diff --git a/cowrie/core/fs.py b/cowrie/core/fs.py
index 1ed1392..b063be9 100644
--- a/cowrie/core/fs.py
+++ b/cowrie/core/fs.py
@@ -65,6 +65,25 @@ class HoneyPotFilesystem(object):
         # Keep count of new files, so we can have an artificial limit
         self.newcount = 0
 
+        # Get the honeyfs path from the config file and explore it for file
+        # contents:
+        self.init_honeyfs(self.cfg.get('honeypot', 'contents_path'))
+
+
+    def init_honeyfs(self, honeyfs_path):
+        """
+        Explore the honeyfs at 'honeyfs_path' and set all A_REALFILE attributes on
+        the virtual filesystem.
+        """
+
+        for path, directories, filenames in os.walk(honeyfs_path):
+            for filename in filenames:
+                realfile_path = os.path.join(path, filename)
+                virtual_path = '/' + os.path.relpath(realfile_path, honeyfs_path)
+
+                f = self.getfile(virtual_path, follow_symlinks=False)
+                if f and f[A_TYPE] == T_FILE:
+                    self.update_realfile(f, realfile_path)
 
     def resolve_path(self, path, cwd):
         """
@@ -214,11 +233,8 @@ class HoneyPotFilesystem(object):
         f = self.getfile(path)
         if f[A_TYPE] == T_DIR:
             raise IsADirectoryError
-        elif f[A_TYPE] == T_FILE:
-            self.update_realfile(f, '%s/%s' % \
-                (self.cfg.get('honeypot', 'contents_path'), path))
-            if f[A_REALFILE]:
-                return file(f[A_REALFILE], 'rb').read()
+        elif f[A_TYPE] == T_FILE and f[A_REALFILE]:
+            return file(f[A_REALFILE], 'rb').read()
 
 
     def mkfile(self, path, uid, gid, size, mode, ctime=None):