diff --git a/src/backend/middlewares/GalleryMWs.ts b/src/backend/middlewares/GalleryMWs.ts
index a33e03b5..e36114a4 100644
--- a/src/backend/middlewares/GalleryMWs.ts
+++ b/src/backend/middlewares/GalleryMWs.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import {VideoDTO} from '../../common/entities/VideoDTO';
 import {Utils} from '../../common/Utils';
 import {QueryParams} from '../../common/QueryParams';
 import {VideoProcessing} from '../model/fileprocessing/VideoProcessing';
+import {DiskMangerWorker} from '../model/threading/DiskMangerWorker';
 
 
 export class GalleryMWs {
@@ -120,7 +121,7 @@ export class GalleryMWs {
     try {
       const query: RandomQuery = {};
       if (req.query.directory) {
-        query.directory = req.query.directory;
+        query.directory = DiskMangerWorker.normalizeDirPath(req.query.directory);
       }
       if (req.query.recursive === 'true') {
         query.recursive = true;
diff --git a/src/backend/model/database/sql/GalleryManager.ts b/src/backend/model/database/sql/GalleryManager.ts
index 465cff31..59faf04b 100644
--- a/src/backend/model/database/sql/GalleryManager.ts
+++ b/src/backend/model/database/sql/GalleryManager.ts
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ export class GalleryManager implements IGalleryManager, ISQLGalleryManager {
         });
 
         if (queryFilter.recursive) {
-          qb.orWhere('directory.name LIKE :text COLLATE utf8_general_ci', {text: '%' + queryFilter.directory + '%'});
+          qb.orWhere('directory.path LIKE :text COLLATE utf8_general_ci', {text: queryFilter.directory + '%'});
         }
       }));
     }