diff --git a/widgets/account.go b/widgets/account.go
index 9340370..7c18004 100644
--- a/widgets/account.go
+++ b/widgets/account.go
@@ -246,7 +246,6 @@ func (acct *AccountView) onMessage(msg types.WorkerMessage) {
 		case *types.Connect, *types.Reconnect:
 			acct.SetStatus(statusline.ConnectionActivity("Listing mailboxes..."))
 			acct.logger.Println("Listing mailboxes...")
-			acct.dirlist.SetConnected(true)
 			acct.dirlist.UpdateList(func(dirs []string) {
 				var dir string
 				for _, _dir := range dirs {
@@ -267,8 +266,7 @@ func (acct *AccountView) onMessage(msg types.WorkerMessage) {
 				acct.newConn = true
 			})
 		case *types.Disconnect:
-			acct.dirlist.SetConnected(false)
-			acct.dirlist.UpdateList(nil)
+			acct.dirlist.ClearList()
 			acct.msglist.SetStore(nil)
 			acct.logger.Println("Disconnected.")
 			acct.SetStatus(statusline.SetConnected(false))
diff --git a/widgets/dirlist.go b/widgets/dirlist.go
index 8448e4a..2c761a5 100644
--- a/widgets/dirlist.go
+++ b/widgets/dirlist.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ type DirectoryLister interface {
 
 	UpdateList(func([]string))
 	List() []string
-	SetConnected(bool)
+	ClearList()
 
 	NextPrev(int)
 
@@ -93,24 +93,15 @@ func (dirlist *DirectoryList) UiConfig() config.UIConfig {
 	})
 }
 
-func (dirlist *DirectoryList) SetConnected(c bool) {
-	dirlist.connected = c
-}
-
 func (dirlist *DirectoryList) List() []string {
 	return dirlist.store.List()
 }
 
+func (dirlist *DirectoryList) ClearList() {
+	dirlist.dirs = []string{}
+}
+
 func (dirlist *DirectoryList) UpdateList(done func(dirs []string)) {
-	// Clear out dirlist if not connected
-	if !dirlist.connected {
-		// Only dirlist.dirs is used for the UI. No need to update dirstore
-		dirlist.dirs = []string{}
-		dirlist.Invalidate()
-		// Call callback with empty array for dirtree
-		done(dirlist.dirs)
-		return
-	}
 	// TODO: move this logic into dirstore
 	var dirs []string
 	dirlist.worker.PostAction(
diff --git a/widgets/dirtree.go b/widgets/dirtree.go
index 24094e5..1130329 100644
--- a/widgets/dirtree.go
+++ b/widgets/dirtree.go
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ func NewDirectoryTree(dirlist *DirectoryList, pathSeparator string) DirectoryLis
 	return dt
 }
 
+func (dt *DirectoryTree) ClearList() {
+	dt.list = make([]*types.Thread, 0)
+}
+
 func (dt *DirectoryTree) UpdateList(done func([]string)) {
 	dt.DirectoryList.UpdateList(func(dirs []string) {
 		if done != nil {