diff --git a/comicapi/archivers/folder.py b/comicapi/archivers/folder.py
index ec94a3a..c7341b0 100644
--- a/comicapi/archivers/folder.py
+++ b/comicapi/archivers/folder.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class FolderArchiver(Archiver):
 
     def get_comment(self) -> str:
         try:
-            return self.read_file(self.comment_file_name).decode("utf-8")
+            return (self.path / self.comment_file_name).read_text()
         except OSError:
             return ""
 
@@ -28,10 +28,12 @@ class FolderArchiver(Archiver):
             return self.write_file(self.comment_file_name, comment.encode("utf-8"))
         return True
 
+    def supports_comment(self) -> bool:
+        return True
+
     def read_file(self, archive_file: str) -> bytes:
         try:
-            with open(self.path / archive_file, mode="rb") as f:
-                data = f.read()
+            data = (self.path / archive_file).read_bytes()
         except OSError as e:
             logger.error("Error reading folder archive [%s]: %s :: %s", e, self.path, archive_file)
             raise
@@ -89,6 +91,9 @@ class FolderArchiver(Archiver):
         else:
             return True
 
+    def is_writable(self) -> bool:
+        return True
+
     def name(self) -> str:
         return "Folder"
 
diff --git a/comicapi/comicarchive.py b/comicapi/comicarchive.py
index 1433de7..87a234d 100644
--- a/comicapi/comicarchive.py
+++ b/comicapi/comicarchive.py
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ class ComicArchive:
         return True
 
     def is_writable_for_style(self, data_style: int) -> bool:
-        return not (data_style == MetaDataStyle.CBI and not self.archiver.supports_comment)
+        return not (data_style == MetaDataStyle.CBI and not self.archiver.supports_comment())
 
     def is_zip(self) -> bool:
         return self.archiver.name() == "ZIP"
diff --git a/comicapi/utils.py b/comicapi/utils.py
index 8e041bd..5b9c00c 100644
--- a/comicapi/utils.py
+++ b/comicapi/utils.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def get_recursive_filelist(pathlist: list[str]) -> list[str]:
             for root, _, files in os.walk(p):
                 for f in files:
                     filelist.append(os.path.join(root, f))
-        else:
+        elif os.path.exists(p):
             filelist.append(p)
 
     return filelist
diff --git a/comictaggerlib/taggerwindow.py b/comictaggerlib/taggerwindow.py
index 1e59531..256875d 100644
--- a/comictaggerlib/taggerwindow.py
+++ b/comictaggerlib/taggerwindow.py
@@ -343,6 +343,10 @@ class TaggerWindow(QtWidgets.QMainWindow):
         self.actionLoadFolder.setStatusTip("Load folder with comic archives")
         self.actionLoadFolder.triggered.connect(self.select_folder)
 
+        self.actionOpenFolderAsComic.setShortcut("Ctrl+Shift+Alt+O")
+        self.actionOpenFolderAsComic.setStatusTip("Load folder as a comic archives")
+        self.actionOpenFolderAsComic.triggered.connect(self.select_folder_archive)
+
         self.actionWrite_Tags.setShortcut("Ctrl+S")
         self.actionWrite_Tags.setStatusTip("Save tags to comic archive")
         self.actionWrite_Tags.triggered.connect(self.commit_metadata)
@@ -438,6 +442,7 @@ class TaggerWindow(QtWidgets.QMainWindow):
         # ToolBar
         self.actionLoad.setIcon(QtGui.QIcon(str(graphics_path / "open.png")))
         self.actionLoadFolder.setIcon(QtGui.QIcon(str(graphics_path / "longbox.png")))
+        self.actionOpenFolderAsComic.setIcon(QtGui.QIcon(str(graphics_path / "open.png")))
         self.actionWrite_Tags.setIcon(QtGui.QIcon(str(graphics_path / "save.png")))
         self.actionParse_Filename.setIcon(QtGui.QIcon(str(graphics_path / "parse.png")))
         self.actionParse_Filename_split_words.setIcon(QtGui.QIcon(str(graphics_path / "parse.png")))
@@ -987,24 +992,32 @@ class TaggerWindow(QtWidgets.QMainWindow):
     def select_folder(self) -> None:
         self.select_file(folder_mode=True)
 
+    def select_folder_archive(self) -> None:
+        dialog = self.file_dialog(folder_mode=True)
+        if dialog.exec():
+            file_list = dialog.selectedFiles()
+            if file_list:
+                self.fileSelectionList.add_path_item(file_list[0])
+
     def select_file(self, folder_mode: bool = False) -> None:
+        dialog = self.file_dialog(folder_mode=folder_mode)
+        if dialog.exec():
+            file_list = dialog.selectedFiles()
+            self.fileSelectionList.add_path_list(file_list)
+
+    def file_dialog(self, folder_mode: bool = False) -> QtWidgets.QFileDialog:
         dialog = QtWidgets.QFileDialog(self)
         if folder_mode:
             dialog.setFileMode(QtWidgets.QFileDialog.FileMode.Directory)
         else:
+            archive_filter = "Comic archive files (*.cbz *.zip *.cbr *.rar *.cb7 *.7z)"
+            filters = [archive_filter, "Any files (*)"]
+            dialog.setNameFilters(filters)
             dialog.setFileMode(QtWidgets.QFileDialog.FileMode.ExistingFiles)
 
         if self.config[0].internal_last_opened_folder is not None:
             dialog.setDirectory(self.config[0].internal_last_opened_folder)
-
-        if not folder_mode:
-            archive_filter = "Comic archive files (*.cbz *.zip *.cbr *.rar *.cb7 *.7z)"
-            filters = [archive_filter, "Any files (*)"]
-            dialog.setNameFilters(filters)
-
-        if dialog.exec():
-            file_list = dialog.selectedFiles()
-            self.fileSelectionList.add_path_list(file_list)
+        return dialog
 
     def auto_identify_search(self) -> None:
         if self.comic_archive is None:
diff --git a/comictaggerlib/ui/taggerwindow.ui b/comictaggerlib/ui/taggerwindow.ui
index 8312eee..fc1dcf8 100644
--- a/comictaggerlib/ui/taggerwindow.ui
+++ b/comictaggerlib/ui/taggerwindow.ui
@@ -1156,7 +1156,7 @@
      <x>0</x>
      <y>0</y>
      <width>1096</width>
-     <height>30</height>
+     <height>21</height>
     </rect>
    </property>
    <widget class="QMenu" name="menuComicTagger">
@@ -1180,6 +1180,7 @@
     </widget>
     <addaction name="actionLoad"/>
     <addaction name="actionLoadFolder"/>
+    <addaction name="actionOpenFolderAsComic"/>
     <addaction name="actionWrite_Tags"/>
     <addaction name="actionAutoTag"/>
     <addaction name="actionCopyTags"/>
@@ -1444,6 +1445,11 @@
     <string>perform a literal search on the series and return the first 50 results</string>
    </property>
   </action>
+  <action name="actionOpenFolderAsComic">
+   <property name="text">
+    <string>Open Folder as Comic</string>
+   </property>
+  </action>
  </widget>
  <layoutdefault spacing="6" margin="11"/>
  <resources/>