diff --git a/internal/services/media_scanner.go b/internal/services/media_scanner.go
index dcf3ad8..65a32a6 100644
--- a/internal/services/media_scanner.go
+++ b/internal/services/media_scanner.go
@@ -1871,9 +1871,6 @@ func (s *MediaScanner) waitForFileStability(filePath string) bool {
 }
 
 func (s *MediaScanner) scanDirectory(ctx context.Context, dirPath string) {
-	// Debug: Track file processing
-	filesSeen := 0
-	filesProcessed := 0
 	// Prevent concurrent scans of ANY directory
 	// Simple mutex is enough - job queue already serializes by directory
 	s.scan_mutex.Lock()
@@ -1904,7 +1901,10 @@ func (s *MediaScanner) scanDirectory(ctx context.Context, dirPath string) {
 			return err
 		}
 		if d.IsDir() {
-			return filepath.SkipDir
+			if path != dirPath {
+				return filepath.SkipDir
+			}
+			return nil
 		}
 		if !s.isScannableFile(path) {
 			return nil
@@ -1914,7 +1914,6 @@ func (s *MediaScanner) scanDirectory(ctx context.Context, dirPath string) {
 		if !s.waitForFileStability(path) {
 			return nil
 		}
-		filesSeen++
 		relPath := strings.TrimPrefix(path, rootFolder+"/")
 		_, err = s.db.GetMediaItemByFilePath(ctx, database.GetMediaItemByFilePathParams{
 			FilePath:  relPath,
@@ -1928,14 +1927,10 @@ func (s *MediaScanner) scanDirectory(ctx context.Context, dirPath string) {
 				s.newItems++
 			}
 			s.totalFiles++
-			filesProcessed++
 		}
 
 		return nil
 	})
-	// Debug: Report scan results
-	fmt.Printf("DEBUG: scanDirectory of %s - filesSeen: %d, filesProcessed: %d, totalFiles: %d, newItems: %d, errors: %d\n",
-		dirPath, filesSeen, filesProcessed, s.totalFiles, s.newItems, s.errors)
 }
 
 // performInitialScan scans all root folders on startup
diff --git a/internal/services/worker.go b/internal/services/worker.go
index c7dd2b1..5346648 100644
--- a/internal/services/worker.go
+++ b/internal/services/worker.go
@@ -910,9 +910,6 @@ func (w *Worker) processDirectoryScanJob(job *Job) (interface{}, error) {
 	}
 	// Now scan the directory
 	scanner.scanDirectory(ctx, directory)
-	// Debug logging
-	fmt.Printf("DEBUG: scanDirectory completed - totalFiles: %d, newItems: %d, errors: %d\n",
-		scanner.totalFiles, scanner.newItems, scanner.errors)
 
 	// Return scan results
 	return &DirectoryScanJobResult{