diff --git a/lua.cpp b/lua.cpp
index 77728bf..893dc79 100644
--- a/lua.cpp
+++ b/lua.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 #include "mini.h"
 #include "jfile.h"
 
+#include <filesystem>
+namespace fs = std::filesystem;
+
 extern "C" {
     static int cpp_newsurf(lua_State *L) {
         int w = luaL_checknumber(L, 1);
@@ -855,6 +858,17 @@ extern "C" {
         }
     }
 
+    static int cpp_dir(lua_State *L) {
+        lua_newtable(L);
+        int i=1;
+        for (const auto& entry : fs::directory_iterator("./data")) {
+            lua_pushstring(L, entry.path().u8string().c_str());
+            lua_rawseti(L, -2, i++);
+        }
+
+        return 1;
+    }
+
     static int cpp_exit(lua_State *L) {
         exit();
         return 0;
@@ -983,6 +997,8 @@ void push_lua_funcs() {
     lua_pushcfunction(L,cpp_configfolder);       lua_setglobal(L, "configfolder");
 
     lua_pushcfunction(L,cpp_turbo);    lua_setglobal(L, "turbo");
+    
+    lua_pushcfunction(L,cpp_dir);    lua_setglobal(L, "dir");
 
     lua_pushcfunction(L,cpp_exit);          lua_setglobal(L, "quit");