diff --git a/src/infrastructure/repositories/folder_fs_repository.rs b/src/infrastructure/repositories/folder_fs_repository.rs
index 52510ad4..a272accd 100644
--- a/src/infrastructure/repositories/folder_fs_repository.rs
+++ b/src/infrastructure/repositories/folder_fs_repository.rs
@@ -90,8 +90,12 @@ impl FolderFsRepository {
                 let mut entries = result.map_err(|e| FolderRepositoryError::StorageError(e.to_string()))?;
                 let mut count = 0;
                 
-                // Count entries manually
-                while let Ok(Some(_)) = entries.next_entry().await {
+                // Count entries manually, skipping hidden/system directories
+                while let Ok(Some(entry)) = entries.next_entry().await {
+                    let name = entry.file_name().to_string_lossy().to_string();
+                    if name.starts_with('.') {
+                        continue;
+                    }
                     count += 1;
                 }
                 
@@ -474,6 +478,12 @@ impl FolderRepository for FolderFsRepository {
             }
             
             let folder_name = entry.file_name().to_string_lossy().to_string();
+            
+            // Skip hidden/system directories (e.g. .blobs, .trash, .dedup_temp)
+            if folder_name.starts_with('.') {
+                continue;
+            }
+            
             let folder_storage_path = parent_storage_path.join(&folder_name);
             
             let get_folder_timeout = Duration::from_secs(5);
@@ -602,6 +612,13 @@ impl FolderRepository for FolderFsRepository {
                 continue;
             }
             
+            // Skip hidden/system directories (e.g. .blobs, .trash, .dedup_temp)
+            let dir_name = entry.file_name().to_string_lossy().to_string();
+            if dir_name.starts_with('.') {
+                current_idx += 1;
+                continue;
+            }
+            
             let path = entry.path();
             let rel_path = match path.strip_prefix(&self.root_path) {
                 Ok(rel) => StoragePath::from(rel.to_path_buf()),
diff --git a/static/js/auth.js b/static/js/auth.js
index 41a437c8..79f1c2a2 100644
--- a/static/js/auth.js
+++ b/static/js/auth.js
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ const ALL_LANGUAGES = [
     { code: 'fr', name: 'French',     nativeName: 'Français',   flag: '🇫🇷', popular: true },
     { code: 'de', name: 'German',     nativeName: 'Deutsch',    flag: '🇩🇪', popular: true },
     { code: 'pt', name: 'Portuguese', nativeName: 'Português',  flag: '🇧🇷', popular: true },
-    { code: 'it', name: 'Italian',    nativeName: 'Italiano',   flag: '🇮🇹', popular: false },
+    { code: 'it', name: 'Italian',    nativeName: 'Italiano',   flag: '🇮🇹', popular: true },
     { code: 'ru', name: 'Russian',    nativeName: 'Русский',    flag: '🇷🇺', popular: false },
     { code: 'ja', name: 'Japanese',   nativeName: '日本語',      flag: '🇯🇵', popular: false },
     { code: 'ko', name: 'Korean',     nativeName: '한국어',      flag: '🇰🇷', popular: false },
diff --git a/static/js/languageSelector.js b/static/js/languageSelector.js
index 1c94a503..320cc3ac 100644
--- a/static/js/languageSelector.js
+++ b/static/js/languageSelector.js
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ function getAvailableLanguages() {
         { code: 'fa', name: 'فارسی', flag: '🇮🇷' },
         { code: 'fr', name: 'Français', flag: '🇫🇷' },
         { code: 'de', name: 'Deutsch', flag: '🇩🇪' },
-        { code: 'pt', name: 'Português', flag: '🇧🇷' }
+        { code: 'pt', name: 'Português', flag: '🇧🇷' },
+        { code: 'it', name: 'Italiano', flag: '🇮🇹' }
     ];
 }