diff --git a/scanner/walk_dir_tree.go b/scanner/walk_dir_tree.go
index 8500824cf..59b73f56a 100644
--- a/scanner/walk_dir_tree.go
+++ b/scanner/walk_dir_tree.go
@@ -34,10 +34,14 @@ func walkDirTree(ctx context.Context, job *scanJob, targetFolders ...string) (<-
 
 			// Create checker and push patterns from root to this folder
 			checker := newIgnoreChecker(job.fs)
-			_ = checker.PushAllParents(ctx, folderPath)
+			err := checker.PushAllParents(ctx, folderPath)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Error(ctx, "Scanner: Error pushing ignore patterns for target folder", "path", folderPath, err)
+				continue
+			}
 
 			// Recursively walk this folder and all its children
-			err := walkFolder(ctx, job, folderPath, checker, results)
+			err = walkFolder(ctx, job, folderPath, checker, results)
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Error(ctx, "Scanner: Error walking target folder", "path", folderPath, err)
 				continue
diff --git a/scanner/watcher.go b/scanner/watcher.go
index 3b47f8416..ad9a06421 100644
--- a/scanner/watcher.go
+++ b/scanner/watcher.go
@@ -308,7 +308,10 @@ func resolveFolderPath(fsys fs.FS, path string) string {
 // in the library. It pushes all parent folders onto the IgnoreChecker stack before checking.
 func (w *watcher) shouldIgnoreFolderPath(ctx context.Context, fsys storage.MusicFS, folderPath string) bool {
 	checker := newIgnoreChecker(fsys)
-	_ = checker.PushAllParents(ctx, folderPath)
+	err := checker.PushAllParents(ctx, folderPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Warn(ctx, "Watcher: Error pushing ignore patterns for folder", "path", folderPath, err)
+	}
 	return checker.ShouldIgnore(ctx, folderPath)
 }