diff --git a/src/gui/src/IPC.js b/src/gui/src/IPC.js
index 18580da0f..bd8132dad 100644
--- a/src/gui/src/IPC.js
+++ b/src/gui/src/IPC.js
@@ -1316,7 +1316,7 @@ const ipc_listener = async (event, handled) => {
                             // now add new items
                             UIItem({
                                 appendTo: $(`.item-container[data-path="${html_encode(path.dirname(target_path))}" i]`),
-                                immutable: res.immutable,
+                                immutable: res.immutable || res.writable === false,
                                 associated_app_name: res.associated_app?.name,
                                 path: target_path,
                                 icon: await item_icon(res),
diff --git a/src/gui/src/UI/UIDesktop.js b/src/gui/src/UI/UIDesktop.js
index 86c97f354..d62b104fe 100644
--- a/src/gui/src/UI/UIDesktop.js
+++ b/src/gui/src/UI/UIDesktop.js
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ async function UIDesktop(options){
         // create new item on matching containers
         UIItem({
             appendTo: $(`.item-container[data-path='${html_encode(dest_path)}' i]`),
-            immutable: fsentry.immutable,
+            immutable: fsentry.immutable || fsentry.writable === false,
             uid: fsentry.uid,
             path: fsentry.path,
             icon: await item_icon(fsentry),
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ async function UIDesktop(options){
             UIItem({
                 appendTo: $(`.item-container[data-path='${html_encode(item.dirpath)}' i]`),
                 uid: item.uid,
-                immutable: item.immutable,
+                immutable: item.immutable || item.writable === false,
                 associated_app_name: item.associated_app?.name,
                 path: item.path,
                 icon: await item_icon(item),
diff --git a/src/gui/src/UI/UIWindowShare.js b/src/gui/src/UI/UIWindowShare.js
index e40636265..506e9477e 100644
--- a/src/gui/src/UI/UIWindowShare.js
+++ b/src/gui/src/UI/UIWindowShare.js
@@ -79,9 +79,15 @@ async function UIWindowShare(items, recipient){
                     h += `<label style="font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600;">${i18n('share_with')}</label>`;
                     h += `<div style="display: flex;">`;
                         // Username/email
-                        h += `<input placeholder="username" class="access-recipient" value="${html_encode(recipient ?? '')}" style="border-right: none; margin-bottom: 10px; border-top-right-radius: 0; border-bottom-right-radius: 0;" type="text" autocomplete="recipient_email_username" spellcheck="false" autocorrect="off" autocapitalize="off" data-gramm_editor="false"/>`;
+                        h += `<input placeholder="username" class="access-recipient" value="${html_encode(recipient ?? '')}" style="margin-bottom: 0; margin-right: 5px;" type="text" autocomplete="recipient_email_username" spellcheck="false" autocorrect="off" autocapitalize="off" data-gramm_editor="false"/>`;
+                        // type
+                        h += `<select class="access-type" style="width: 170px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-right: 5px;">`;
+                            h += `<option value="Viewer">Viewer</option>`;
+                            h += `<option value="Editor">Editor</option>`;
+                        h += `</select>`;
+
                         // Share
-                        h += `<button class="give-access-btn button button-primary button-normal" style="border-top-left-radius: 0; border-bottom-left-radius: 0;" ${!recipient ? 'disabled' : ''}>${i18n('share')}</button>`
+                        h += `<button class="give-access-btn button button-primary button-normal" style="" ${!recipient ? 'disabled' : ''}>${i18n('share')}</button>`
                     h += `</div>`;                
                 h += `</div>`;
             h += `</form>`;
@@ -245,6 +251,9 @@ async function UIWindowShare(items, recipient){
             let share_result;
             let access_level = 'write';
 
+            if($(el_window).find('.access-type').val() === 'Viewer')
+                access_level = 'read';
+
             $.ajax({
                 url: puter.APIOrigin + "/share",
                 type: "POST",
diff --git a/src/gui/src/helpers.js b/src/gui/src/helpers.js
index 7c6a010fb..2657bcef5 100644
--- a/src/gui/src/helpers.js
+++ b/src/gui/src/helpers.js
@@ -1485,7 +1485,7 @@ window.move_items = async function(el_items, dest_path, is_undo = false){
                 // create new item on matching containers
                 const options = {
                     appendTo: $(`.item-container[data-path="${html_encode(dest_path)}" i]`),
-                    immutable: fsentry.immutable,
+                    immutable: fsentry.immutable || (fsentry.writable === false),
                     associated_app_name: fsentry.associated_app?.name,
                     uid: fsentry.uid,
                     path: fsentry.path,
diff --git a/src/gui/src/helpers/refresh_item_container.js b/src/gui/src/helpers/refresh_item_container.js
index 3de003295..a4cdc6f8e 100644
--- a/src/gui/src/helpers/refresh_item_container.js
+++ b/src/gui/src/helpers/refresh_item_container.js
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ const refresh_item_container = function(el_item_container, options){
                     UIItem({
                         appendTo: el_item_container,
                         uid: fsentry.uid,
-                        immutable: fsentry.immutable,
+                        immutable: fsentry.immutable || fsentry.writable === false,
                         associated_app_name: fsentry.associated_app?.name,
                         path: item_path,
                         icon: await item_icon(fsentry),