diff --git a/nodent.js b/nodent.js
index 2b97ddf..9741ced 100755
--- a/nodent.js
+++ b/nodent.js
@@ -262,6 +262,9 @@ function generateRequestHandler(path, matchRegex, options) {
 	var compilerOptions = copyObj([NodentCompiler.initialCodeGenOpts,options.compiler]) ;
 
 	return function (req, res, next) {
+		if (req.url.indexOf('..')>=0)
+			return next() ;
+		
 		if (cache[req.url]) {
 			res.setHeader("Content-Type", cache[req.url].contentType);
 			options.setHeaders && options.setHeaders(res) ;
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index c845c01..b5118c0 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "nodent",
-  "version": "3.1.6",
+  "version": "3.1.7",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7dcacc8..d72522c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "nodent",
-  "version": "3.1.6",
+  "version": "3.1.7",
   "description": "NoDent - Asynchronous Javascript language extensions",
   "main": "nodent.js",
   "scripts": {