diff --git a/src/napari_segment/napari.yaml b/src/napari_segment/napari.yaml
index 14dfbbb0fcd2f2613d67de57761b8998efdd758b..4c5f9cd9f080958edde161074eecc34aa308cd76 100644
--- a/src/napari_segment/napari.yaml
+++ b/src/napari_segment/napari.yaml
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ contributions:
       title: Segment organoid
   readers:
     - command: napari-segment.get_reader
-      accepts_directories: false
-      filename_patterns: ['*.npy', '*.nd2']
+      accepts_directories: True
+      filename_patterns: ['*.npy', '*.nd2', '*.zarr']
   writers:
     - command: napari-segment.write_multiple
       layer_types: ['image*','labels*']