diff --git a/ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/dss/drop-boxes/eln-lims-dropbox/plugin.properties b/ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/dss/drop-boxes/eln-lims-dropbox/plugin.properties
index 3cabc20155abbc0179752023dc5b3f12f44b55a8..6e95225443035b02422dc210b5e9f0e979bd133b 100644
--- a/ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/dss/drop-boxes/eln-lims-dropbox/plugin.properties
+++ b/ui-eln-lims/src/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/dss/drop-boxes/eln-lims-dropbox/plugin.properties
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ incoming-share-id = ${default-incoming-share-id:1}
 incoming-share-minimum-free-space-in-gb = ${default-incoming-share-minimum-free-space-in-gb:1}
 h5-folders = ${dataset-uploader.h5-folders:false}
 h5ar-folders = ${dataset-uploader.h5ar-folders:true}
-discard-hidden-files = true
+discard-hidden-files = ${discard-hidden-files:true}