diff --git a/ui/v2.5/src/components/List/Filters/PathFilter.tsx b/ui/v2.5/src/components/List/Filters/PathFilter.tsx
index 5ab23de9d..dbf3bebcb 100644
--- a/ui/v2.5/src/components/List/Filters/PathFilter.tsx
+++ b/ui/v2.5/src/components/List/Filters/PathFilter.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import React from "react";
 import { Form } from "react-bootstrap";
 import { FolderSelect } from "src/components/Shared/FolderSelect/FolderSelect";
+import { CriterionModifier } from "src/core/generated-graphql";
 import { ConfigurationContext } from "src/hooks/Config";
 import {
   Criterion,
@@ -19,14 +20,28 @@ export const PathFilter: React.FC<IInputFilterProps> = ({
   const { configuration } = React.useContext(ConfigurationContext);
   const libraryPaths = configuration?.general.stashes.map((s) => s.path);
 
+  // don't show folder select for regex
+  const regex =
+    criterion.modifier === CriterionModifier.MatchesRegex ||
+    criterion.modifier === CriterionModifier.NotMatchesRegex;
+
   return (
     <Form.Group>
-      <FolderSelect
-        currentDirectory={criterion.value ? criterion.value.toString() : ""}
-        setCurrentDirectory={(v) => onValueChanged(v)}
-        collapsible
-        defaultDirectories={libraryPaths}
-      />
+      {regex ? (
+        <Form.Control
+          className="btn-secondary"
+          type={criterion.criterionOption.inputType}
+          onChange={(v) => onValueChanged(v.target.value)}
+          value={criterion.value ? criterion.value.toString() : ""}
+        />
+      ) : (
+        <FolderSelect
+          currentDirectory={criterion.value ? criterion.value.toString() : ""}
+          setCurrentDirectory={(v) => onValueChanged(v)}
+          collapsible
+          defaultDirectories={libraryPaths}
+        />
+      )}
     </Form.Group>
   );
 };