diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/muwire/core/DownloadedFile.java b/core/src/main/java/com/muwire/core/DownloadedFile.java
index a28089b7..f0f29df9 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/muwire/core/DownloadedFile.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/muwire/core/DownloadedFile.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package com.muwire.core;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import net.i2p.data.Destination;
@@ -9,7 +10,8 @@ public class DownloadedFile extends SharedFile {
 	
 	private final Set<Destination> sources;
 
-	public DownloadedFile(File file, InfoHash infoHash, int pieceSize, Set<Destination> sources) {
+	public DownloadedFile(File file, InfoHash infoHash, int pieceSize, Set<Destination> sources) 
+	throws IOException {
 		super(file, infoHash, pieceSize);
 		this.sources = sources;
 	}
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/muwire/core/SharedFile.java b/core/src/main/java/com/muwire/core/SharedFile.java
index 21518311..d5b77263 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/muwire/core/SharedFile.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/muwire/core/SharedFile.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package com.muwire.core;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
 
 public class SharedFile {
 
@@ -8,10 +9,15 @@ public class SharedFile {
 	private final InfoHash infoHash;
 	private final int pieceSize;
 	
-	public SharedFile(File file, InfoHash infoHash, int pieceSize) {
+	private final String cachedPath;
+	private final long cachedLength;
+	
+	public SharedFile(File file, InfoHash infoHash, int pieceSize) throws IOException {
 		this.file = file;
 		this.infoHash = infoHash;
 		this.pieceSize = pieceSize;
+		this.cachedPath = file.getAbsolutePath();
+		this.cachedLength = file.length();
 	}
 
 	public File getFile() {
@@ -35,6 +41,14 @@ public class SharedFile {
 	    return rv;
 	}
 	
+	public String getCachedPath() {
+	    return cachedPath;
+	}
+	
+	public long getCachedLength() {
+	    return cachedLength;
+	}
+	
 	@Override
 	public int hashCode() {
 	    return file.hashCode() ^ infoHash.hashCode();
diff --git a/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/MainFrameView.groovy b/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/MainFrameView.groovy
index 9f8afa60..2131334a 100644
--- a/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/MainFrameView.groovy
+++ b/gui/griffon-app/views/com/muwire/gui/MainFrameView.groovy
@@ -167,8 +167,8 @@ class MainFrameView {
                                 scrollPane(constraints : BorderLayout.CENTER) {
                                     table(id : "shared-files-table", autoCreateRowSorter: true) {
                                         tableModel(list : model.shared) {
-                                            closureColumn(header : "Name", preferredWidth : 500, type : String, read : {row -> row.file.getAbsolutePath()})
-                                            closureColumn(header : "Size", preferredWidth : 100, type : Long, read : {row -> row.file.length() })
+                                            closureColumn(header : "Name", preferredWidth : 500, type : String, read : {row -> row.getCachedPath()})
+                                            closureColumn(header : "Size", preferredWidth : 100, type : Long, read : {row -> row.getCachedLength() })
                                         }
                                     }
                                 }