diff --git a/frontend/src/hooks/useBucketObjects.ts b/frontend/src/hooks/useBucketObjects.ts
index 44846c4..4fbdcf8 100644
--- a/frontend/src/hooks/useBucketObjects.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/hooks/useBucketObjects.ts
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ export function useBucketObjects(bucketName: string | null, currentPath: string
 
     try {
       const dirKey = currentPath ? `${currentPath}${dirName}/` : `${dirName}/`;
-      await objectsApi.upload(bucketName, dirKey, new File([], ''));
+      await objectsApi.upload(bucketName, dirKey, new File([], '.keep'));
       toast.success(`Directory "${dirName}" created successfully`);
       await fetchObjects(currentContinuationToken, true);
       return true;