']) { ?><input type="checkbox" id="select_all" /><?php } ?>
+				<input type="checkbox" id="select_all" />
 				<span class='name'><?php echo $l->t( 'Name' ); ?></span>
 				<span class='selectedActions'>
 <!-- 					<a href="" class="share"><img class='svg' alt="Share" src="<?php echo OCP\image_path("core", "actions/share.svg"); ?>" /> <?php echo $l->t('Share')?></a> -->
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 			<th id="headerDate"><span id="modified"><?php echo $l->t( 'Modified' ); ?></span><span class="selectedActions"><a href="" class="delete"><?php echo $l->t('Delete')?> <img class="svg" alt="<?php echo $l->t('Delete')?>" src="<?php echo OCP\image_path("core", "actions/delete.svg"); ?>" /></a></span></th>
 		</tr>
 	</thead>
-	<tbody id="fileList" data-readonly="<?php echo $_['readonly'];?>">
+	<tbody id="fileList">
 		<?php echo($_['fileList']); ?>
 	</tbody>
 </table>