diff --git a/pkg/httpserver/httpserver.go b/pkg/httpserver/httpserver.go
index 53e3f73..27576de 100644
--- a/pkg/httpserver/httpserver.go
+++ b/pkg/httpserver/httpserver.go
@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@ func New(options *Options) (*HTTPServer, error) {
 		dir = SandboxFileSystem{fs: http.Dir(options.Folder), RootFolder: options.Folder}
 	}
 
+	// the python style handler reads the folder directly, without the
+	// sandbox file system
+	if options.Python && options.Sandbox {
+		return nil, errors.New("python style (-py) cannot be used with -sandbox")
+	}
+
 	var httpHandler http.Handler
 	if options.Python {
 		httpHandler = PythonStyle(dir.(http.Dir))
diff --git a/pkg/httpserver/pythonliststyle.go b/pkg/httpserver/pythonliststyle.go
index ee6342f..1bda78b 100644
--- a/pkg/httpserver/pythonliststyle.go
+++ b/pkg/httpserver/pythonliststyle.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package httpserver
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
+	"html"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
@@ -82,8 +83,10 @@ func (h *pythonStyleHandler) ServeHTTP(writer http.ResponseWriter, request *http
 		http.ServeFile(writer, request, target)
 		return
 	} else {
-		_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(writer, htmlHeader, request.URL.Path)
-		_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(writer, "<h1>Directory listing for %s</h1>\n<hr>\n", request.URL.Path)
+		// the path comes from the request: escape it before writing HTML
+		escapedPath := html.EscapeString(request.URL.Path)
+		_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(writer, htmlHeader, escapedPath)
+		_, _ = fmt.Fprintf(writer, "<h1>Directory listing for %s</h1>\n<hr>\n", escapedPath)
 		h.origWriter = writer
 		http.ServeFile(h, request, target)
 		_, _ = fmt.Fprint(writer, htmlFooter)
diff --git a/test/pythonliststyle_test.go b/test/pythonliststyle_test.go
index 0ee449a..f4c1eb9 100644
--- a/test/pythonliststyle_test.go
+++ b/test/pythonliststyle_test.go
@@ -74,3 +74,26 @@ func TestResponseNotFound(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("want:\n%s\ngot:\n%s", want, got)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestDirectoryListingEscapesPath(t *testing.T) {
+	py := httpserver.PythonStyle("./fixture/pythonliststyle")
+
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	py.ServeHTTP(w, httptest.NewRequest("GET", "http://example.com/%3Cimg%20src=x%20onerror=alert(document.domain)%3E/..%2F", nil))
+	b, _ := io.ReadAll(w.Result().Body)
+
+	body := string(b)
+	if strings.Contains(body, "<img") {
+		t.Errorf("path written to the listing without escaping:\n%s", body)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(body, "&lt;img src=x onerror=alert(document.domain)&gt;") {
+		t.Errorf("escaped path missing from the listing:\n%s", body)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPythonStyleWithSandboxIsRejected(t *testing.T) {
+	_, err := httpserver.New(&httpserver.Options{Folder: "./fixture/pythonliststyle", Python: true, Sandbox: true})
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected an error for -py with -sandbox")
+	}
+}