diff --git a/SHADE_Engine/src/Assets/SHAssetManager.cpp b/SHADE_Engine/src/Assets/SHAssetManager.cpp
index dbe9dd27..f4727417 100644
--- a/SHADE_Engine/src/Assets/SHAssetManager.cpp
+++ b/SHADE_Engine/src/Assets/SHAssetManager.cpp
@@ -373,6 +373,13 @@ namespace SHADE
     return folderRoot;
   }
 
+  void SHAssetManager::RefreshDirectory() noexcept
+  {
+    SHFileSystem::DestroyDirectory(folderRoot);
+    assetCollection.clear();
+    BuildAssetCollection();
+  }
+
   bool SHAssetManager::IsRecognised(char const* ext) noexcept
 	{
 		for (auto const& e : EXTENSIONS)
diff --git a/SHADE_Engine/src/Assets/SHAssetManager.h b/SHADE_Engine/src/Assets/SHAssetManager.h
index 7fd7d039..a891ec23 100644
--- a/SHADE_Engine/src/Assets/SHAssetManager.h
+++ b/SHADE_Engine/src/Assets/SHAssetManager.h
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ namespace SHADE
     static void CompileAsset(AssetPath const& path, bool genMeta) noexcept;
 
     static FolderPointer GetRootFolder() noexcept;
+    static void RefreshDirectory() noexcept;
 		
 	private:
 
diff --git a/SHADE_Engine/src/Filesystem/SHFileSystem.cpp b/SHADE_Engine/src/Filesystem/SHFileSystem.cpp
index fe9b67f5..c4bcc5dc 100644
--- a/SHADE_Engine/src/Filesystem/SHFileSystem.cpp
+++ b/SHADE_Engine/src/Filesystem/SHFileSystem.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "SHFileSystem.h"
 #include <filesystem>
 #include <queue>
+#include <stack>
 
 #include "Assets/SHAssetMetaHandler.h"
 
@@ -39,15 +40,15 @@ namespace SHADE
 
   void SHFileSystem::BuildDirectory(FolderPath path, FolderPointer& root, std::unordered_map<AssetID, SHAsset>& assetCollection) noexcept
 	{
-		std::queue<FolderPointer> folderQueue;
+		std::stack<FolderPointer> folderStack;
     root = new SHFolder("root");
     root->path = path;
-		folderQueue.push(root);
+    folderStack.push(root);
 
-		while (!folderQueue.empty())
+		while (!folderStack.empty())
 		{
-			auto const folder = folderQueue.front();
-			folderQueue.pop();
+			auto const folder = folderStack.top();
+      folderStack.pop();
 
       std::vector<SHAsset> assets;
 
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ namespace SHADE
 				}
 
         auto newFolder{ folder->CreateSubFolderHere(path.stem().string()) };
-        folderQueue.push(newFolder);
+        folderStack.push(newFolder);
 			}
 
       for (auto const& asset : assets)
@@ -98,4 +99,23 @@ namespace SHADE
       }
 		}
 	}
+
+  void SHFileSystem::DestroyDirectory(FolderPointer root) noexcept
+  {
+    std::stack<FolderPointer> folderStack;
+    folderStack.push(root);
+
+    while(!folderStack.empty())
+    {
+      auto const folder = folderStack.top();
+      folderStack.pop();
+
+      for (auto const& ptr : folder->subFolders)
+      {
+        folderStack.push(ptr);
+      }
+
+      delete folder;
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/SHADE_Engine/src/Filesystem/SHFileSystem.h b/SHADE_Engine/src/Filesystem/SHFileSystem.h
index 3f2e1c5b..87d13f42 100644
--- a/SHADE_Engine/src/Filesystem/SHFileSystem.h
+++ b/SHADE_Engine/src/Filesystem/SHFileSystem.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ namespace SHADE
 	{
 	public:
     static void BuildDirectory(FolderPath path, FolderPointer& root, std::unordered_map<AssetID, SHAsset>& assetCollection) noexcept;
-
+    static void DestroyDirectory(FolderPointer root) noexcept;
 	private:
     static bool DeleteFolder(FolderPointer location) noexcept;
     static bool IsCompilable(std::string ext) noexcept;