diff --git a/src/_h5ai/.htaccess b/src/_h5ai/.htaccess
index ec4f2924..be958da7 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/.htaccess
+++ b/src/_h5ai/.htaccess
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 
 
+Options  -Indexes
+
 AddType  text/html  .php