diff --git a/apps/menus/playlist_menu.c b/apps/menus/playlist_menu.c
index 2de73415b2..c0a0d48d45 100644
--- a/apps/menus/playlist_menu.c
+++ b/apps/menus/playlist_menu.c
@@ -42,25 +42,30 @@ int save_playlist_screen(struct playlist_info* playlist)
 {
     char temp[MAX_PATH+1], *dot;
     int len;
-    
+
     playlist_get_name(playlist, temp, sizeof(temp)-1);
+
     len = strlen(temp);
+    dot = strrchr(temp, '.');
+
+    if (!dot && len <= 1)
+    {
+        snprintf(temp, sizeof(temp), "%s%s",
+                 catalog_get_directory(), DEFAULT_DYNAMIC_PLAYLIST_NAME);
+    }
 
     dot = strrchr(temp, '.');
-    if (!dot)
-    {
-        /* folder of some type */
-        if (len > 1)
-            strcpy(&temp[len-1], ".m3u8");
-        else
-            snprintf(temp, sizeof(temp), "%s%s",
-                    catalog_get_directory(), DEFAULT_DYNAMIC_PLAYLIST_NAME);
-    }
-    else if (len > 4 && !strcasecmp(dot, ".m3u"))
-        strcat(temp, "8");
+    if (dot) /* remove extension */
+       *dot = '\0';
 
     if (!kbd_input(temp, sizeof(temp)))
     {
+        len = strlen(temp);
+        if(len > 4 && !strcasecmp(&temp[len-4], ".m3u"))
+            strlcat(temp, "8", sizeof(temp));
+        else if(len <= 5 || strcasecmp(&temp[len-5], ".m3u8"))
+            strlcat(temp, ".m3u8", sizeof(temp));
+
         playlist_save(playlist, temp, NULL, 0);
 
         /* reload in case playlist was saved to cwd */
diff --git a/apps/playlist_catalog.c b/apps/playlist_catalog.c
index 2147ea990c..7de907c8d0 100644
--- a/apps/playlist_catalog.c
+++ b/apps/playlist_catalog.c
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ bool catalog_add_to_a_playlist(const char* sel, int sel_attr,
                                bool new_playlist, char *m3u8name)
 {
     int result;
-    char playlist[MAX_PATH + 6];
+    char playlist[MAX_PATH + 7]; /* room for /.m3u8\0*/
     if (in_add_to_playlist)
         return false;
 
@@ -338,24 +338,32 @@ bool catalog_add_to_a_playlist(const char* sel, int sel_attr,
         size_t len;
         if (m3u8name == NULL)
         {
-            /*If sel is a folder, we prefill the text field with its name*/
-            const char *name = strrchr(sel, '/');
-            snprintf(playlist, sizeof(playlist), "%s/%s.m3u8",
+            const char *name;
+            /* If sel is empty, root, or playlist directory  we use 'all' */
+            if (!sel || !strcmp(sel, "/") || !strcmp(sel, playlist_dir))
+            {
+                if (!sel || !strcmp(sel, PLAYLIST_CATALOG_DEFAULT_DIR))
+                    sel = "/";
+                name = "/all";
+            }
+            else /*If sel is a folder, we prefill the text field with its name*/
+                name = strrchr(sel, '/');
+
+            snprintf(playlist, MAX_PATH + 1, "%s/%s",
                      playlist_dir,
                      (name!=NULL && (sel_attr & ATTR_DIRECTORY))?name+1:"");
         }
         else
-            strcpy(playlist, m3u8name);
+            strlcpy(playlist, m3u8name, MAX_PATH);
+
+        if (kbd_input(playlist, MAX_PATH))
+            return false;
 
         len = strlen(playlist);
-
         if(len > 4 && !strcasecmp(&playlist[len-4], ".m3u"))
-            strcat(playlist, "8");
+            strlcat(playlist, "8", sizeof(playlist));
         else if(len <= 5 || strcasecmp(&playlist[len-5], ".m3u8"))
-            strcat(playlist, ".m3u8");
-        
-        if (kbd_input(playlist, sizeof(playlist)))
-            return false;
+            strlcat(playlist, ".m3u8", sizeof(playlist));
     }
     else
     {
diff --git a/apps/tree.c b/apps/tree.c
index 8f0abf4a8b..311c3ce543 100644
--- a/apps/tree.c
+++ b/apps/tree.c
@@ -941,9 +941,11 @@ static int dirbrowse(void)
 
 int create_playlist(void)
 {
+    bool ret;
+#if 0 /* handled in catalog_add_to_a_playlist() */
     char filename[MAX_PATH + 16]; /* add enough space for extension */
     const char *playlist_dir = catalog_get_directory();
-    if (strcmp(tc.currdir, playlist_dir) != 0)
+    if (tc.currdir[1] && strcmp(tc.currdir, playlist_dir) != 0)
         snprintf(filename, sizeof filename, "%s.m3u8", tc.currdir);
     else
         snprintf(filename, sizeof filename, "%s/all.m3u8", playlist_dir);
@@ -951,12 +953,13 @@ int create_playlist(void)
     if (kbd_input(filename, MAX_PATH))
         return 0;
     splashf(0, "%s %s", str(LANG_CREATING), filename);
+#endif
 
     trigger_cpu_boost();
-    catalog_add_to_a_playlist(tc.currdir, ATTR_DIRECTORY, true, filename);
+    ret = catalog_add_to_a_playlist(tc.currdir, ATTR_DIRECTORY, true, NULL);
     cancel_cpu_boost();
 
-    return 1;
+    return (ret) ? 1 : 0;
 }
 
 void browse_context_init(struct browse_context *browse,