diff --git a/pkg/huggingface-api/client.go b/pkg/huggingface-api/client.go
index 1d1c7ae3c..524fe57c5 100644
--- a/pkg/huggingface-api/client.go
+++ b/pkg/huggingface-api/client.go
@@ -304,14 +304,12 @@ func (c *Client) listFilesInPath(repoID, path string) ([]FileInfo, error) {
 		switch item.Type {
 		// If it's a directory/folder, recursively list its contents
 		case "directory", "folder":
-			// Build the subfolder path
+			// The tree API returns every entry's path relative to the repo
+			// root ("assets/plots", not "plots"), so it is already the path
+			// to recurse into. Prefixing the parent again requested
+			// "assets/assets/plots", which 404s and failed the whole listing
+			// for any repo nested more than one directory deep.
 			subPath := item.Path
-			if path != "" {
-				subPath = fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", path, item.Path)
-			}
-
-			// Recursively get files from subfolder
-			// The recursive call will already prepend the subPath to each file's path
 			subFiles, err := c.listFilesInPath(repoID, subPath)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to list files in subfolder %s: %w", subPath, err)
@@ -319,10 +317,6 @@ func (c *Client) listFilesInPath(repoID, path string) ([]FileInfo, error) {
 
 			allFiles = append(allFiles, subFiles...)
 		case "file":
-			// It's a file, prepend the current path to make it relative to root
-			//	if path != "" {
-			//		item.Path = fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", path, item.Path)
-			//	}
 			allFiles = append(allFiles, item)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/huggingface-api/client_test.go b/pkg/huggingface-api/client_test.go
index feac4dba3..6f60d3ef8 100644
--- a/pkg/huggingface-api/client_test.go
+++ b/pkg/huggingface-api/client_test.go
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ var _ = Describe("HuggingFace API Client", func() {
 				},
 				{
 					"type": "directory",
-					"path": "nested",
+					"path": "subfolder/nested",
 					"size": 0,
 					"oid": "nesteddir123"
 				}
@@ -483,15 +483,23 @@ var _ = Describe("HuggingFace API Client", func() {
 			server = httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 				urlPath := r.URL.Path
 				w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 
-				if strings.Contains(urlPath, "/tree/main/subfolder/nested") {
+				// Route on the exact tree path: the real API 404s on a wrong
+				// path, and nested entries carry root-relative paths
+				// ("subfolder/nested"), so a prefix match would hide a
+				// doubled "subfolder/subfolder/nested" request.
+				_, treePath, _ := strings.Cut(urlPath, "/tree/main")
+				switch treePath {
+				case "/subfolder/nested":
+					w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 					w.Write([]byte(mockNestedResponse))
-				} else if strings.Contains(urlPath, "/tree/main/subfolder") {
+				case "/subfolder":
+					w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 					w.Write([]byte(mockSubfolderResponse))
-				} else if strings.Contains(urlPath, "/tree/main") {
+				case "":
+					w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 					w.Write([]byte(mockRootResponse))
-				} else {
+				default:
 					w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
 				}
 			}))