diff --git a/assets/embed/public/js/application.js b/assets/embed/public/js/application.js
index 58145e82..30246b62 100644
--- a/assets/embed/public/js/application.js
+++ b/assets/embed/public/js/application.js
@@ -430,13 +430,12 @@ var newDirEvent = function(event) {
         let button = document.getElementById('new');
         let html = button.changeToLoading();
         let request = new XMLHttpRequest();
-        request.open("POST", window.location);
+        request.open("MKCOL", toWebDavURL(window.location.pathname + document.getElementById('newdir').value + "/"));
         request.setRequestHeader('Token', token);
-        request.setRequestHeader('Filename', document.getElementById('newdir').value);
         request.send();
         request.onreadystatechange = function() {
             if (request.readyState == 4) {
-                button.changeToDone((request.status != 200), html);
+                button.changeToDone((request.status != 201), html);
                 reloadListing(() => {
                     addNewDirEvents();
                 });
diff --git a/filemanager.go b/filemanager.go
index 97811360..6ed614c5 100644
--- a/filemanager.go
+++ b/filemanager.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ package filemanager
 import (
 	e "errors"
 	"io"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"log"
 	"mime/multipart"
 	"net/http"
@@ -179,8 +178,7 @@ func (f FileManager) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) (int, err
 					return command(w, r, c, user)
 				}
 
-				// Creates a new folder.
-				return newDirectory(w, r, c)
+				fallthrough
 			default:
 				return http.StatusNotImplemented, nil
 			}
@@ -234,39 +232,6 @@ func upload(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, c *config.Config) (int, erro
 	return http.StatusOK, nil
 }
 
-// newDirectory makes a new directory
-func newDirectory(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, c *config.Config) (int, error) {
-	filename := r.Header.Get("Filename")
-
-	if filename == "" {
-		return http.StatusBadRequest, nil
-	}
-
-	path := strings.Replace(r.URL.Path, c.BaseURL, c.PathScope, 1) + filename
-	path = filepath.Clean(path)
-	extension := filepath.Ext(path)
-
-	var err error
-
-	if extension == "" {
-		err = os.MkdirAll(path, 0775)
-	} else {
-		err = ioutil.WriteFile(path, []byte(""), 0775)
-	}
-
-	if err != nil {
-		switch {
-		case os.IsPermission(err):
-			return http.StatusForbidden, err
-		case os.IsExist(err):
-			return http.StatusConflict, err
-		default:
-			return http.StatusInternalServerError, err
-		}
-	}
-	return http.StatusCreated, nil
-}
-
 // command handles the requests for VCS related commands: git, svn and mercurial
 func command(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, c *config.Config, u *config.User) (int, error) {
 	command := strings.Split(r.Header.Get("command"), " ")