diff --git a/src/client/handlers/VaultsSecretsGetFileTree.ts b/src/client/handlers/VaultsSecretsGetFileTree.ts
index 7ae493385..438638ed0 100644
--- a/src/client/handlers/VaultsSecretsGetFileTree.ts
+++ b/src/client/handlers/VaultsSecretsGetFileTree.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import type { DB } from '@matrixai/db';
 import type VaultManager from '../../vaults/VaultManager';
 import type { ClientRPCRequestParams, ClientRPCResponseResult } from '../types';
-import type { TreeNode } from '../../vaults/types';
-import type { SecretFilesMessage } from '../types';
+import type { SecretFilesMessage, VaultFileNode } from '../types';
+import path from 'path';
 import { ServerHandler } from '@matrixai/rpc';
-import { fileTree } from '../../vaults';
+import { generateStats } from '../../vaults/fileTree';
 import * as vaultsUtils from '../../vaults/utils';
 import * as vaultsErrors from '../../vaults/errors';
 
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ class VaultsSecretsGetFileTree extends ServerHandler<
     db: DB;
   },
   ClientRPCRequestParams<SecretFilesMessage>,
-  ClientRPCResponseResult<TreeNode>
+  ClientRPCResponseResult<VaultFileNode>
 > {
   public async *handle(
     input: ClientRPCRequestParams<SecretFilesMessage>,
     _cancel: any,
-  ): AsyncGenerator<ClientRPCResponseResult<TreeNode>, void, void> {
+  ): AsyncGenerator<ClientRPCResponseResult<VaultFileNode>, void, void> {
     const { vaultManager, db } = this.container;
     const vaultId = await db.withTransactionF(async (tran) => {
       const vaultIdFromName = await vaultManager.getVaultId(
@@ -34,20 +34,23 @@ class VaultsSecretsGetFileTree extends ServerHandler<
 
     yield* vaultManager.withVaultsG([vaultId], (vault) => {
       return vault.readG(async function* (fs): AsyncGenerator<
-        TreeNode,
+        VaultFileNode,
         void,
         void
       > {
-        yield* fileTree.globWalk({
-          fs: fs,
-          basePath: '.',
-          pattern: input.pattern,
-          yieldStats: input.yieldStats,
-          yieldRoot: input.yieldRoot,
-          yieldFiles: input.yieldFiles,
-          yieldParents: input.yieldParents,
-          yieldDirectories: input.yieldDirectories,
-        });
+        // @ts-ignore: While the types don't fully match, it matches enough for our usage.
+        let files: Array<string> = await fs.promises.readdir(input.pattern);
+        files = files.map((file) => path.join(input.pattern, file));
+
+        for await (const file of files) {
+          const stat = await fs.promises.stat(file);
+          const type = stat.isFile() ? 'FILE' : 'DIRECTORY';
+          yield {
+            path: file,
+            type: type,
+            stat: input.yieldStats ? generateStats(stat) : undefined,
+          };
+        }
       });
     });
   }
diff --git a/src/client/types.ts b/src/client/types.ts
index 2ff158abf..d1f2016d9 100644
--- a/src/client/types.ts
+++ b/src/client/types.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,12 @@ import type {
   VaultIdEncoded,
 } from '../ids';
 import type { GestaltAction } from '../gestalts/types';
-import type { CommitId, VaultAction, VaultName } from '../vaults/types';
+import type {
+  CommitId,
+  StatEncoded,
+  VaultAction,
+  VaultName,
+} from '../vaults/types';
 import type { CertificatePEM, JWKEncrypted, PublicKeyJWK } from '../keys/types';
 import type { Notification } from '../notifications/types';
 import type { ProviderToken } from '../identities/types';
@@ -300,18 +305,11 @@ type VaultsLatestVersionMessage = {
 };
 
 // Secrets
-
 type SecretFilesMessage = VaultIdentifierMessage & {
   pattern: string;
   yieldStats: boolean;
-  yieldRoot: boolean;
-  yieldFiles: boolean;
-  yieldParents: boolean;
-  yieldDirectories: boolean;
 };
 
-// NOTE: we used to use SecretNameMessage before. do we need to keep it? look into this.
-
 type SecretNameMessage = {
   secretName: string;
 };
@@ -338,6 +336,12 @@ type SecretRenameMessage = SecretIdentifierMessage & {
   newSecretName: string;
 };
 
+type VaultFileNode = {
+  path: string;
+  type: 'FILE' | 'DIRECTORY';
+  stat?: StatEncoded;
+};
+
 // Stat is the 'JSON.stringify version of the file stat
 type SecretStatMessage = {
   stat: {
@@ -429,6 +433,7 @@ export type {
   SecretMkdirMessage,
   SecretDirMessage,
   SecretRenameMessage,
+  VaultFileNode,
   SecretStatMessage,
   SignatureMessage,
   OverrideRPClientType,
diff --git a/tests/client/handlers/vaults.test.ts b/tests/client/handlers/vaults.test.ts
index 9ba69942a..71a190f8a 100644
--- a/tests/client/handlers/vaults.test.ts
+++ b/tests/client/handlers/vaults.test.ts
@@ -1591,12 +1591,8 @@ describe('vaultsSecretsNewDir and vaultsSecretsList', () => {
     // List secrets with names of directories
     const secrets = await rpcClient.methods.vaultsSecretsGetFileTree({
       nameOrId: vaultsIdEncoded,
-      pattern: '**/*',
+      pattern: 'secretDir',
       yieldStats: false,
-      yieldRoot: false,
-      yieldFiles: true,
-      yieldParents: false,
-      yieldDirectories: true,
     });
 
     // Extract secret file paths
@@ -1604,10 +1600,9 @@ describe('vaultsSecretsNewDir and vaultsSecretsList', () => {
     for await (const file of secrets) {
       parsedFiles.push(file.path);
     }
-    expect(parsedFiles).toIncludeAllMembers([
-      ...secretList.map((secret) => path.join('secretDir', secret)),
-      'secretDir',
-    ]);
+    expect(parsedFiles).toIncludeAllMembers(
+      secretList.map((secret) => path.join('secretDir', secret)),
+    );
   });
 });
 describe('vaultsSecretsRename', () => {