diff --git a/src/__pycache__/tree.cpython-39.pyc b/src/__pycache__/tree.cpython-39.pyc
index 3e3e2a0..2aa560a 100644
Binary files a/src/__pycache__/tree.cpython-39.pyc and b/src/__pycache__/tree.cpython-39.pyc differ
diff --git a/src/tree.py b/src/tree.py
index 6d0372a..33f49a0 100644
--- a/src/tree.py
+++ b/src/tree.py
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ class NerdTree():
     ## rootnode for definition is always a folder
     rootnode = tosplit.split('/')[-1]
 
+    stat_dir_item = os.stat(startpath)
+
     if path:
       path.append({
         'name' : rootnode,
@@ -79,6 +81,7 @@ class NerdTree():
       'abs_path' : startpath,
       'children' : [],
       'path': path,
+      'size' : stat_dir_item.st_size,
       }
 
     # using listdir
@@ -93,21 +96,25 @@ class NerdTree():
       if item in _tree_repr.ITEMS_TO_EXCLUDE:
         continue
 
-      if os.path.isdir(startpath+item):
-        d['children'].append(self.tree_struct(startpath+item, path=path[:]))
+      abs_path_item = startpath+item
+      stat_item = os.stat(abs_path_item)
+
+      if os.path.isdir(abs_path_item):
+        d['children'].append(self.tree_struct(abs_path_item, path=path[:]))
       else:
         path_copy = path[:]
         path_copy.append({
           'name' : item,
           'type' : 'f',
-          'abs_path' : startpath + item
+          'abs_path' : abs_path_item
           })
 
         d['children'].append({
           'name' : item,
           'type' : 'f',
-          'abs_path' : startpath + item,
+          'abs_path' : abs_path_item,
           'path' : path_copy,
+          'size' : stat_item.st_size,
           })
 
     return d