diff --git a/lib/connection.js b/lib/connection.js
index 6e249a5..ad6692c 100644
--- a/lib/connection.js
+++ b/lib/connection.js
@@ -410,6 +410,10 @@ FTP.prototype.logout = function(cb) {
 
 FTP.prototype.listSafe = function(path, zcomp, cb) {
   if (typeof path === 'string') {
+    if (typeof zcomp === 'function') {
+      cb = zcomp;
+      zcomp = false;
+    }
     var self = this;
     // store current path
     this.pwd(function(err, origpath) {
@@ -785,7 +789,7 @@ FTP.prototype.rmdir = function(path, recursive, cb) { // RMD is optional
   }
 
   var self = this;
-  this.list(path, function(err, list) {
+  this.listSafe(path, function(err, list) {
     if (err) return cb(err);
     var idx = 0;