diff --git a/src/tab.rs b/src/tab.rs
index b3a0ede..33e3339 100644
--- a/src/tab.rs
+++ b/src/tab.rs
@@ -939,11 +939,24 @@ fn item_from_trash_child(
     metadata: fs::Metadata,
     sizes: IconSizes,
 ) -> Option<Item> {
-    let original_path = crate::trash::original_path_for_trash_child(&path)?;
+    let Some(original_path) = crate::trash::original_path_for_trash_child(&path) else {
+        log::warn!(
+            "failed to resolve original path for trash item {}, skipping entry",
+            path.display()
+        );
+        return None;
+    };
+    let Some(original_parent) = original_path.parent() else {
+        log::warn!(
+            "trash item {} has no original parent, skipping entry",
+            path.display()
+        );
+        return None;
+    };
     let entry = trash::TrashItem {
         id: path.as_os_str().to_os_string(),
         name: std::ffi::OsString::from(&name),
-        original_parent: original_path.parent()?.to_path_buf(),
+        original_parent: original_parent.to_path_buf(),
         time_deleted: 0,
     };
     let size = if metadata.is_dir() {
@@ -1033,6 +1046,7 @@ pub fn scan_path(tab_path: &PathBuf, sizes: IconSizes) -> Vec<Item> {
     if !remote_scannable {
         match fs::read_dir(tab_path) {
             Ok(entries) => {
+                let trash = crate::trash::is_trash_path(tab_path);
                 items = entries
                     .filter_map(|entry_res| {
                         let entry = entry_res
@@ -1073,7 +1087,6 @@ pub fn scan_path(tab_path: &PathBuf, sizes: IconSizes) -> Vec<Item> {
                             })
                             .ok()?;
 
-                        let trash = crate::trash::is_trash_path(tab_path);
                         if trash {
                             item_from_trash_child(path, name, metadata, sizes)
                         } else {
@@ -7003,7 +7016,8 @@ impl Tab {
                                         let path = path.clone();
 
                                         // Acquire semaphore permit
-                                        _ = THUMB_SEMAPHORE.acquire().await;
+                                        let _permit =
+                                            THUMB_SEMAPHORE.acquire().await.unwrap();
 
                                         tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || {
                                             let start = Instant::now();
diff --git a/src/trash.rs b/src/trash.rs
index d8bccca..bb9f99a 100644
--- a/src/trash.rs
+++ b/src/trash.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use cosmic::widget;
 use regex::Regex;
 use std::collections::HashSet;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use std::sync::LazyLock;
 
 use crate::config::IconSizes;
 use crate::tab::{Item, SearchItem};
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ pub fn trash_item_path(item: &trash::TrashItem) -> Option<PathBuf> {
 /// - Read `~/.local/share/Trash/info/folder.trashinfo` to get the original path
 /// - Compute: `<original_path>/sub/file.txt`
 pub fn original_path_for_trash_child(p: &Path) -> Option<PathBuf> {
-    let files = p.ancestors().find(|a| a.ends_with("files"))?;
+    let files = trash_files_dir(p)?;
     let root = files.parent()?;
     let top = p.strip_prefix(files).ok()?.components().next()?;
     let info =
@@ -103,9 +104,29 @@ pub fn original_path_for_trash_child(p: &Path) -> Option<PathBuf> {
     Some(result)
 }
 
+static TRASH_FOLDERS: LazyLock<HashSet<PathBuf>> = LazyLock::new(|| {
+    Trash::folders().unwrap_or_else(|e| {
+        log::warn!("failed to list trash folders: {}", e);
+        HashSet::new()
+    })
+});
+
+fn is_trash_root(root: &Path) -> bool {
+    if TRASH_FOLDERS.is_empty() {
+        root.join("info").is_dir()
+    } else {
+        TRASH_FOLDERS.contains(root)
+    }
+}
+
+fn trash_files_dir(path: &Path) -> Option<&Path> {
+    path.ancestors()
+        .find(|a| a.ends_with("files") && a.parent().is_some_and(is_trash_root))
+}
+
 /// Check whether a path is inside any trash `files/` directory.
 pub fn is_trash_path(path: &Path) -> bool {
-    path.ancestors().any(|a| a.ends_with("files"))
+    trash_files_dir(path).is_some()
 }
 
 pub struct Trash;