diff --git a/addons/project/kateprojectviewtree.cpp b/addons/project/kateprojectviewtree.cpp
--- a/addons/project/kateprojectviewtree.cpp
+++ b/addons/project/kateprojectviewtree.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <ktexteditor/view.h>
 
 #include <QContextMenuEvent>
+#include <QDebug>
 #include <krecursivefilterproxymodel.h>
 
 KateProjectViewTree::KateProjectViewTree(KateProjectPluginView *pluginView, KateProject *project)
@@ -146,6 +147,7 @@
         return;
     }
 
+    qDebug() << filePath;
     KateProjectTreeViewContextMenu menu;
     menu.exec(filePath, viewport()->mapToGlobal(event->pos()), this);
 
diff --git a/addons/project/kateprojectworker.cpp b/addons/project/kateprojectworker.cpp
--- a/addons/project/kateprojectworker.cpp
+++ b/addons/project/kateprojectworker.cpp
@@ -130,6 +130,10 @@
      */
     if (slashIndex < 0) {
         dir2Item[path] = new KateProjectItem(KateProjectItem::Directory, path);
+
+        qDebug() << path; // TODO: this path is relative. What we need is the absolute path. Files are also stored with full path
+        dir2Item[path]->setData(path, Qt::UserRole);
+
         dir2Item[QString()]->appendRow(dir2Item[path]);
         return dir2Item[path];
     }
@@ -151,6 +155,7 @@
      * else: recurse on left side
      */
     dir2Item[path] = new KateProjectItem(KateProjectItem::Directory, rightPart);
+    dir2Item[path]->setData(path, Qt::UserRole);
     directoryParent(dir2Item, leftPart)->appendRow(dir2Item[path]);
     return dir2Item[path];
 }
@@ -188,6 +193,9 @@
          * get file info and skip NON-files
          */
         QFileInfo fileInfo(filePath);
+//         if (fileInfo.isDir()) {
+//             qDebug() << filePath;
+//         }
         if (!fileInfo.isFile()) {
             continue;
         }
@@ -206,7 +214,8 @@
             dirRelPath = QString();
         }
 
-        item2ParentPath.append(QPair<QStandardItem *, QStandardItem *>(fileItem, directoryParent(dir2Item, dirRelPath)));
+        QStandardItem* parentDirectoryItem = directoryParent(dir2Item, dirRelPath);
+        item2ParentPath.append(QPair<QStandardItem *, QStandardItem *>(fileItem, parentDirectoryItem));
         fileItem->setData(filePath, Qt::UserRole);
         (*file2Item)[filePath] = fileItem;
     }