diff --git a/toonz/sources/toonz/filebrowsermodel.cpp b/toonz/sources/toonz/filebrowsermodel.cpp
index b739367a..2702e60c 100644
--- a/toonz/sources/toonz/filebrowsermodel.cpp
+++ b/toonz/sources/toonz/filebrowsermodel.cpp
@@ -1061,16 +1061,19 @@ void DvDirModelRootNode::refreshChildren() {
     child = new DvDirModelSpecialFileFolderNode(this, L"My Documents",
                                                 getMyDocumentsPath());
     child->setPixmap(svgToPixmap(":Resources/my_documents.svg"));
+    m_specialNodes.push_back(child);
     addChild(child);
 
     child =
         new DvDirModelSpecialFileFolderNode(this, L"Desktop", getDesktopPath());
     child->setPixmap(svgToPixmap(":Resources/desktop.svg"));
+    m_specialNodes.push_back(child);
     addChild(child);
 
     child = new DvDirModelSpecialFileFolderNode(
         this, L"Library", ToonzFolder::getLibraryFolder());
     child->setPixmap(svgToPixmap(":Resources/library.svg"));
+    m_specialNodes.push_back(child);
     addChild(child);
 
     addChild(new DvDirModelHistoryNode(this));
@@ -1191,6 +1194,12 @@ DvDirModelNode *DvDirModelRootNode::getNodeByPath(const TFilePath &path) {
     if (node) return node;
   }
 
+  // check for the special folders (My Documents / Desktop / Library)
+  for (DvDirModelSpecialFileFolderNode *specialNode : m_specialNodes) {
+    DvDirModelNode *node = specialNode->getNodeByPath(path);
+    if (node) return node;
+  }
+
   // it could be a regular folder, somewhere in the file system
   if (m_myComputerNode) {
     for (i = 0; i < m_myComputerNode->getChildCount(); i++) {
diff --git a/toonz/sources/toonz/filebrowsermodel.h b/toonz/sources/toonz/filebrowsermodel.h
index 31a4bdf3..56805911 100644
--- a/toonz/sources/toonz/filebrowsermodel.h
+++ b/toonz/sources/toonz/filebrowsermodel.h
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ class DvDirModelRootNode final : public DvDirModelNode {
   DvDirModelNetworkNode *m_networkNode;
   DvDirModelProjectNode *m_sandboxProjectNode;
   DvDirModelSceneFolderNode *m_sceneFolderNode;
+  std::vector<DvDirModelSpecialFileFolderNode *> m_specialNodes;
 
   void add(std::wstring name, const TFilePath &path);