diff --git a/src/main/java/ctbrec/recorder/LocalRecorder.java b/src/main/java/ctbrec/recorder/LocalRecorder.java
index 258e7fa7..b51affa4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ctbrec/recorder/LocalRecorder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ctbrec/recorder/LocalRecorder.java
@@ -448,9 +448,14 @@ public class LocalRecorder implements Recorder {
                 SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern);
                 if (rec.isDirectory()) {
                     try {
+                        // ignore directories, which are probably not created by ctbrec
                         if (rec.getName().length() != pattern.length()) {
                             continue;
                         }
+                        // ignore empty directories
+                        if (rec.listFiles().length == 0) {
+                            continue;
+                        }
 
                         Date startDate = sdf.parse(rec.getName());
                         Recording recording = new Recording();