diff --git a/public/group chats/README.md b/public/group chats/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..535c6dab6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/group chats/README.md	
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Put Group Chat JSONL files here
diff --git a/public/groups/README.md b/public/groups/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0f56f2da9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/groups/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Put Group JSON files here
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 028759ce3..2b9b3b062 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -1938,8 +1938,8 @@ app.post('/getgroups', jsonParser, (_, response) => {
         fs.mkdirSync(directories.groups);
     }
 
-    const files = fs.readdirSync(directories.groups);
-    const chats = fs.readdirSync(directories.groupChats);
+    const files = fs.readdirSync(directories.groups).filter(x => path.extname(x) === '.json');
+    const chats = fs.readdirSync(directories.groupChats).filter(x => path.extname(x) === '.jsonl');
 
     files.forEach(function (file) {
         try {