diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ccb2c08..a61d830 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,8 +13,11 @@ even on minor releases, e.g. `0.7.5` -> `0.7.6`.
 
 ## unreleased
 
+*  fix [#289](https://github.com/scottlamb/moonfire-nvr/issues/289): crash on
+   pressing the `Add` button in the sample file directory dialog
 *  log to `stderr` again, fixing a regression with the `tracing` change in 0.7.6.
 
+
 ## 0.7.6 (2023-07-08)
 
 *   new log formats using `tracing`. This will allow richer context information.
diff --git a/server/src/cmds/config/dirs.rs b/server/src/cmds/config/dirs.rs
index d4168bd..ccd2c9f 100644
--- a/server/src/cmds/config/dirs.rs
+++ b/server/src/cmds/config/dirs.rs
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ fn add_dir_dialog(db: &Arc<db::Database>, siv: &mut Cursive) {
             let db = db.clone();
             move |siv| {
                 let path = siv
-                    .find_name::<views::EditView>("path")
+                    .find_name::<TabCompleteEditView>("path")
                     .unwrap()
                     .get_content();
                 add_dir(&db, siv, path.as_ref().as_ref())
diff --git a/server/src/cmds/config/tab_complete.rs b/server/src/cmds/config/tab_complete.rs
index f4c635a..722c815 100644
--- a/server/src/cmds/config/tab_complete.rs
+++ b/server/src/cmds/config/tab_complete.rs
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ impl TabCompleteEditView {
         self.tab_completer = Some(Rc::new(handler));
         self
     }
+
+    pub fn get_content(&self) -> Rc<String> {
+        self.edit_view.borrow_mut().get_content()
+    }
 }
 
 impl View for TabCompleteEditView {