diff --git a/js/view.js b/js/view.js
index 9658c8c..13ba13d 100644
--- a/js/view.js
+++ b/js/view.js
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ class View {
 
   openFile(fileread) {
     let textArea = document.getElementsByTagName("textarea")[0];
+    textArea.value = fileread;
   }
 
   removeDirTree() {