diff --git a/fsl/utils/filetree/filetree.py b/fsl/utils/filetree/filetree.py
index 69c3d75b0c039e06d2d9e9e349763aa8e5532f73..4bf3f9f1eb485b6757d6485fa1ac00f4275e9d09 100644
--- a/fsl/utils/filetree/filetree.py
+++ b/fsl/utils/filetree/filetree.py
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ class FileTree(object):
         res.update(self.variables)
         return res
 
+    @property
+    def short_names(self) -> List[str]:
+        """Returns a list containing all short names in the file tree. """
+        return list(self.templates.keys())
+
     def get_variable(self, name: str, default=None) -> str:
         """
         Gets a variable used to fill out the template