diff --git a/packages/file-handling/src/dbp-nextcloud-file-picker.js b/packages/file-handling/src/dbp-nextcloud-file-picker.js
index bb914693f5d23930b1c7d04e32ce6ea05d07f55f..e826314258bef3cd02083aa9db6471c08f3b963a 100644
--- a/packages/file-handling/src/dbp-nextcloud-file-picker.js
+++ b/packages/file-handling/src/dbp-nextcloud-file-picker.js
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ export class NextcloudFilePicker extends ScopedElementsMixin(DBPLitElement) {
                 selectable: this.maxSelectedItems,
                 selectableRangeMode: "drag",
                 responsiveLayout: true,
-                placeholder:i18n.t('nextcloud-file-picker.no-data'),
+                placeholder:this.directoriesOnly ? i18n.t('nextcloud-file-picker.no-data') :  i18n.t('nextcloud-file-picker.no-data-type'),
                 resizableColumns:false,
                 columns: [
                     {title: "", field: "type", align:"center", headerSort:false, width:50, responsive:1, formatter: (cell, formatterParams, onRendered) => {
diff --git a/packages/file-handling/src/i18n/de/translation.json b/packages/file-handling/src/i18n/de/translation.json
index d1b473c9ec1b436e13c7b23555193549258d2aab..5b10855e7ca8d86e8218271db13e1d66c67adeaf 100644
--- a/packages/file-handling/src/i18n/de/translation.json
+++ b/packages/file-handling/src/i18n/de/translation.json
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@
     "auth-info": "Eine neue Seite wird geöffnet, um Ihr Konto zu verbinden.",
     "connect-nextcloud": "{{name}} verbinden",
     "open-in-nextcloud": "In {{name}} öffnen",
-    "no-data": "In diesem Ordner befinden sich keine Daten vom benötigten Typ.",
+    "no-data": "In diesem Ordner befinden sich keine Dateien",
+    "no-data-type": "In diesem Ordner befinden sich keine Daten vom benötigten Typ.",
     "select-folder": "In diesem Ordner hochladen",
     "webdav-error": "Etwas ist schief gelaufen: {{error}}",
     "add-folder-error": "Die Ressource, die Sie erstellen wollten, ist bereits vorhanden",
diff --git a/packages/file-handling/src/i18n/en/translation.json b/packages/file-handling/src/i18n/en/translation.json
index d194fb94578976dcab3875808ea3904858cfb43a..fbd015463e6bb0a8d906221bb991de3c3a99a1c2 100644
--- a/packages/file-handling/src/i18n/en/translation.json
+++ b/packages/file-handling/src/i18n/en/translation.json
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
     "connect-nextcloud": "Connect {{name}}",
     "open-in-nextcloud": "Open in {{name}}",
     "no-data": "No data avaible in this folder.",
+    "no-data-type": "No data avaible in this folder.",
     "select-folder": "Upload in selected folder",
     "webdav-error": "Something went wrong",
     "add-folder-error": "The resource you tried to create already exists",