diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e62ec92..9c1c180 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -62,4 +62,4 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Test
       run: |
-        go test ./...
+        go test -v ./...
diff --git a/server/filesystem.go b/server/filesystem.go
index e8720f2..def32a3 100644
--- a/server/filesystem.go
+++ b/server/filesystem.go
@@ -71,21 +71,25 @@ func (fs FileSystem) newFile(name string) (*File, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	if !fs.AllowOutsideSymlinks {
-		if target, err := filepath.EvalSymlinks(absPath); target != "" {
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, err
-			}
-			path, err := filepath.Abs(target)
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, err
-			}
-			root, err := filepath.Abs(fs.Root)
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, err
-			}
-			if !strings.HasPrefix(path, root) {
-				return nil, os.ErrPermission
-			}
+		path, err := filepath.EvalSymlinks(absPath)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		path, err = filepath.Abs(path)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		root, err := filepath.EvalSymlinks(fs.Root)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		root, err = filepath.Abs(root)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		fmt.Println("-->", absPath, path,  root, strings.HasPrefix(path, root))
+		if !strings.HasPrefix(path, root) {
+			return nil, os.ErrPermission
 		}
 	}
 	return NewFile(absPath, fs.HideDotFiles)
diff --git a/testhelpers/tempdir.go b/testhelpers/tempdir.go
index c9c66f3..b63bc6c 100644
--- a/testhelpers/tempdir.go
+++ b/testhelpers/tempdir.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package testhelpers
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ func (s *TempDirTestSuite) Mkdir(name string) string {
 // the new name. Both paths are relative to the tempdir path.
 func (s *TempDirTestSuite) Symlink(oldname, newname string) string {
 	newPath := s.absPath(newname)
+	fmt.Println(">>", oldname, newname, newPath)
 	err := os.Symlink(oldname, newPath)
 	s.Nil(err)
 	return newPath