diff --git a/services/web/public/coffee/ide/directives/validFile.coffee b/services/web/public/coffee/ide/directives/validFile.coffee
index d336b85dc9..54e0ad45f8 100644
--- a/services/web/public/coffee/ide/directives/validFile.coffee
+++ b/services/web/public/coffee/ide/directives/validFile.coffee
@@ -1,12 +1,36 @@
 define [
 	"base"
 ], (App) ->
+
+	# copied from app/coffee/Features/Project/SafePath.coffee
+
+	BADCHAR_RX = ///
+	[
+		\/ # no slashes
+		\* # no asterisk
+		\u0000-\u001F # no control characters (0-31)
+		\u007F        # no delete
+		\u0080-\u009F # no unicode control characters (C1)
+		\uD800-\uDFFF # no unicode surrogate characters
+	]
+	///g
+
+	BADFILE_RX = ///
+		(^\.$)      # reject . as a filename
+		| (^\.\.$)  # reject .. as a filename
+		| (^\s+)    # reject leading space
+		| (\s+$)    # reject trailing space
+	///g
+
+	MAX_PATH = 1024 # Maximum path length, in characters. This is fairly arbitrary.
+
 	App.directive "validFile", () ->
 		return {
 			require: 'ngModel'
 			link: (scope, element, attrs, ngModelCtrl) ->
-				ngModelCtrl.$validators.validFile = (modelValue) ->
-					validFileRegex = /^[^\*\/]*$/ # Don't allow * and /
-					isValid = modelValue.match validFileRegex
+				ngModelCtrl.$validators.validFile = (filename) ->
+					isValid = filename.length > 0 && filename.length < MAX_PATH &&
+						not filename.match(BADCHAR_RX) &&
+						not filename.match(BADFILE_RX)
 					return isValid
 		}