diff --git a/LibZNI.csproj b/LibZNI.csproj
index 512f564..1281a8d 100644
--- a/LibZNI.csproj
+++ b/LibZNI.csproj
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
     <TargetFramework>netcoreapp3.0</TargetFramework>
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
     <SignAssembly>false</SignAssembly>
-    <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>true</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>
     <GenerateAssemblyInfo>false</GenerateAssemblyInfo>
     <Configurations>Debug;Release;DebPub;KVPBuild</Configurations>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/Tools.cs b/Tools.cs
index 2bd90b4..05fa7e2 100644
--- a/Tools.cs
+++ b/Tools.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Security.Cryptography;
 using System.Text;
 
@@ -64,6 +65,21 @@ namespace LibZNI
             var base64EncodedBytes = System.Convert.FromBase64String(base64EncodedData);
             return System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(base64EncodedBytes);
         }
+
+        public static string GoUpOneLevel(string path)
+        {
+            string[] paths = path.Split(new[] { '/', '\\' });
+
+            List<string> pathList = paths.ToList();
+            pathList.Remove(pathList[pathList.Count-1]);
+
+            string pathListStr = "";
+            foreach(string s in pathList)
+            {
+                pathListStr += s + "/";
+            }
+            return pathListStr;
+        }
     }