diff --git a/libs/pyTermTk/TermTk/TTkWidgets/TTkModelView/filetreewidget.py b/libs/pyTermTk/TermTk/TTkWidgets/TTkModelView/filetreewidget.py
index 30fc8dfd6..619d8e492 100644
--- a/libs/pyTermTk/TermTk/TTkWidgets/TTkModelView/filetreewidget.py
+++ b/libs/pyTermTk/TermTk/TTkWidgets/TTkModelView/filetreewidget.py
@@ -174,8 +174,7 @@ def openPath(self, path):
         self._path = path
 
         self.clear()
-        for i in TTkFileTreeWidget._getFileItems(path):
-            self.addTopLevelItem(i)
+        self.addTopLevelItems(TTkFileTreeWidget._getFileItems(path))
         self.setFilter(self._filter)
 
     @staticmethod