diff --git a/shared/dirscanworker.cpp b/shared/dirscanworker.cpp
index 8659231..6f9c623 100644
--- a/shared/dirscanworker.cpp
+++ b/shared/dirscanworker.cpp
@@ -19,9 +19,12 @@ void DirScanWorker::run()
 	QString path;
 	/* TODO: if we have e. g. only one path, then only one thread will scan this path.
 		 *
-		 * Thus, we must resubmit to the queue directories so other threads can help
-		the current one (requires a new logic for threads in ParallelDirScanner). Alterantively,
-		start new DirScanWorkers ourselves here... */
+		 * Thus, we must submit new directory paths to the queue so other threads can help
+		the current one.
+
+		It also may not be guaranteed enqueuing new paths is faster than just scanning them,
+		at least not for dirs with a small number of files
+		*/
 	while(queue->dequeue(path))
 	{
 		if(wildcardMatcher.match(path))
diff --git a/shared/paralleldirscanner.cpp b/shared/paralleldirscanner.cpp
index 63368b3..ea111ab 100644
--- a/shared/paralleldirscanner.cpp
+++ b/shared/paralleldirscanner.cpp
@@ -71,7 +71,34 @@ void ParallelDirScanner::scan()
 	this->targetPathsQueue.clear();
 	this->resultPathsQueue.clear();
 
-	this->targetPathsQueue.enqueue(this->paths);
+	/* First scan without subdirs. This way we collect paths for the threads */
+	WildcardMatcher matcher;
+	matcher.setPatterns(this->ignorePatterns);
+	for(QString &path : this->paths)
+	{
+		QDirIterator iterator(path, QStringList{}, QDir::Dirs | QDir::QDir::Files | QDir::NoDotDot);
+		while(iterator.hasNext())
+		{
+			QString path = iterator.next();
+			if(matcher.match(path))
+			{
+				continue;
+			}
+			QFileInfo info = iterator.fileInfo();
+			if(!info.isSymLink())
+			{
+				if(info.isDir())
+				{
+					this->targetPathsQueue.enqueue(info.absoluteFilePath());
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					this->resultPathsQueue.enqueue(info.absoluteFilePath());
+					this->processedPaths += 1;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
 	int threadsNum = getThreadsNum();
 	if(threadsNum == 0)
 	{