diff --git a/lib/usables/dav.spec.ts b/lib/usables/dav.spec.ts
index 4645a641..845ffda3 100644
--- a/lib/usables/dav.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/usables/dav.spec.ts
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ describe('dav usable', () => {
 	it('reloads on view change', async () => {
 		const client = {
 			getDirectoryContents: vi.fn((str) => ({ data: [] })),
+			search: vi.fn((str) => ({ data: { results: [], truncated: false } })),
 		}
 		nextcloudFiles.davGetClient.mockImplementationOnce(() => client)
 
@@ -143,13 +144,16 @@ describe('dav usable', () => {
 		// wait until files are loaded
 		await waitLoaded(vue)
 
+		expect(client.search).not.toBeCalled()
 		expect(client.getDirectoryContents).toBeCalledTimes(1)
 		expect(client.getDirectoryContents.mock.calls[0][0]).toBe(`${nextcloudFiles.davRootPath}/`)
 
 		vue.setProps({ currentView: 'recent' })
 		await waitLoaded(vue)
 
-		expect(client.getDirectoryContents).toBeCalledTimes(2)
+		// Uses search instead of getDirectoryContents
+		expect(client.getDirectoryContents).toBeCalledTimes(1)
+		expect(client.search).toBeCalledTimes(1)
 	})
 
 	it('getFile works', async () => {
@@ -172,6 +176,7 @@ describe('dav usable', () => {
 		const client = {
 			stat: vi.fn((v) => ({ data: { path: v } })),
 			getDirectoryContents: vi.fn((p, o) => ({ data: [] })),
+			search: vi.fn((p, o) => ({ data: { results: [], truncated: false } })),
 		}
 		nextcloudFiles.davGetClient.mockImplementationOnce(() => client)
 		nextcloudFiles.davResultToNode.mockImplementationOnce((v) => v)
@@ -188,8 +193,7 @@ describe('dav usable', () => {
 		view.value = 'recent'
 		await loadFiles()
 		expect(isLoading.value).toBe(false)
-		expect(client.getDirectoryContents).toBeCalledWith(`${nextcloudFiles.davRootPath}/`, { details: true })
-		expect(client.getDirectoryContents.mock.calls.at(-1)?.[1]?.data).toMatch('recent')
+		expect(client.search).toBeCalled()
 
 		view.value = 'favorites'
 		await loadFiles()
diff --git a/lib/usables/dav.ts b/lib/usables/dav.ts
index 0f8d0f55..b1a365e1 100644
--- a/lib/usables/dav.ts
+++ b/lib/usables/dav.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
  */
 import type { Node } from '@nextcloud/files'
 import type { ComputedRef, Ref } from 'vue'
-import type { FileStat, ResponseDataDetailed, WebDAVClient } from 'webdav'
+import type { FileStat, ResponseDataDetailed, SearchResult, WebDAVClient } from 'webdav'
 
 import { davGetClient, davGetDefaultPropfind, davGetRecentSearch, davResultToNode, davRootPath, getFavoriteNodes } from '@nextcloud/files'
 import { onMounted, ref, watch } from 'vue'
@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@ import { onMounted, ref, watch } from 'vue'
  * @param currentView Reference to the current files view
  * @param currentPath Reference to the current files path
  */
-export const useDAVFiles = function(currentView: Ref<'files'|'recent'|'favorites'> | ComputedRef<'files'|'recent'|'favorites'>, currentPath: Ref<string> | ComputedRef<string>): { isLoading: Ref<boolean>, client: WebDAVClient, files: Ref<Node[]>, loadFiles: () => void, getFile: (path: string) => Promise<Node> } {
+export const useDAVFiles = function(
+	currentView: Ref<'files'|'recent'|'favorites'> | ComputedRef<'files'|'recent'|'favorites'>,
+	currentPath: Ref<string> | ComputedRef<string>,
+): { isLoading: Ref<boolean>, client: WebDAVClient, files: Ref<Node[]>, loadFiles: () => void, getFile: (path: string) => Promise<Node> } {
 	/**
 	 * The WebDAV client
 	 */
@@ -72,17 +75,11 @@ export const useDAVFiles = function(currentView: Ref<'files'|'recent'|'favorites
 		} else if (currentView.value === 'recent') {
 			// unix timestamp in seconds, two weeks ago
 			const lastTwoWeek = Math.round(Date.now() / 1000) - (60 * 60 * 24 * 14)
-			const results = await client.getDirectoryContents(currentPath.value, {
+			const { data } = await client.search('/', {
 				details: true,
 				data: davGetRecentSearch(lastTwoWeek),
-				headers: {
-					method: 'SEARCH',
-					'Content-Type': 'application/xml; charset=utf-8',
-				},
-				deep: true,
-			}) as ResponseDataDetailed<FileStat[]>
-
-			files.value = results.data.map((r) => davResultToNode(r))
+			}) as ResponseDataDetailed<SearchResult>
+			files.value = data.results.map((r) => davResultToNode(r))
 		} else {
 			const results = await client.getDirectoryContents(`${davRootPath}${currentPath.value}`, {
 				details: true,