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diff --git a/src/tree.py b/src/tree.py
index da97e72..a231e92 100644
--- a/src/tree.py
+++ b/src/tree.py
@@ -76,19 +76,24 @@ class NerdTree():
     ## rootnode for definition is always a folder
     rootnode = tosplit.split('/')[-1]
 
-    stat_dir_item = os.stat(startpath)
+    # stat_dir_item = os.stat(startpath)
+    # start_dir_item_type is always 'd'
+    start_dir_item_type, start_dir_object = self.get_path_obj(startpath)
+    stat_dir_item = start_dir_object.lstat()
 
     if path:
       path.append({
         'name' : rootnode,
-        'type' : 'd',
+        'type' : start_dir_item_type,
         'abs_path' : startpath,
+        'size' : stat_dir_item.st_size,
         })
     else: 
       path = [{
         'name' : './',
-        'type' : 'd',
+        'type' : start_dir_item_type,
         'abs_path' : startpath,
+        'size' : stat_dir_item.st_size,
         }]
 
     d = {
@@ -162,7 +167,7 @@ class NerdTree():
               }
         ## if you want count the current directory as item you must sum 1
         ## if you want count the current directory size you must include item['size']
-        subtree['subtree_size'] += subtree_compute['subtree_size'] + item['subtree_size']
+        subtree['subtree_size'] += subtree_compute['subtree_size'] + item['size']
         subtree['subtree_items'] += subtree_compute['subtree_items'] + 1 
       else:
         subtree['subtree_size'] += item['size']
@@ -188,7 +193,8 @@ class NerdTree():
     nodefound = rootnode.get('found')
     if nodefound and self.opts['dont_show_children_nodes']:
       if rootnode.get('subtree_items'):
-        nerd_tree_txt += ' (%s item(s)/%s %s ▾)' % (rootnode['subtree_items'], rootnode['subtree_size'], 'b')
+        hnum, unit = _tree_repr.format(rootnode['subtree_size'])
+        nerd_tree_txt += ' (%s item(s)/%s%s ▾)' % (rootnode['subtree_items'], hnum, unit)
         # return nerd_tree_txt
       # else:
       #   nerd_tree_txt += ' (0 - 0 ▾)'
diff --git a/src/tree_find.py b/src/tree_find.py
index dded9d2..988457a 100644
--- a/src/tree_find.py
+++ b/src/tree_find.py
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ class NerdTreeFind(NerdTree):
         if not islastpath:   children.append(pcopy)
         else             :   children.append(node)
 
+    # key size is lost in preceding code!!!!!!!!!!!!
     self.compute_aggregate_recursively(tree_struct)
     return tree_struct
 
diff --git a/src/tree_repr.py b/src/tree_repr.py
index 94877f8..f79be37 100644
--- a/src/tree_repr.py
+++ b/src/tree_repr.py
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ LAST_CHILD_CONNECTOR = '└── '
 LEVEL_INDENT = 4
 ITEMS_TO_EXCLUDE = ['__pycache__']
 
+KB = 1024
+MB = 1024*1024
+GB = 1024*1024*1024
+
 def mount_str_at(source_str, index, mount_str):
   l = len(mount_str)
   return source_str[:index] + mount_str + source_str[index+l:]
@@ -46,3 +50,20 @@ def produce_treeline(prec_seps, lsep):
   
   return tree_line.rstrip()
 
+def format(num, unit=None):
+  # if num/GB >=1:
+  #   unit = 'GB'
+  #   human_number = round(num/GB, 2)
+  # elif num/MB >=1:
+  #   unit = 'MB'
+  #   human_number = round(num/MB, 2)
+  # elif num/KB >=1:
+  #   unit = 'kB'
+  #   human_number = round(num/KB, 2)
+  # else:
+  #   unit = 'b'
+  #   human_number = num
+  unit = 'b'
+  human_number = num
+  
+  return human_number, unit