diff --git a/app/scripts/views/open-view.js b/app/scripts/views/open-view.js
index 16f2864a..a36e0d0b 100644
--- a/app/scripts/views/open-view.js
+++ b/app/scripts/views/open-view.js
@@ -793,16 +793,12 @@ class OpenView extends View {
                     dir: true
                 });
             }
-            const listView = new StorageFileListView({
-                files,
-                showHiddenFiles: config && config.showHiddenFiles
-            });
+            const listView = new StorageFileListView({ files });
             listView.on('selected', (file) => {
                 if (file.dir) {
                     this.listStorage(storage, {
                         dir: file.path,
-                        prevDir: (config && config.dir) || '',
-                        showHiddenFiles: true
+                        prevDir: (config && config.dir) || ''
                     });
                 } else {
                     this.openStorageFile(storage, file);
diff --git a/app/scripts/views/storage-file-list-view.js b/app/scripts/views/storage-file-list-view.js
index 16dd689b..5893c93d 100644
--- a/app/scripts/views/storage-file-list-view.js
+++ b/app/scripts/views/storage-file-list-view.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class StorageFileListView extends View {
     constructor(model) {
         super(model);
         this.allStorageFiles = {};
-        this.showHiddenFiles = !!this.model.showHiddenFiles;
+        this.showHiddenFiles = false;
     }
 
     render() {
@@ -27,13 +27,11 @@ class StorageFileListView extends View {
                 dir: file.dir
             };
         });
-        const visibleFiles = files.filter((f) => !f.dir && f.kdbx);
+        const visibleFiles = files.filter((f) => f.dir || f.kdbx);
         const canShowHiddenFiles = visibleFiles.length && files.length > visibleFiles.length;
         if (!this.showHiddenFiles) {
             if (visibleFiles.length > 0) {
                 files = visibleFiles;
-            } else {
-                this.showHiddenFiles = true;
             }
         }
         const density = files.length > 14 ? 3 : files.length > 7 ? 2 : 1;
diff --git a/release-notes.md b/release-notes.md
index 14d68fff..ff783308 100644
--- a/release-notes.md
+++ b/release-notes.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ Release notes
 -------------
 ##### v1.16.0 (TBD)
 `-` fixed a performance issue in searching entries  
+`*` improved the "Show all file" checkbox behavior  
 
 ##### v1.15.7 (2020-09-12)
 `-` fix #1564: broken auto-type on some Linux installations