diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 050c1d16..a3940687 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+### [2.16.1](https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/compare/v2.16.0...v2.16.1) (2021-08-04)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* check symlink target type (closes [#1488](https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/issues/1488)) ([76b466f](https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/commit/76b466f6492e74cf13e66a33e7e5f597ac92b240))
+
 ## [2.16.0](https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/compare/v2.15.0...v2.16.0) (2021-07-26)
 
 
diff --git a/files/file.go b/files/file.go
index e0534fa4..675f7df1 100644
--- a/files/file.go
+++ b/files/file.go
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ func stat(opts FileOptions) (*FileInfo, error) {
 	// set correct file size in case of symlink
 	if file != nil && file.IsSymlink {
 		file.Size = info.Size()
+		file.IsDir = info.IsDir()
 		return file, nil
 	}